The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - This income level equates to roughly the top 90th percentile of households in California (meaning only about one in ten households makes above that level). Lastly, under the revamped program, students at private universities remain ineligible for MCS awards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The Legislature has historically made this a top CCC  budget priority because it helps districts address increases in their core operating costs and, in turn, maintain the quality of their instructional programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Consistent with historical legislative practice, as well as current practice for CCC, we recommend the Legislature fund enrollment growth at CSU and UC apart from and on top of any base increase, as doing so provides greater transparency and accountability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - With Another Manager, CalKIDS Staffing Would Remain Top Heavy. The CalKIDS program currently has one manager position for every one staff position. This ratio is much higher than the state average. As of March  2024, the average statewide ratio of supervisorial positions (such as SSMIs) to non-supervisorial positions (such as AGPAs) is one-to-six.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - These one-time funds are on top of $637  million in ongoing General Fund, bringing the total program funding level to $926  million in 2024-25 (compared to $803  million in 2023-24). This program provides UC and CSU students with awards that cover a certain percentage of their remaining cost of attendance after accounting for their available resources (consisting of other gift aid, a student contribution, and in some cases a parent contribution).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Higher Education)

Jun 19, 2015 - The 2015-16 budget depar ts from this framework for UC and CSU by providing funding on top of each segment ’s 4 percent base augmentation, earmarking some funding for specific purposes, and setting expectations for enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3275

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Historically, the state has expected UC to draw its freshman admits from the top 12.5  percent of the state ’s high school graduates. As we have noted in previous analyses, UC has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years and likely will continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - At a minimum, the Legislature could consider UC ’s ability to attract top candidates to open positions, retain existing employees, and offer competitive compensation. If UC is able to recruit top candidates and retain tenured and tenure ‑track faculty but not represented staff, for example, the Legislature might agree with the Governor ’s proposal to prioritize additional funding for represented employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - The top part of Figure  12 shows all General Fund ongoing augmentations for CSU. These augmentations include a total of $252  million for compensation increases —including salary costs for represented and nonrepresented employees, pension costs, and higher retiree health care costs —and other operational cost increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - Specifically, CSU in 2014 ‑15 was drawing from the top 41  p ercent of high school graduates rather than the top one ‑third. Updated information from the California Department of Education shows that an even larger share of high school graduates (about 47  p ercent) have been completing college ‑preparatory coursework (known as “A through G ” courses) required for CSU admission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168