Tracking Changes From Compact [EdBudget]

Jul 29, 2025 - Under the state's multiyear budget plan, the state intends to provide UC/CSU with a 5 percent base increase in 2026-27, along with a 2 percent base increase delayed from 2025-26. In 2028-29, the state would provide the remaining 3 percent base increase delayed from 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/995

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/835

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/835

Major Higher Education Budget Developments [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Late-June Final Budget Agreement: Chapters 5, 6, 9 Retains most aspects of the CCC Proposition 98 legislative package. Makes some changes to one-time funding, including reinstating funding for the Governor ’s CTE proposals to May Revision levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/992

Financial Aid Award Coverage [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Available for up to four years of full-time study (or its equivalent).   Cal Grant B Provides full tuition coverage for students enrolled at public universities and tuition coverage up to a fixed amount for students enrolled at private colleges and universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/988

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - For some programs, amounts decline from the previous year due to the expiration of one-time funds. a In addition to these amounts, the 2025-26 budget package reappropriates unspent Proposition 98 funds from previous years to cover some apportionment costs ($67 million in 2023-24, $110 million in 2024-25, and $133 million in 2025-26). b Reflects a deferral of $408 million in apportionments
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/982

Annual Tuition and Fees by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Jul 22, 2025 - Three new graduate professional programs were started (Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Technologies, Applications, and Research at UC Santa Cruz; Doctor of Nursing Practice at UC Los Angeles; and Public Health at UC Riverside). d For 2025-26, we assume campus fees increase on average by 5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/975

2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - 2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] $114,558 a Primarily reflects removal of 2024-25 one-time funds. b The 2025-26 budget package uses funding from the Proposition 98 reserve to cover $405 million in K-12 costs and $50 million in community college costs. c Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1007

New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]     a BBL refers to budget bill language contained in the 2025-26 Budget Act, as enacted by Chapter 4 of 2025 (SB 101, Wiener) and amended by Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/977

Tracking Changes in the Proposition 98 Guarantee [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - b Chapter 27 of 2024 (SB 154, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) suspended the Proposition 98 guarantee and set forth this amount as the intended funding level. c Reflects settle-up obligation. The state would be required to allocate this amount to schools and community colleges in the future, assuming no changes to its estimate of the Proposition 98 guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1003