The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - For example, this might mean allocating a larger share of funding toward modernization projects, limiting each campus to one Proposition  2 project across all years, or capping the share of funding going toward “complete campus concept ” projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - On the other hand, as Figure  6 shows, students with higher awards are likely to be from households with higher incomes. These students tend to receive less gift aid, resulting in larger MCS awards than students from lower ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, CSU and CCC faculty have partner ed on different grant projects administered by the U.S. Department of Education that aim to improve graduation rates and close equity gaps for STEM students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025, BPPE incurred $10  million in costs associated with an employment lawsuit, consisting of a $4  million jury award to the plaintiff and $6  million in plaintiff ’s attorney fees. To cover these costs, DCA issued a $10  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure  6 shows, UC core fund balances as a share of its annual core fund expenditures have been as low as 1.8  percent in 2008 ‑09 and as high as 23  percent in 2012 ‑13. UC reserves dropped notably at the onset of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Moreover, the Legislature could have different priorities —for example, prioritizing compensation increases versus enrollment growth differently than  CSU. Despite Large Increase in State Support, None Is Designated for Capital Renewal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - For example, the state i ncreased funding for the Student Equity and Achievement Program by $24  million (5  percent) in 2021 ‑22 and another $25  million (5  percent) in 2022 ‑23. Figure 5 Certain Categorical Programs Have Received a COLA in Recent Years 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The Legislature, for example, could consider providing CSU and UC with base increases more in line with the current CCC COLA rate of 2.41  percent. Alternatively, the Legislature could eliminate the base increases for UC and CSU altogether, thereby making the state ’s structural deficit more manageable to address and increasing the chances that core programs could be sustained moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112