The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - As Figure  5 shows, after adjusting for inflation, total core funding per student in 2024 ‑25 is similar to what it was in 2015 ‑16. In 2024 ‑25, state support makes up one ‑third of CLSF ’s core funding, compared to just over one ‑fifth a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - As of January 2025, SIB had opened approximately 5  million CalKIDS accounts. Though SIB has opened almost 5  million accounts, only 11  percent of them have been claimed by beneficiaries. Beneficiaries or their families go to the CalKIDS online portal to claim their account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Figure 2 CCC Uses Certain Scoring Metrics to Rank Project Proposals Metric Provides points based on the age of the facility, with older facilities receiving more points. 60 Local contribution Provides points based on the share of project costs covered by local funds, with larger local contributions receiving more points. 50 Provides points based on facility condition, with facilities in worse
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - (Under state law, the Chancellor ’s Office may designate up to 5  percent of funding for that program for systemwide activities.) Currently, six districts —representing a range of sizes, locations, and ERP systems —are participating in the demonstration project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Under this policy, tuition is raised annually for new undergraduates and all graduate students, while tuition remains flat for continuing undergraduates (for up to six  academic years). Tuition increases generally are based on a three ‑year rolling average of the annual change in the California Consumer Price Index, with an annual cap of 5  percent (unless modified by the Board of Regents).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Proposal Governor Proposes Providing $20 Million One‑Time State Funding for CCA in 2025‑26. The Governor’s budget includes $20 million one‑time General Fund to provide the school with a second year of general fiscal support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - It n otes that putting up an upgraded firewall will be the most effective action that can be immediately taken to prevent cyberattacks. Once those actions have occurred, the State Library plans to return to updating its written risk assessment policies and procedures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - From 2019 ‑20 through 2024 ‑25, ongoing General Fund support for UC and CSU has seen annual increases as high as 16  percent and annual declines as deep as 8  percent. Looking at the budget plan for the universities over the next three years, state support would remain volatile, with annual ongoing General Fund increases as high as 12  percent (if state funding permitted) and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957