The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - The administration scores the $541  million as one ‑time savings. (For the past three years, the state has supported the program using a mix of ongoing and one ‑time General Fund.) The Governor ’s budget maintains the new budgetary approach of funding MCS awards one year in arrears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The UC Board of Regents manages UCRP. Each year, the Board of Regents determines how much UC contributes to its pension program. For the last ten years, the UC employer contribution rate has increased gradually, from 14.6  percent of payroll in 2015 ‑16 to 16.71  percent in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The CalPERS Board sets employer contribution rates for pensions as a percentage of payroll. The state pays costs for the employer contribution associated with CSU’s 2013‑14 payroll level. CSU pays the employer contribution for any payroll growth above that level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Because employer contribution rates for these two systems are set by their respective state boards, all community college districts statewide are subject to the same rates. Districts ’ pension costs have generally been increasing over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150