The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Half of New Projects Have Low Local Contributions. Though the scoring system grants more points to districts with higher local contributions, projects can still be selected with relatively low local contributions.
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: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - MCS = Middle Class Scholarships and COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. Cal Grant Spending Continues to Grow at Historically High Rate. The Cal Grant program is the state ’s largest and longest ‑standing financial aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. Governor ’s CCC Budget Plan Includes Proposition   98 Reserve Funding. The Proposition   98 Reserve is an account designated for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Additionally, in 2024-25, the state restructured OPR and split it into two new offices: the Governor ’s Office of Service and Community Engagement and the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2021, the Board of Regents approved a new tuition policy that took effect in 2022‑23. Under this policy, tuition increases annually for new undergraduates and all graduate students, while continuing undergraduates pay a flat rate for up to six academic years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Additionally, CSU expects to generate $25  million in new tuition revenue from planned enrollment growth in 2026 ‑27. Of all the additional tuition revenue, CSU plans to use $67  million (33  percent) for SUG.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The 2022-23 budget then provided BPPE with $24  million one-time General Fund over three years to repay this loan and cover its operational costs while BPPE developed a proposal for a new fee structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169