The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - BPPE submitted a report to the Legislature in February 2024 containing recommendations for fee increases. Consistent with that report, BPPE is now seeking legislative approval for fee increases as part of its sunset review t his spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2026 - Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Program staff also coordinate special initiatives and activities such as hosting intersegmental meetings, overseeing the public resource library, and writing annual reports. (Under statute, Learning Lab is required to submit an annual report to the Legislature on its grant awards.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The CCC system reports a $2.2  billion deferred maintenance backlog. Addressing this backlog could help avoid higher project costs in the future as well as potential programmatic disruptions. Beyond these priorities, we think the proposed student support block grant is reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2023 ‑24 (the most recent year for which UC has reported data), UC reserves declined from 17  percent to 15  percent of annual core fund expenditures —equating to just under two months of reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Given community colleges report a backlog of these projects, we recommend giving deferred maintenance projects high priority among one‑time activities after paying off the deferral. Recommend Using Any Non ‑Proposition   98 One ‑Time Funding Also to Build Fiscal Resiliency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112