The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - The changes are intended to simplify the form by reducing the number of questions students and families need to answer and transferring data directly from their previous tax filings. After a one ‑year delay in the original launch date, the revised FAFSA is now in the midst of being implemented across the nation for the first time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Shortfalls can occur as a result of colleges generating lower ‑than ‑budgeted enrollment fee revenue or local property tax revenue. The provisional budget language allows the Chancellor ’s Office to redirect unearned growth funds in this way after underlying apportionment data has been finalized, which occurs after the close of the fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - Early Action Legislation Clarifies Tax Treatment of Certain Types of Financial Aid Awards. In a May early action budget decision, the state enacted Chapter  5 of 2023 (AB  111, Committee on Budget) related to how certain forms of financial aid are treated for state personal income tax purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - UC Law SF indicates that the remaining project costs will be split between conventional debt ‑financing ($103  million) and the historic tax credit equity program ($37  million), which is a federal program focused on the rehabilitation of certified historic buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - Apportionments for those students remain based entirely on enrollment. ( “Basic aid ” or “fully community ‑supported ” districts receive revenue from local property taxes and enrollment fees that exceed what they generate under SCFF, such that the SCFF calculation does not affect their apportionment funding.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - According to UC, the Institute would be an independent research institute funded through a public ‑private partnership and classified for federal tax purposes as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Local Property Tax Estimates Reflect Trends in the Housing Market. Growth in property tax revenue is linked with growth in the housing market, but this growth typically lags the market by a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - (For context, about 90  percent of tax filers in California are beneath this cap.) Revamped MCS Program Is Much Costlier Than Original Program. In fall 2021, CSAC prepared a cost estimate for the revamped MCS program using more detailed student ‑level data than was available when the 2021 ‑22 budget was enacted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Historically, a small statewide payroll tax provided funding for ETP grants but, in recent years, the state has supplemented this longstanding funding source with General Fund monies for targeted training grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572