The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The use of online and other distance education at CCC remains significantly above pre-pandemic levels, accounting for an estimated 42  percent of full-time equivalent (FTE) students in fall 2024, compared to 17  percent in fall 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Since creation of the special fund account, the Legislature has reauthorized the associated appellate filing fee rate six times, with the most recent reauthorization occurring in 2019. One of those reauthorizations (in 1999) raised the fee allocated to the law lib rary from $50 to $65.
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

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - Based on data from the Chancellor ’s Office, the number of formerly incarcerated students has doubled since 2019 ‑20, reaching about 4,500 FTE students in 2023 ‑24. State Primarily Supports These Students Through Apportionments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - For students graduating in 2019, 2020, and 2021, time ‑to ‑doctorate at UC Merced averaged 5.6 years compared to 6.1 for the other UC campuses. Student Outcomes Likely Are Worse Due to Student and Institutional Factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022. Consumer spending —as measured by inflation ‑adjusted retail sales and taxable sales —has continued to decline throughout 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - In addition to the rapid rehousing programs, the state created an ongoing student basic needs program at UC in 2019 ‑20 and at CSU and CCC in 2021 ‑22. The statutory language for the basic needs programs varies by segment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - Whereas this 2024 series focuses on higher education changes over time, California’s Education System: A 2019 Guide explains the inner workings of the state’s education system. Much of that guide remains relevant today and can assist those who are looking for more basic information on education policy and fiscal matters in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 16, 2020 - The largest amount of new spending for the colleges is $120  million one time for addressing costs relating to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This amount consists of $66  million in Proposition  98 funding (half attributed to 2019 ‑20 and half to 2020 ‑21) and $54  million from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4284

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - The 2019 ‑20 budget provided CCC with $1.5  million one ‑time Proposition  98 General Fund for the pilot. Chapter  603 required the Legislative Analyst ’s Office (LAO) to evaluate the pilot and report to the Legislature and Department of Finance by April  1,  2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755