The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Beyond these priorities, we think the proposed student support block grant is reasonable. This block grant provides districts with flexible funding they could use for a range of student services linked to local conditi ons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - We think the Governor’s one‑time proposals for deferred maintenance projects and a student support block grant also are reasonable. Importantly, addressing deferred maintenance helps avoid higher project costs in the future as well as potential programmatic disruptions due to failing building components.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

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

Nov 16, 2022 - Multiyear Block Grants Provide Further Support to Districts. The June 2022 budget plan funded two large block grants to address the effects of the COVID ‑19 pandemic on schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - The legislation also clarifies that emergency financial aid grants supported by the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and unpaid fees discharged by CCC using a state COVID-19 block grant are excluded from taxable income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - (It is also the same COLA rate the Governor proposes for certain CCC categorical programs, including the mandate block grant, Disabled Students Programs and Services, and Extended Opportunity Programs and Services.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Recommendations Consider Creating a Basic Needs Block Grant. The Governor ’s focus on students ’ basic needs is laudable, but his proposals in this area lack coordination and accountability. A more coherent approach the Legislature might consider would be to pool all or a portion of the proposed new funds and the existing rapid rehousing program into a basic needs block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - After giving providers two planning years, the 2015 ‑16 budget created the Adult Education Block Grant —later renamed the California Adult Education Program (CAEP). The state initially provided $500  million (ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund) for the revamped program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Even the Governor ’s proposed base increases for 2022 ‑23 are not linked to specific cost increases for personnel, equipment, and other operating expenses —the core building blocks of any university budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492