The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Instead, its budget change request focused on addressing the departme nt ’s shortfall in OE &E funding, which is largely driven by inflationary pressures. Though CSAC provided documentation showing how OE&E costs have been increasing, it did not include detail on how additional funding would be allocated to cover both rising OE&E costs and staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Additionally, SIB is working with th e Los Angeles Unified School District and Riverside County Office of Education to increase CalKIDS participation. SIB will submit a report on these local efforts by September 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Though much smaller in magnitude, UC also can experience cost increases relating to operating expenses and equipment (OE&E). OE&E costs tend to grow with inflation over time, though UC tries to contain these costs through operational efficiencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The State Library indicates that the primary rationale for the new hardware and software subscription servic e is to ensure that as its current system reaches its end of life, new defense tools are put into place to protect against cybersecurity threats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways a Average from 2005 through 2022. b Average for 2005 through 2019 freshman cohorts. c Average for 2005 through 2017 freshman cohorts. d Average for 2005 through 2021 transfer cohorts. e Average for 2005 through 2020 transfer cohorts. f UC Merced ’s cohort sizes for this group were too small for comparative analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments. New Federal Policy Resumes Pell Grants for Eligible Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2022-23 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

May 10, 2022 - Each year, Hastings faces pressure to cover cost increases associated with employee compensation, OE &E, student financial aid, and enrollment growth, among other factors. In recent years, the primary way Hastings has covered these increases is through state General Fund base augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4593

The 2023-24 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 23, 2023 - Moreover, the administration has not demonstrated that the proposed toolkits are likely to b e an effective way to help high schools on an ongoing basis. The proposal also lacks key details, including the number of toolkits that could be provided at the proposed funding level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4702

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

Jan 26, 2022 - For this analysis, we assume annual salary growth of approximately 3  percent, growth in annual health care costs of 5  percent, and growth in OE &E of approximately 3.5  percent, together with estimated changes in CSU ’s and UC ’s pension and debt ‑service costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - With this flexibility, the administering entities might be able to direct th e financing benefit to those housing projects that are most likely to yield the greatest benefits regardless of segment. Could Prioritize University Projects Over Community College Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733