The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - First implemented in 2014 ‑15, students with household incomes of up to $100,000 could have 40  percent of their tuition covered (when combined with all other public financial aid). Tuition coverage was graduated downward as household income rose, with students receiving 10  percent tuition coverage at $150,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - If revenues were to fall short of the Governor’s projections in the budget year, the guarantee would decrease by about 40 cents for each dollar of lower revenue, leaving less capacity for community college spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Based on the 2026 ‑27 marginal cost state rate, the ongoing General Fund cost of 1  percent growth in resident undergraduate enrollment is $40  million at CSU and $30  million  at  UC. Recommend Pausing Implementation of Nonresident Replacement Plan in 2026‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Under statute, the annual appropriations for SWP are divided into two main shares —a local share comprising 60  percent of the funds and a regional share comprising 40  percent. (Before calculating these shares, the Chancellor ’s Office may set aside up to 5  percent of total SWP funds for systemwide activities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Both of CLSF’s main sources of core funding would increase, with tuition revenue projected to increase $4.3 million (7.8 percent) and state General Fund proposed to increase $11 million (40 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - The new framework goes beyond the GI 2025 objectives of increasing graduation rates and closing equity gaps by adding new objectives and several new metrics. One  notable new objective is ensuring all students are able to graduate with a first career job or pathway to graduate education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs over the past 18 months. Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - Similarly, CSU reports that more than half of its academic facilities are at least 40 years old. As facilities age, their building components eventually reach the end of their useful life and need to be replaced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994