The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The state pays costs for the employer contribution associated with CSU’s 2013‑14 payroll level. CSU pays the employer contribution for any payroll growth above that level. The state adopted this arrangement in 2013‑14 to provide CSU with a stronger fiscal incentive to contain staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - It  carries debt mostly from former state general obligation bonds and, beginning in 2013 ‑14, from university bonds. In 2013 ‑14, the state initiated a new policy intended to provide UC with greater ability to manage its facilities, more predictability in facility financing, and more incentive to contain costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - In 2013, the Legislature created the original MCS program to provide partial tuition coverage for higher ‑income UC and CSU students who generally did not qualify for tuition assistance under the Cal Grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Prior to 2013‑14, the state financed UC academic facilities the same way it financed most other state facilities—using state general obligation bonds and state lease revenue bonds. Chapter 50 of 2013 (AB 94, Committee on Budget) established a new system for UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - Since 2013 ‑14, CSU has primarily relied on state General Fund augmentations to cover increases in its operating costs. From 2013 ‑14 to 2023 ‑24, the state provided CSU with General Fund base increases in every year except 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Since 2013 ‑14, the Legislature has allocated most funding for schools through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). A school district ’s allotment depends on its size (as measured by average daily attendance) and the share of its students who are low income or English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - State Embarked on Major Adult Education Restructuring in 2013 ‑14. Due to a desire by the Legislature to preserve local spending on adult education but longstanding concerns with a lack of coordination among providers, the 2013 ‑14 budget package mapped out a new state strategy for funding and operating adult education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

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

Nov 7, 2024 - As Figure  15 shows, UC Merced also has fallen short of the enrollment targets it established in 2013. The 2020 LRDP further lowered the campus ’s enrollment targets. (Unlike earlier LRDPs which tended to set annual targets, the 2020 LRDP set enrollment targets for only 2020 ‑21 and 2030 ‑31.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - From fall 2013 through fall 2022 (the most recent data available), the number of resident undergraduate UC applicants increased notably. In 2013, about 129,000 unique resident applicants applied to UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - We estimate UC has used university bonds to finance roughly $1.1  billion in projects that renew or improve existing facilities since 2013 ‑14, equating to an average of about $110  million in projects annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657