The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Those changes were fully implemented by July 1, 2018. Since then, revenues in the BPPE Fund have been roughly flat in unadjusted dollars. Adjusting for inflation, revenues were 18  percent lower in 2024-25 than in 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2018, the state established Learning Lab. The purpose of Learning Lab is to improve learning outcomes and help close equity gaps, particularly in STEM, at California ’s public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the project proposals that districts submitted for 2026-27, 7 out of 27 eligible modernization projects (26  percent) are included in the Governor ’s budget, compared to 3 out of 8 eligible growth projects (38  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In 2018 ‑19, the state adopted a new formula —SCFF . This formula is intended to create stronger incentives for colleges to enroll lower ‑income students and improve outcomes for them and students overall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, 18  CCC districts reported receiving $8  million in WIOA funds, though much of this funding was likely for instruction in basic skills (such as English language and literacy) rather than CTE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   8 shows, salaries and benefits accounted for about three ‑fourths of UC spending in 2024 ‑25. Over the past decade, the share of spending devoted to compensation has increased, rising from 65   percent in 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Calbright College is a fully online college the state established in 2018 ‑19. Other major CCC proposals include $408 million—nearly half of the proposed one‑time Proposition 98 CCC spending—for retiring the apportionments deferral adopted in last year’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

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

Mar 10, 2025 - CLSF also has increased these charges over the same period —by 7  percent in 2022 ‑23, 8  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 8  percent in 2024 ‑25. Despite the recent increases, CLSF ’s JD tuition charge remains lower than the average tuition charge of UC ’s four JD programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Figure 8 California Has Many Pre ‑Licensure Nursing Programs 2022 ‑23
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU has also already set systemwide retention rate targets for the 2027 fall cohort: 88  percent first ‑year retention rate (a  4 ‑percentage ‑point increase), 81  percent second ‑year rate (a 9 ‑percentage ‑point increase), and 78  percent third ‑year rate (an 8 ‑percentage ‑point increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099