The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - From 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25, CSAC determined what percentage of each student ’s remaining costs to cover based on the annual MCS appropriation. In 2022 ‑23, award coverage was 26  percent, followed by 36  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 35  percent in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Given this exploratory phase is still underway, it is difficult to know what marketing and outreach strategies a new SSMI should focus on. We recommend the Legislature reevaluate the request for a marketing and outreach SSMI once SIB has completed the marketing activi ties currently in progress, analyzed their impacts, and provided data on best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Without required reporting on how much campuses are spending on particular GI 2025 activities and how many and which students are using them, the Legislature cannot know which activities are most cost ‑effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - (The survey defines “very close ” to mean the job is in the same field, while it defines “close ” to mean that the job is in a different field but still uses what the student learned.) We  do not know, however, whether these respondents are representative of CTE students more broadly, especially because only a small share of students receiving the survey choose to respond (between 14 percent and 33  percent  annually).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

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 Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - State law does not specify what share of these funds would go to community colleges. If the Legislature were to allocate the funds in proportion to the current split of Proposition 98 spending between the two segments, an estimated $608 million would go to community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature request the department to answer, at a minimum, the following  questions: What workload is CSAC currently unable to  cover? What are the programmatic implications of not being able to perform this work?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2023-24 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Mar 7, 2023 - We recommend rejecting this proposal because funding provided for this purpose in 2022-23 remains largely unspent and the state does not yet know whether additional funding is needed or what activities it would support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4731

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Adding a sunset date would provide the Legislature the opportunity to reevaluate the fee structure and make modifications. Historically, the state has set a sunset date of January 1, five years after the account is reauthorized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The Common ERP project has not undergone a comparable planning process, and the documentation currently available on this project is not equivalent to what the Legislature typically receives for other state IT  projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005