The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - In 2017 ‑18, UC and CSU increased undergraduate tuition charges by 3  percent and 5  percent, respectively. (UC also increased its systemwide Student Services Fee by 5  percent annually from 2015 ‑16 through 2017 ‑18.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - MCS = Middle Class Scholarships and COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. Cal Grant Spending Continues to Grow at Historically High Rate. The Cal Grant program is the state ’s largest and longest ‑standing financial aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Certain Students Who Changed Living Arrangement Lost Cal Grant Eligibility. Due to the pandemic, on ‑campus housing is operating at significantly reduced capacity in 2020 ‑21. Many students who otherwise would have lived on campus are instead living at home with family.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. Governor ’s CCC Budget Plan Includes Proposition   98 Reserve Funding. The Proposition   98 Reserve is an account designated for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

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

Nov 7, 2024 - Nearly all of the students living on campus are undergraduates, with fewer than 20 graduate students living on campus. As of spring 2023, UC  Merced housed a larger share of its students than the average of the other UC general campuses (38  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - State law defines guided pathways to include “group projects, internships, and other applied learning experiences to enhance instruction and student success. ” In 2017 ‑18, the state provided CCC with $ 150  m illion one time for this initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - The new student housing grant program is modeled off of programs generally intended to gauge housing affordability for low‑income families living in the community. College students, however, can be dependents of their parents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Correspondingly, a higher share of former CTE students than non‑CTE students attain a living wage, based on certain estimated expenses for a single adult in their county. The median change in earnings from before entering to after exiting college, however, is slightly lower for CTE students than non‑CTE students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Statute also directed the committee to consider whether low ‑income supplemental rates should be adjusted for differences in regional cost of living. The committee officially sunset on January 1, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531