The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As of fall 2024, districts employed about 66,100 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) employees systemwide —up about 400 FTE employees (0.6  percent) from fall 2019. Staffing has somewhat outpaced enrollment, which decreased by 0.3  percent during this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - (The Chancellor ’s Office intends to request about $400  million in Proposition  2 funding for additional projects in 2026-27 and the remainder in 2027-28.) The Legislature could choose to allocate a different amount of Proposition  2 funding in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - The   2022 ‑23 Budget Act provided over $400  million in one ‑time General Fund to CSU for specific capital projects, in addition to $125  million for deferred maintenance, seismic mitigation, and energy efficiency projects across the system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Of the 6,604  students,  UC estimates at least 1,700 (26  percent) remained enrolled after receiving assistance and at least 400 (6  percent) graduated. UC notes that the academic outcomes data available to basic needs staff varies by campus, which suggests these figures might be inconsistently reported and incomplete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Governor proposes $800  million from the General Fund over two years —$400  million in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑ 24 —to implement various efforts to improve forest health and make communities more resilient to future wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Overview of Mental Health Services for College Students

Dec 10, 2021 - Specifically, in 2019-20, counties provided over $400  million (across all fund sources) in Medi-Cal mental health services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries with severe mental illness who were age 18 to 24, including but not limited to college students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4481

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The May Revision includes roughly 400 new proposals. While the surplus is large enough to make significant inroads in addressing a few key policy priorities, it is unlikely sufficient to do so across the number of issues contemplated in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - . $400  Million to Provide Student Behavioral Health Services Through Medi-Cal. The Governor proposes $400  million total funds ($200  million General Fund) —made available over three years —to incentivize Medi-Cal managed care plans to establish treatment partnerships with county behavioral health departments and schools. $233  Million for Counties to Treat Felony Incompetent-to-Stand-Trial (IST) Patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - In 2021 ‑22, its ADA was less than 400 —down substantially from the approximately 5,400  ADA it served in 2007 ‑08. A related disadvantage of this historically based funding model is that adult schools with increased student demand —such as those in areas of the state experiencing an influx of refugees and other immigrants —do not have an opportunity to earn additional enrollment funds from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - To date, these programs have enrolled more than 400 students across 15 c ohorts. About three ‑quarters of these students have been underrepresented minorities, and about one ‑third have been female. The programs report a four ‑year graduation rate of 69  p ercent, much higher than CSU ’s systemwide four ‑year graduation rate of 31  p ercent for freshmen.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399