Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - State Has Not Received Data on Cost or Utilization of GI 2025 Activities. The state required CSU to submit three reports on GI 2025 activities. Those reports contained considerable narrative around the GI 2025 activities that campuses were implementing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2025 - Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Proposal Governor Proposes to Provide General Fund Appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26. The Governor ’s budget provides a $10  million one-time General Fund appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26 (to be implemented through the next round of amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Act ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26, the state deferred a $130  million General Fund payment from 2025 ‑26 to 2026 ‑27, while allowing UC to take a no ‑interest General Fund cash loan to cover costs in the meantime. UC requested and received this cash loan in fall 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In addition to this mandatory withdrawal, the Governor ’s budget also includes mandatory deposits into the reserve in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 due to higher estimated capital gains revenue, as well as a discretionary deposit in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Additionally, as part of its Graduation Initiative 2025 (GI 2025), CSU campuses have worked to redesign courses and provide faculty development to build pedagogies that emphasize active learning to improve student outcomes, especially for underrepresen ted minority and first-generation students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - All segments report being over their targets in 2025 ‑26, and CSU and UC are on track to grow further in 2026 ‑27. Moreover, UC and CSU already are in the midst of making their admission decisions for the 2026 ‑27 academic year based upon the enrollment expectations set in the 2025 ‑26  Budget  Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The 2025 ‑26 budget deferred a $144  million General Fund payment to CSU from 2025 ‑26 to 2026 ‑27 but allowed CSU to receive a no ‑interest General Fund loan in the meantime. CSU requested and received this cash loan in fall 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - For 2025-26, the state ’s previous budget agreement (from June 2024) assumed MCS spending would be reduced to $527  million as a way to address the state deficit. The new budget agreement (from June 2025) assumes MCS program costs of nearly $1  billion for 2025-26 (as discussed in the next paragraph).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - State Allocated First Round of Proposition  2 Bond Funds in 2025-26. The 2025-26 budget provided $142  million in Proposition  2 bond funding for community college capital outlay projects. Of this amount, $55  million was for the preliminary plans and working drawings phases of 29 new projects selected using the above scoring system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159