The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education [Publication Details]

Mar 25, 2026 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposal to provide a General Fund appropriation for the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, a regulatory agency within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - We further recommend the Legislature address BPPE ’s underlying structural deficit during the sunset review process this spring. As part of the sunset review, the state could approve fee increases to ensure the regulatory agency can cover its costs and be fiscally solvent in the years to come.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Overall, the scoring system the Chancellor ’s Office uses to select projects is a consistent and transparent way of reviewing districts ’ proposals. Having clear standards in evaluating projects can help guide the Legislature in identifying which projects have the strongest justification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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

Nov 7, 2024 - We reviewed three economic impact reports about UC Merced. Specifically, we reviewed an academic study by Lee (2019), the most recent study UC Merced commissioned (2020), and the most recent study UCOP commissioned (2021).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - It also analyzed CSU and peer data, reviewed national research, and conducted various focus groups. The new framework goes beyond the GI 2025 objectives of increasing graduation rates and closing equity gaps by adding new objectives and several new metrics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - These regulations delegate the review of all new courses and many new programs to local governing boards, without requiring additional state review from the Chancellor ’s Office. (As before, new CTE programs still need to be reviewed by their regional consortium.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - We plan to review those proposals in the  coming weeks.) Background State Funds Academic Facilities and Infrastructure at CSU. Traditionally, the state has funded CSU ’s academic facilities, including classrooms, laboratories, and faculty offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Effects on Segments Regular Cost Pressures Are Adding to Segments ’ Fiscal Challenges. CSU ’s and UC ’s fiscal issues are being made more challenging because they, like community colleges, continue to  face all of their typical cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957