The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The measure does not specify how the funds are to be allocated among these specific purposes. In addition to this state bond, voters in the same election approved 14 local general oblig ation bonds totaling $9.9  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - The formula also deducts a student contribution from part ‑time work earnings. Specifically, the MCS calculation assumes a student works 15 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, at the state minimum wage rate, as adjusted annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - After a notable capital campaign, CCA added a large new facility at the San Francisco site in 2024. CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs. Though data on its graduates is limited, CCA shared that many of its graduates remain in California and work at organizations such as KQED Arts & Culture; SFMOMA; Pixar; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Apart from this grant round, Learning Lab had begun analyzing how to ramp down its activities consistent with last year ’s agreement to stop funding the program beginning in 2026-27. Governor ’s Proposal Governor Proposes Retaining Learning Lab and Shifting to Government Operations Agency (GovOps).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - 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. One  notable new objective is ensuring all students are able to graduate with a first career job or pathway to graduate education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In response to the statutory requirement to eliminate barriers to hiring CTE instructors, the Chancellor ’s Office and the Academic Senate established a work group on minimum qualifications. Although the work group did not recommend notable changes to minimum qualifications, it did develop new guidance to help districts use the existing equivalency process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Governor Presents No Plan for How to Honor Out ‑Year Commitments. The Governor ’s budget continues to make out ‑year funding commitments to UC in fiscal years when the state is projected to have deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Rather than making commitments in advance, the Legislature could determine each year how much support it can afford to provide CSU in light of overall fiscal conditions and competing budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2023-24 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 23, 2023 - As we discuss in the “Cal Grants ” and “Middle Class Scholarships ” sections of this brief, the Legislature faces key decisions about whether and how to proceed with financial aid program expansions in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4702

The 2023-24 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Jan 31, 2023 - Figure 5 Adding to List of Potential Solutions Helps With Budget Preparation Major, One ‑Time, Non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund Higher Education Augmentations (In Millions) Segment/ Department
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4664