The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - This program provides one-time grants of up to $10,000 to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school (a school where at least 55  percent of students are low-income, English learners, or foster youth).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, 18  CCC districts reported receiving $8  million in WIOA funds, though much of this funding was likely for instruction in basic skills (such as English language and literacy) rather than CTE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - These areas include various health care occupations —such as certified nursing assistants and home health aides —as well as English courses for English as a second language students. Through the state ’s Adult Education Program (AEP), more than 350  adult education providers —primarily school districts (through their adult schools) and community colleges —are organized into 71  regional consortia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Adult schools received this funding rate regardless of the specific courses they offered, with basic English and math, English as a second language (ESL), career technical education (CTE), and citizenship courses commonly offered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - This program provides scholarships to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school (a school where at least 55  percent of students are low-income, English learners, or foster youth).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

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

Nov 20, 2024 - A school district ’s allotment depends on its size (as measured by average daily attendance) and the share of its students who are low income or English learners. The Legislature allocates most community college funding through the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - The program provides scholarships of up to $20,000 to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school for at least four years. ( “Priority school ” is defined as a school where at least 55  percent of students are low-income, English learners, or foster youth.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - The program allocates funding to districts based on their attendance in the elementary grades and share of low ‑income students and English learners. Although statewide data are not available, initial feedback from districts suggests not all low ‑income students and English learners are interested in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, we recommend the Chancellor ’s Office be required to report: the number of incarcerated FTE students served, broken out by instructional modality; course success rates, also broken out by instructional modality; term ‑to ‑term persistence rates; share of first ‑year cohorts that pass college ‑level math and English; and program completion rates (such as earning an associate degree or certificate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 23, 2023 - Under current law, the service requirement involves working for four years at a “priority school”—defined as a school where at least 55 percent of students are low‑income, English learners, or foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4702