The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - As Figure 11 shows, CSU’s total spending on employee health care costs has been increasing over time, reaching $779 million in 2024‑25. Growth in health care costs has been particularly notable the past three years (with the highest growth in 2023‑24 at 10 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Figure 5 Certain Categorical Programs Have Received a COLA in Recent Years 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Figure 11 Earnings Improvements Vary Somewhat by Region Median Change in Earnings for CCC CTE Students 2015 ‑16 a 2022 ‑23 Compared to 2015 ‑16 b San Diego/Imperial
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - As   Figure  11 shows, equity gaps in graduation rates by race/ethnicity, income, and first ‑generation status persist. (As discussed in the box below, equity gaps in graduation rates by gender also persist.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - Some of the growth is at UC and CSU (11  percent increase at both segments), primarily due to their planned tuition increases. (Cal Grants provide full tuition coverage for eligible students attending these segments [as well as nontuition coverage for certain students].)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

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

Nov 7, 2024 - The increase in admissions offers far exceeds the growth in the college ‑age population from the San  Joaquin Valley, which grew by 11  percent from 2005 to 2022. More Students From San Joaquin Valley Are Enrolling at UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - The state created the CalKIDS program in the 2019-20 budget package. Under the program, SIB opens college savings accounts and makes deposits for eligible children (discussed in more detail below). The deposits are invested so they have the potential to grow over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Under the new Higher Education Student Housing program, the state has approved 35 new student housing construction projects (consisting of 15 CCC projects, 11 CSU projects, 5 UC projects, and 4 intersegmental projects).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

Third Round of Federal Higher Education Relief Funding

May 3, 2021 - The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, signed by the President on March  11, 2021, provides $1.9  trillion for a broad array of efforts related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is the third piece of federal legislation that contains substantial COVID-19 relief funding for colleges and universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4421

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - Of these districts, 11 had their unrestricted reserves grow by more than 10  percentage points over the year, whereas the remainder had smaller increases. Of the 25 districts that had declines in unrestricted reserves between June 2019 and June 2020, the vast majority had decreases of less than 10  percentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323