The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Debt Service Has Been Hovering at Around 4   Percent of Core Spending. UC typically borrows to undertake major capital projects. It  carries debt mostly from former state general obligation bonds and, beginning in 2013 ‑14, from university bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - The state pays costs for the employer contribution associated with CSU’s 2013‑14 payroll level. CSU pays the employer contribution for any payroll growth above that level. The state adopted this arrangement in 2013‑14 to provide CSU with a stronger fiscal incentive to contain staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU has also already set systemwide retention rate targets for the 2027 fall cohort: 88  percent first ‑year retention rate (a  4 ‑percentage ‑point increase), 81  percent second ‑year rate (a 9 ‑percentage ‑point increase), and 78  percent third ‑year rate (an 8 ‑percentage ‑point increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Counter to last year ’s budget agreement, the Governor proposes $4  million ongoing General Fund in 2026-27 to retain Learning Lab. (This is $1.5  million less than Learning Lab received in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025, BPPE incurred $10  million in costs associated with an employment lawsuit, consisting of a $4  million jury award to the plaintiff and $6  million in plaintiff ’s attorney fees. To cover these costs, DCA issued a $10  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - 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. Chancellor ’s Office Uses Scoring System to Select Projects for Bond Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Since 2013 ‑14, the state has provided UC with General Fund base increases every year but one. (In  2020 ‑21, the state reduced General Fund support for UC, but it restored funding the following  year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  4 shows, districts ’ unrestricted reserves have increased over the past several years. Whereas unrestricted reserves totaled $2  billion (23  percent of expenditures) in 2019 ‑20, they grew to $3.8  billion (34  percent of expenditures) in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - We  do not know, however, whether these respondents are representative of CTE students more broadly, especially because only a small share of students receiving the survey choose to respond (between 14 percent and 33  percent  annually).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - Recipient counts in the CCC Expanded Entitlement program were notably higher than original budget assumptions (23  percent higher), as were recipient counts for the Transfer Entitlement program (14  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089