The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - The Board of Directors adopted a policy to maintain a minimum reserve level equivalent to 5  percent of the school ’s total annual operating revenues. As of  2021 ‑22, CLSF had built up its reserve to 5.5 months of operating expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - CTE Enrollment Is Up Across All Major Sectors. While the estimated number of FTE students enrolled in all major industry sectors has grown over the past decade, the growth rate has varied notably by sector, as Figure  8 shows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The Chancellor ’s Office may designate up to 50  percent of state funding each year for life safety projects, though the amount needed to fund all project proposals in this category is typically much lower.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - As Figure  5 shows, after adjusting for inflation, total core funding per student in 2024 ‑25 is similar to what it was in 2015 ‑16. In 2024 ‑25, state support makes up one ‑third of CLSF ’s core funding, compared to just over one ‑fifth a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - Most notably, it makes awards of up to $10,000 available to in-state students enrolled in certain online teacher preparation programs based outside California, with spending on these awards capped at 8  percent of total program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The revised policy allows for tuition increases of up to 1 percentage point above inflation as long as the rate remains below the 5 percent cap. Beginning in 2027‑28, if the approved rate increase is less than the 5 percent cap, UC also may carry forward the unused portion and apply it in a future year (as long as the 5 percent cap is not exceeded each year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - For comparison, only 8 out of more than 100 projects funded under the previous facilities bond, Proposition  51, were gymnasium projects. This shift is likely related to the new funding categories. Under the old scoring system, gymnasium projects (along with projects relating to child development facilities, performing arts facilities, and certain other noninstructional facilities) were in a separate category eligible for up to 15  percent of available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 Less than 5 percentage points from target 6 5 to 10 percentage points from target 14 More than 10 percentage points from target 2 Disparities in Graduation Rates Across Campuses Remain Large.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - For example, the state i ncreased funding for the Student Equity and Achievement Program by $24  million (5  percent) in 2021 ‑22 and another $25  million (5  percent) in 2022 ‑23. Figure 5 Certain Categorical Programs Have Received a COLA in Recent Years 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150