The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Most recently, in 2023 ‑24, CSAC received eight new permanent positions for these kinds of purposes. When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, UC had 1 FTE employee for every 2.1 FTE students. UC Workforce Consists of a Mix of Academic and Nonacademic Positions. As Figure 6 shows, more than one ‑third of UC campus employees in 2023 ‑24 served in academic positions, with the remainder serving in various nonacademic positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - By 2023-24, special funds covered an estimated 13  percent of costs, while General Fund support covered 87  percent. Increasing the Witkin Law Library ’s Portion of Appellate Fee Revenue Has Trade-Offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - As Figure  12 shows, the number of incarcerated students enrolled at the community colleges has increased over the past decade —from about 2,200 FTE students in 2014 ‑15 to about 7,100 FTE students in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - SIB undertook three media campaigns across 2023 and 2024. Two of the campaigns focused on broad advertising and included activities such as video advertisements, display banners, and audio streaming with messaging about the program to reach a wide audience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

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

Mar 10, 2025 - For  the  past  three years, CLSF has raised JD tuition charges —by 3  percent in 2022 ‑23, 5  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 5  percent in 2024 ‑25. Nonresident students pay a supplemental tuition charge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

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

Nov 20, 2024 - State Suspended the Proposition   98 Guarantee in 2023 ‑24. The June 2024 budget plan suspended the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and approved $98.5   billion in funding for schools and community colleges. Although our estimate of General Fund revenue is up compared with the previous estimate, changes in revenue do not directly affect funding when the guarantee is suspended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Merced Housed Nearly Half of Its Student Population in Fall 2023. In 2005, UC  Merced brought eight student housing facilities online, providing accommodations to a total of 874  students. By fall 2023, the campus had 18  housing facilities with a total of 4,367 beds, housing 45  percent of its student population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - The enacted budget includes $2.4  billion for Cal Grants —a $106  million (4.5  percent) increase over the revised 2023-24 level. This increase is the net effect of two changes. First, it reflects a $148  million projected increase in Cal Grant costs under CSAC ’s May Revision estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926