Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - The equity gap by income has decreased from 15  to 14 percentage points for the four‑year rate but increased from 11 to 12 percentage points for the six‑year rate. The equity gap by first‑generation status has remained nearly unchanged at 17 percentage points for the four‑year rate and 14 percentage points for the six‑year rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2025 - This report focuses on the California State University’s (CSU’s) Graduation Initiative 2025 (GI 2025). This initiative aimed to increase graduation rates and close gaps in graduation rates among particular student groups by 2025. In the report, we provide background on GI 2025, then discuss associated funding and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - As of March  2024, the average statewide ratio of supervisorial positions (such as SSMIs) to non-supervisorial positions (such as AGPAs) is one-to-six. Under the new SIB staffing request, the CalKIDS staffing ratio would remain high, having three supervisorial positions to four non-supervisorial positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Under this time line, the administration estimates BPPE would make annual payments of $1.9  million from 2026-27 through 2031-32, with those payments totaling $11.5  million (including interest) across the six-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students may receive a Pell Grant for up to six years of full ‑time enrollment or the equivalent, with part ‑time students eligible to receive prorated awards over a longer period. (For example, a student enrolled half time could receive about $3,700 annually for up to 12 years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Nov 7, 2024 - In the 2021 ‑22 academic year, 61  percent of UC Merced ’s undergraduates were Pell Grant recipients, whereas the UC campus with the next largest share was UC Riverside at 49  percent. Since  the opening of the campus, Pell Grant recipients at UC Merced have had a first ‑year retention rate that is 9  percentage points lower, a four
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - At the time SWP was created, the minimum qualifications for many CTE disciplines were either a bachelor ’s degree and two years of professional experience or an associate degree and six years of professional experience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - The grant duration varies from eight months to five years with most grants lasting two to three years. Grants Support Faculty Time for Innovation. Grants are awarded to UC, CSU, and CCC faculty. Most grants require faculty from at least two campuses across at least two segments to collaborate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Under this policy, tuition increases annually for new undergraduates and all graduate students, while continuing undergraduates pay a flat rate for up to six academic years. Annual increases are generally based on a three‑year rolling average of changes in the California Consumer Price Index, with a 5 percent cap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - This amount equates to six days of operations (or 1.6 percent of total annual core operating expenditures). CSU’s reserve levels are lower than CSU’s reserve policy, which stipulates that reserves cover between three and six months of operating expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957