Trends in Higher Education: Student Outcomes [Publication Details]

Apr 18, 2024 - This brief is the third of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The third brief focuses on student outcomes and how they have changed over the past few decades. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4895

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Course success rates vary by instructional modality among incarcerated students. Figure  6 shows that success rates are consistently lower for students in correspondence courses. In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 3 Governor ’s Budget Funds Continuing CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College Advanced transportation and manufacturing building replacement C Career technical education building replacement C Center for Student Success replacement C Gymnasium and locker room replacement C Long Beach (Liberal Arts Campus) Building B replacement Music Art
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - From the three media campaigns, SIB learned that the targeted high school campaign had the most success as it led to a 63  percent increase in the number of accounts claimed by high school seniors from February 2024 to May 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Under SCFF, districts receive apportionment funding for regular credit courses based on three components: (1)  a base allocation linked to  enrollment, (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts, and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The student success component of the formula is based on a three ‑year rolling average of student outcomes. The rolling average takes into account outcomes data from the prior year and two  preceding years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - The student success component of the formula is based on a three ‑year rolling average of student outcomes. The rolling average is based on outcomes data from the prior year and two  preceding years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - No CAEP funding is allocated directly to consortia for regional coordination and successful student transitions to collegiate courses. → Consortia receive a minimum fixed CAEP amount, plus an amount based on size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Figure 3 Governor ’s Budget Funds New and Continuing CCC Capital Outlay Projects Bond Funds (In Thousands) Advanced transportation and manufacturing building replacement P, W Career technical education building replacement P, W New Library Learning Resource Center P, W Library Learning Resource Center and student services center replacement P, W Center for Student Success
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Higher Education Budget Proposals

Jan 26, 2022 - As Figure  7 shows, these expectations focus on student access, student success and equity, college affordability, intersegmental collaboration, workforce alignment, and online education. Some of the expectations build off existing initiatives developed by the segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499