The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2018, the state established Learning Lab. The purpose of Learning Lab is to improve learning outcomes and help close equity gaps, particularly in STEM, at California ’s public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Those changes were fully implemented by July 1, 2018. Since then, revenues in the BPPE Fund have been roughly flat in unadjusted dollars. Adjusting for inflation, revenues were 18  percent lower in 2024-25 than in 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - As a result, community college districts are likely to continue feeling pressure to provi de their employees with salary increases. This is particularly true in districts that report having challenges recruiting faculty and other staff due to less competitive salary levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In 2018 ‑19, the state adopted a new formula —SCFF . This formula is intended to create stronger incentives for colleges to enroll lower ‑income students and improve outcomes for them and students overall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In  2020 ‑21, AEP providers enrolled about one ‑third fewer students in their programs compared with 2018 ‑ 19 —a loss of about 50,000 full ‑time equivalent students. This significant decline was due to the effects of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Calbright College is a fully online college the state established in 2018 ‑19. Other major CCC proposals include $408 million—nearly half of the proposed one‑time Proposition 98 CCC spending—for retiring the apportionments deferral adopted in last year’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Since 2018 ‑19, the state has allocated apportionments to districts using the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF). Under SCFF, districts generate funding based on their enrollment, their low ‑income student counts, and certain student outcomes (such as the number of students completing a certificate or degree).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - (For example, the 2018 ‑19 calculation was based on 2018 ‑19 FTE counts.) This counting method applies to incarcerated students, dually enrolled high school students, and students in noncredit programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - We do not have concerns with the proposed COLA for traditional apprenticeships. The augmentation would allow apprenticeship sponsors and partnering districts to address program cost pressures, including staff salaries and  benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - Moreover, since fall 2018, total campus enrollment (headcount) has increased approximately 2,900 students (12  percent). The project is expected to address some of the campus ’s existing space shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684