Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Every year since the inception of GI 2025 in 2016 ‑17, CSU has used a different formula to allocate new GI 2025 funds, such that campuses have not known one year from the next what it takes to obtain program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - Of this amount, $152  million is carried over from appropriations originally made in 2022-23 for local library infrastructure projects; $2.4  million is for disaster preparedness (representing the final year of a four-year funding plan); and $750,000 is new one-time spending to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer historical archives preservation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The 2016 ‑17 state budget funded the Board of Governors ’ request, providing $200  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund to create SWP. Subsequent augmentations have brought the program funding level to $290  million ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2002 through 2016, voters approved four state general obligation bonds for education facilities. The most recent of these bonds, Proposition  51, provided $2  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Depending on the Cal Grant award type, household income is capped at $76,100 or $144,700 (for a family of four in 2026 ‑27). MCS Proposal Is a Budget ‑Balancing Option the Legislature May Want to Consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The last time the Legislature adjusted these fees was during BPPE ’s 2016 sunset review, when it changed the structure of the annual licensing fee, among other changes. Those changes were fully implemented by July 1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - In addition, four of these campuses are located in geographic regions that qualify for additional points. While these campuses would receive a second Proposition  2 project, many other campuses have not yet received any Proposition  2 funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Whereas the Cal Grant program for low ‑income students has an income cap of $69,000 (for a family of four in 2024 ‑25), and the Cal Grant program for middle ‑income students has an income cap of $131,200 (for a family of four), the MCS program benefits families with annual income as high as $226,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - (For  example, the 2018 ‑19 calculation was based on a district ’s FTE count for 2018 ‑19, 2017 ‑18, and 2016 ‑17.) Using a rolling average is intended to smooth annual adjustments to a district ’s apportionment funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Governor ’s Budget Also Includes Four Cal Grant Policy Proposals. In addition to these baseline Cal Grant adjustments, the administration proposes four other changes to Cal Grant spending and rules. These four proposals consist of: $ 58  m illion ongoing beginning in 2020 ‑ 21 t o restore Cal Grant A eligibility for certain students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355