The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - MCS = Middle Class Scholarships and COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. Cal Grant Spending Continues to Grow at Historically High Rate. The Cal Grant program is the state ’s largest and longest ‑standing financial aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - Students will have a simil ar net price across all living arrangements, meaning they would no longer have an incentive to contain their living costs. This could lead some students who have the option of living at home to instead choose to live independently off campus or on campus, with the state bearing the additional cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2021-22 Budget: California Institutes for Science and Innovation

Mar 2, 2021 - Unclear How Proposal Would Interact With Forthcoming Workforce Proposal. The Governor ’s Budget Summary indicates that the administration plans to submit a higher education and workforce proposal totaling $ 250  m illion in one ‑time General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4394

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Among the three public higher education segments, UC has the largest share of students living on campus, with its residence halls housing nearly 40  percent of all  undergraduates. UC Is Allocating Rapid Rehousing and Basic Needs Funds to Every Campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Certain Students Who Changed Living Arrangement Lost Cal Grant Eligibility. Due to the pandemic, on ‑campus housing is operating at significantly reduced capacity in 2020 ‑21. Many students who otherwise would have lived on campus are instead living at home with family.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

An Analysis of the University of California’s Agricultural and Natural Resource Programs

Jan 6, 2022 - The programs ’ activities, workshops, and interactions spanned various groups and topics, ranging from workshops for farmers seeking to learn new agricultural techniques to agricultural educational programs for youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4490

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. Governor ’s CCC Budget Plan Includes Proposition   98 Reserve Funding. The Proposition   98 Reserve is an account designated for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Major University Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - Moreover, it is unclear how the new funds are intended to interact with existing ongoing programs (such as the rapid rehousing program) or proposed one ‑time initiatives (such as the emergency grants).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4336

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - The new student housing grant program is modeled off of programs generally intended to gauge housing affordability for low‑income families living in the community. College students, however, can be dependents of their parents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589