Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU Is Beginning Two ‑Year Transition Period. CSU plans to undertake a two ‑year transition period intended to give campuses time to develop the data tools, processes, and infrastructure needed to pursue its new objectives and ultimately reach its new targets.
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 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the ten new projects included in the Governor ’s budget, four of them —consisting of one gymnasium and three performing arts centers —would have fallen into that latter category. (That category similarly accounted for a large share of the new projects approved last year, including eight gymnasiums.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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 - In 2021, the Board of Regents approved a new tuition policy that took effect in 2022‑23. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The 2022-23 budget then provided BPPE with $24  million one-time General Fund over three years to repay this loan and cover its operational costs while BPPE developed a proposal for a new fee structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Last Year, State Began Funding Program in Arrears. The state also adopted a new budgetary approach for the MCS program last year. Under the new budgetary approach, the state began funding the MCS program one year in arrears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Despite making these out‑year funding commitments, the administration has offered no plan for how to meet them (through new revenue, spending reductions in other areas, or other specific budget‑balancing actions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - With a new Governor to take office next year, we recommend the Legislature not get entangled with any new compact. Instead, we recommend the Legislature make funding decisions for each segment each year based upon the best information available at that time and the state ’s overall budget condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

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