The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - In deciding how much funding to allocate, the Legislature faces a basic trade-off. On the one hand, allocating more funding now would allow more projects to begin in 2026-27, avoiding the construction cost escalation associated with waiting until a future year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - In this situation, the state might decide to turn to external borrowing. Such borrowing would come with interest, resulting in higher program costs at a time when the state has fewer budgetary resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Effects on Segments Regular Cost Pressures Are Adding to Segments ’ Fiscal Challenges. CSU ’s and UC ’s fiscal issues are being made more challenging because they, like community colleges, continue to  face all of their typical cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The Legislature has historically made this a top CCC  budget priority because it helps districts address increases in their core operating costs and, in turn, maintain the quality of their instructional programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The State Library notes, for instance, that as hardware and software become outdated, vendors sometimes discontinue their support services, which can, in turn, amplify security risks. Ad ditionally, it would like to update its cybersecurity tools before its existing ones become obsolete or begin to fail.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2023-24 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Jan 31, 2023 - Figure 5 Adding to List of Potential Solutions Helps With Budget Preparation Major, One ‑Time, Non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund Higher Education Augmentations (In Millions) Segment/ Department
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4664

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Learning Lab grants, in turn, have helped improve some student learning outcomes and narrowed equity gaps in certain courses at certain campuses. For example, some Learning Lab projects have resulted in higher pass rates for certain STEM courses while other projects have been linked to improving students ’ motivation and sense of belonging.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - (With CSU’s existing graduation initiative phasing out in 2025, CSU has turned its attention to its next graduation initiative. In September 2025, CSU finished its “Year of Engagement.” We provide more detail about these efforts in the box below.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - Data also is not yet available on how state housing grant funds are affecting the overall housing supply on and off campus. Delaying additional housing funds would provide time for the state to assess the impact of the first round of grant funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - If the Legislature considers base increases for CSU and UC a high priority —even given the potentially very difficult budget trade ‑ offs —then approving smaller base increases would be more prudent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112