The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Grants are awarded through a competitive review process with a focus on merit, statewide relevance, and potential impact. The average award is $465,000. The grant duration varies from eight months to five years with most grants lasting two to three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

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

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - In this section, we provide background on Cal Grant competitive awards, describe the Governor ’s proposal to increase the number of competitive awards, assess that proposal, and offer an associated recommendation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - If UC were to continue implementing this plan in 2024 ‑25, as it now expects to do, more than 1,000 slots for resident undergraduate students would become available at UC ’s highest ‑demand campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In negotiating salary increases with their local unions, districts typically account for a number of factors, including the COLA the state is providing for apportionments, changes in housing and other costs for employe es, salary competitiveness, and the need to address non ‑salary cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - The  state  also provides a limited number of competitive awards (13,000 new awards annually) to students who do not qualify for an entitlement award —typically older students attending four ‑year universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The  2024 ‑25 budget redirected $60  million from the Strong Workforce Program (SWP) toward the Rebuilding Nursing Infrastructure Grant Program, a new initiative that awards competitive grants to districts to develop or expand nursing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Consequently, adding enrollment slots at UC Merced has been costlier than adding slots at the other UC campuses. In 2022 ‑23, UC Merced received $85  million in state per ‑student funding above the level it would have generated under the rebenching formula had it been any other UC general campus with a comparable student body.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - In 2023, the Chancellor ’s Office awarded the juvenile justice funds through a competitive process. Of the 47 colleges that applied, 44 colleges received awards of $312,500 annually through 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - If a campus has more transfer applicants than slots, it uses UC ’s comprehensive review policy to select students for admissions. (This process is very similar to the process used when a campus has more freshman applicants than slots.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684