The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Reject Redirection of Unspent Funds to Dream Loans. Given that current funding for the Dream Loan program is sufficient to meet demand, we recommend rejecting the redirection of unspent DSIG funds to Dream Loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - Students apply for Cal Grant awards by submitting a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application. To qualify for an award, students must meet certain income and asset criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Taking early action would provide them with greater predictability regarding their financial aid coverage as they make their enrollment decisions for the 2021 ‑22 academic year. Recommendation Adopt Proposal as Early Action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - CSAC also administers a few smaller financial aid programs, including the California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant and Cal ‑HBCU Transfer Grant. Beyond these programs, the state approved one ‑time funding in 2021 ‑22 for a five ‑year Golden State Teacher Grant initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Universities Are Not Experiencing More Predictable State Funding Levels. Despite the Governor ’s compacts and desire to provide CSU and UC with predictable annual funding increases, ongoing General Fund support for the universities has not followed such a trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - Among the work group ’s recommendations was to adopt a tuition policy that provides for gradual and predictable increases. In response, the CSU Board of Trustees adopted a new tuition plan in September 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 4, 2022 - Another notable new provision would authorize the Director of the Department of Finance to transfer unspent program funds to UC and CSU to support their Dream Loan programs (which provide loans to undocumented students with financial need).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4632

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The compacts were intended to provide the segments with more predictable funding levels, while also promoting certain performance goals, such as enrolling more resident undergraduates and improvi ng graduation rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2013 ‑14, the state initiated a new policy intended to provide UC with greater ability to manage its facilities, more predictability in facility financing, and more incentive to contain costs. Specifically, the state gave UC authority to sell its own university bonds for state ‑approved academic capital projects and use its main General Fund appropriation to cover the associated debt service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 11, 2021 - The State Library ’s budget increases $614  million over 2020 ‑21, a more than 11-fold increase. The vast majority of the increase comes from the General Fund ($607  million) and most of the remainder comes from an increase in federal relief funding (7.4  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4461