The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The Governor’s budget also allocates some ongoing Proposition 98 funding for one‑time activities—an approach that creates a cushion to protect core programs in case the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee declines in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - In the case of GI 2025, one key complicating factor was that campuses generally had to implement different types of activities to achieve each objective. For example, to increase the six‑year rate, campuses had to focus on activities that helped students, primarily first‑ and second‑year students, persist.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - In the case of the Witkin Law Library, the civil appellate filling fee revenue is intended to provide some financial support. Since at least the early 2000s, state General Fund support also has been used to support the Witkin Law Library.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

Nov 20, 2024 - In these cases, the Department of Finance may reduce the COLA rate to fit within the available Proposition 98 funding. For community college programs, the state typically provides the same COLA that it provides for school programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Based on campus spending plans, program staff have a variety of roles, including managing basic needs programs, operating basic needs centers (including food pantries), and providing case management to students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Recommend Requiring Strong Case Be Made for Any New Higher Education Spending. Given projected out ‑year budget deficits, we recommend the Legislature set a high bar for any new General Fund spending, as new spending now could come at the expense of existing programs the following year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - This is especially the case given the state is in the midst of reducing funding in other higher education areas, including for public universities facing similar challenges, and it is projected to have significant operating deficits in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - (Juvenile facilities house youth up to age 23 or, in some cases, age 25.) Whereas colleges historically provided instruction to incarcerated students primarily through correspondence courses, they have been providing a growing amount of in ‑person instruction over the past decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - This program provides UC and CSU students with awards that cover a certain percentage of their remaining cost of attendance after accounting for their available resources (consisting of other gift aid, a student contribution, and in some cases a parent contribution).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926