The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025-26, the state maintained $5.5  million General Fund for Learning Lab but indicated intent to end the program in 2026-27. Beyond state support, Learning Lab has received a total of about $400,000 in one-time funding from philanthropic organizations (used mostly for convenings and faculty development).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Even with out repayment, that fund would have more than enough to cover its expenditures, with an estimated ending balance of $95  million (22 months of expenditures) in 2025-26. Proposal Would Not Address BPPE ’s Underlying Structural Deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The associated ongoing cost is built into apportionments in 2026-27. d The Governor ’s budget reappropriates funding for four research initiatives whose original expenditure periods have ended. The administration does not have estimates of the amount of remaining funds for each initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Trends in Higher Education [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2025 - To this end, each brief is punctuated by key issues for legislators to consider as they move forward in making higher education policy and budget decisions. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5071

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the ten new projects included in the Governor ’s budget, five have local contributions of between 25  percent and 35  percent —the low end of the allowable range. This is a departure from previous years, in which most projects have had local contributions covering roughly half of total project costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - It could then allow CSAC to access a small loan towards the end of the fiscal year if the budget appropriation falls short of covering program costs. The state could then true up the actual cost the following year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - After all of these actions, the reserve would have a balance of $4.1   billion at the end of 2026 ‑27. Governor ’s Budget Creates Proposition   98 Settle ‑Up Obligation. As we discuss in The 2026‑27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K‑12 Spending Plan , the Governor’s budget appropriates $5.6 billion less for schools and community colleges in 2025‑26 than the estimated minimum guarantee in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The State Library indicates that the primary rationale for the new hardware and software subscription servic e is to ensure that as its current system reaches its end of life, new defense tools are put into place to protect against cybersecurity threats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

Nov 20, 2024 - The  state recalculates the guarantee at the end of the year based upon revised estimates of these inputs, then makes a second recalculation at the end of the following year. This schedule means that for any given budget, the state has new estimates of the Proposition   98 guarantee for the prior year, current year, and upcoming year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - To this end, we recommend the Legislature adopt an annual reporting requirement to track the use of current, and any new, GI funds. Specifically, we recommend each campus provide a short description of each of its program activities as well as the cost of each activity, how many students are served, and, when relevant, the utilization rate for each activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099