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 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - This plan is intended to incentivize all campuses to grow, while potentially also adding capacity at the highest ‑demand campuses. Assessment 2022 ‑23 Enrollment Growth Funds Are Not Serving Intended Purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Similar  to the accounts for newborns, SIB anticipates opening the accounts for low ‑income public school students before July 1, 2022, with an associated 3.5  million  students added to the CalKIDS program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - From 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25, CSAC determined what percentage of each student ’s remaining costs to cover based on the annual MCS appropriation. In 2022 ‑23, award coverage was 26  percent, followed by 36  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 35  percent in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The committee officially sunset on January 1, 2022. Committee Recommended Adding First ‑Generation College Status to Formula. In  December 2019, the committee recommended that counts of first ‑generation college students be added to the supplemental allocation as well as the student success allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2023-24 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 23, 2023 - Third, it added three new positions at CSAC to support school districts in implementing the new financial aid application requirement. State Is Also Funding Other High School Outreach Efforts. The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act also included augmentations for other agencies that could support the implementation of the new financial aid application requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4702

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - Recommend Adding UC Merced Campus Expansion to Budget Solutions List. We recommend the Legislature further expand its budget solutions list by removing funding for the UC Merced expansion project given its lack of justification at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Of  the 257 beds, 252 were renovated existing beds and 5 were to be new added beds. Total Enrollment Estimated to Decline in 2024 ‑25. Figure  1 shows CLSF enrollment over the past 25 years. Since 2000, CLSF enrollment peaked in 2009 at 1,336 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) students, then fell notably from 2011 ‑12 to 2015 ‑16, before leveling off for a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014