The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Rather than making commitments in advance, the Legislature could determine each year how much support it can afford to provide CSU in light of overall fiscal conditions and competing budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Governor Presents No Plan for How to Honor Out ‑Year Commitments. The Governor ’s budget continues to make out ‑year funding commitments to UC in fiscal years when the state is projected to have deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The measure does not specify how the funds are to be allocated among these specific purposes. In addition to this state bond, voters in the same election approved 14 local general oblig ation bonds totaling $9.9  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Without required reporting on how much campuses are spending on particular GI 2025 activities and how many and which students are using them, the Legislature cannot know which activities are most cost ‑effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The Governor’s budget for higher education for 2026‑27 is billions of dollars higher than the current year, with no plan for how to sustain that funding in 2027‑28. New Higher Education Spending Is at Risk Given Stock Market Signals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Because districts have broad discretion over how to spend apportionments, providing a COLA also gives districts the flexibility to address local spending  priorities. Proposed COLA Rate Could Change by May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Apart from this grant round, Learning Lab had begun analyzing how to ramp down its activities consistent with last year ’s agreement to stop funding the program beginning in 2026-27. Governor ’s Proposal Governor Proposes Retaining Learning Lab and Shifting to Government Operations Agency (GovOps).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Assessment In this section, we analyze how well SWP is meeting its objectives of increasing the availability and quality of CTE. First, we examine whether program implementation has been consistent with these objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - This would be similar to how the Cal Grant program is funded. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Though CSAC provided documentation showing how OE&E costs have been increasing, it did not include detail on how additional funding would be allocated to cover both rising OE&E costs and staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994