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

Nov 20, 2024 - State Suspended the Proposition   98 Guarantee in 2023 ‑24. The June 2024 budget plan suspended the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and approved $98.5   billion in funding for schools and community colleges. Although our estimate of General Fund revenue is up compared with the previous estimate, changes in revenue do not directly affect funding when the guarantee is suspended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Under our forecast, Test 1 remains operative throughout the period, meaning the guarantee would change about 40 cents for each dollar of higher or lower General Fund revenue. In 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24, Test 1 is likely to remain operative even if General Fund revenue or other inputs vary significantly from our  forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, CSU ’s Artificial Intelligence Educational Innovations Challenge ​ supports faculty-led projects that test new teaching methods that incorporate AI, including projects focused on STEM courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The Common Cloud Data Platform demonstration project provides an opportunity for the Chancellor ’s Office to develop and test the platform with a small group of districts, assess the outcomes, and apply the lessons learned toward future decisions about expanding the platform.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - Feather River concluded its pilot in January 2023 while Monterey Peninsula and Yuba have until summer 2023 to complete their pilots. Chapter   603 ’s Program Model Has Key Drawbacks, Recommend Not Bringing to Scale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - UC’s Plans UC Expects to Get Close to Its Undergraduate Enrollment Target in 2023 ‑24. Based on data from the summer and fall 2023 terms, UC estimates that its resident undergraduate enrollment is 1,383  FTE students below the 2023 ‑24 Budget Act target for 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - Cost Estimates Governor ’s Budget Reflects Upward Revision to 2023 ‑24 Cal Grant Spending. From the 2023 ‑24 Budget Act level, the Governor ’s budget revises current ‑year Cal Grant spending upward by $83  million (3.6  percent) to align with CSAC ’s most recent cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - CSU Reports Campuses Are Facing Funding Shortfall in 2023 ‑24. In 2023 ‑24, CSU allocated $123  million (slightly more than half) of its General Fund base increase for employee compensation increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Most recently, in 2023 ‑24, CSAC received eight new permanent positions for these kinds of purposes. 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 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - The special fund recently accumulated enough money to launch the program in 2023 ‑24 and sustain it for at least a few years. Budget Increases Funding to CSAC for Program Administration and Outreach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809