The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Figure 4 CSAC Uses Scoring Matrix to Allocate Competitive Awards Reflects Scoring Matrix Used Since 2018 ‑19 Component
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Finally, the scoring system requires districts to provide a local contribution for all categories of projects and creates incentives to provide more than the minimum local contribution for modernization and growth projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Using this approach, CSAC could not finalize the percentage of award coverage until August when it received enrollment rosters from campuses. This issue made it challenging for campuses to inform students of their estimated MCS award amounts prior to the start of the academic year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - Finally, CSAC will determine what percentage of each student ’s remaining costs to cover each year based on the annual state appropriation for the program. Under this formula, award amounts will vary widely among students, with each student ’s award reflecting their costs and available resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. Governor ’s CCC Budget Plan Includes Proposition   98 Reserve Funding. The Proposition   98 Reserve is an account designated for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

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

Nov 16, 2022 - In making our estimate of the statutory COLA, we relied upon published federal data for six of the eight quarters that determine the COLA, and our own projections for the final two quarters. The  federal government will publish data for these final two quarters at the end of January and the end of April, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - Finally, we recommend the Legislature strengthen the program ’s existing statutory reporting requirements in two ways. First, we recommend specifying what the segments must include in their annual program reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589