Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - For example, Lake Tahoe Community College is piloting an online synchronous (live) format in which students and faculty can communicate through videoconferencing and submit assignments online. For security purposes, each course section is being limited to students from the same section of a prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - The state ’s longstanding Cal Grant program primarily provides tuition coverage, with an access award that covers only a small portion of living costs for the lowest ‑income recipients. The Cal Grant access award has increased only slightly over the past two decades and has not kept pace with increases in students ’ living costs, which roughly doubled over that period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Nearly all of the students living on campus are undergraduates, with fewer than 20 graduate students living on campus. As of spring 2023, UC  Merced housed a larger share of its students than the average of the other UC general campuses (38  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The  Governor ’s budget includes a $241  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund augmentation for community colleges to receive a 2.41  percent cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA), which effectively equates to an unrestricted base increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - A student ’s financial need reflects the difference between two factors: The student ’s cost of attendance, which is calculated by their campus and varies based on their living arrangement (on campus, off campus, or with family).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

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 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: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - Other later planning activities for which colleges requested funds, such as preparing architectural working drawings or covering legal fees, would be excluded. Appendix  Figure  1 lists these 75  proposed planning grant  awards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Correspondingly, a higher share of former CTE students than non‑CTE students attain a living wage, based on certain estimated expenses for a single adult in their county. The median change in earnings from before entering to after exiting college, however, is slightly lower for CTE students than non‑CTE students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The Chancellor ’s Office ’s scoring system has significant implications for which projects receive state funding. While we think this scoring system is generally reasonable, we have also identified a few potential issues with it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159