Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - We tend to provide data for the past one to three decades. We select the exact time period for each chart by considering the availability of the particular data at issue, comparability of the reported data over time, and the most interesting trends emanating from the data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - We cover California Volunteers, housed within the Governor ’s Office of Service and Community Engagement, in the “ Other Provisions ” post of our Spending Plan series. California State Library California State Library ’s Operational Funding Is Adjusted in Various Ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Systemwide, very little (1.6  percent in 2023 ‑24, less than six days of reserves) is earmarked for this purpose. The remainder is committed to various planned activities, including faculty recruitment, capital outlay planning, and launching new academic  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Of that amount, $777 million is reserved for economic uncertainties, which equates to 34 days of operations (or 9.1 percent of total annual core operating expenditures). UC reported $1.5 billion in total core reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The task force developed a series of recommendations for improving CTE in several key areas, including funding, regional coordination, outcomes data, curriculum, and faculty. In fall 2015, the Board of Govern ors adopted the task force ’s recommendations and requested a $200  million ongoing systemwide augmentation to implement them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Trends in Higher Education [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2025 - The series has two main objectives. The first is to help legislators, staff, and the general public track many of the key changes that higher education has undergone over the past few decades. The second is to help legislators better navigate the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5071

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The 2022-23 budget then provided BPPE with $24  million one-time General Fund over three years to repay this loan and cover its operational costs while BPPE developed a proposal for a new fee structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This is one of the key reasons that the budget remains balanced now. The  June 2024 budget package committed to a total of $28  billion in budget solutions for 2025 ‑26, which included, $12  billion in spending ‑related solutions and nearly $16  billion in all other solutions, including $5.5  billion in temporary revenue increases and a $7  billion withdrawal from the state ’s rainy day fund, the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - The administration scores the $541  million as one ‑time savings. (For the past three years, the state has supported the program using a mix of ongoing and one ‑time General Fund.) The Governor ’s budget maintains the new budgetary approach of funding MCS awards one year in arrears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127