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

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - Grant funds were to cover costs such as equipping CCC classrooms with Wi ‑Fi, providing technology support to students, and providing professional development to university faculty teaching online courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Internet and Wi ‑Fi Connectivity. The state provides $5  million ongoing funding for students to have access to Wi ‑Fi in common areas of a prison, such as day rooms, dining halls, gyms, libraries, and classrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - This would allow time for schools to ramp up testing capabilities an d address other implementation issues with a smaller group of students and staff. Alternatively, the Legislature could direct resources to expanding statewide testing capacity and infrastructure that would allow schools to more easily access routine testing as a way to support school reopening.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - The program has a local matching requirement, with grant recipients generall y required to contribute half of the funding for a project. The State Library, however, may reduce the local match if a local library demonstrates it has insufficient financial resources to meet the full matching requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

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

Nov 16, 2022 - For any given year, the relationship between the guarantee and General Fund revenue generally depends on which Proposition  98 test is operative and whether another test could become operative with higher or lower revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - MCS = Middle Class Scholarships and COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. Cal Grant Spending Continues to Grow at Historically High Rate. The Cal Grant program is the state ’s largest and longest ‑standing financial aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - Students will have a simil ar net price across all living arrangements, meaning they would no longer have an incentive to contain their living costs. This could lead some students who have the option of living at home to instead choose to live independently off campus or on campus, with the state bearing the additional cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 11, 2021 - To qualify for the grants, local libraries are required to provide a one-to-one dollar match. Libraries with fewer resources per resident in their service areas c an qualify for a smaller local match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4461