The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - The  latest estimates show systemwide capital renewal backlogs (also known as deferred maintenance) of roughly $700  million at CCC, $6.5  billion at CSU, and $7.3  billion at UC. Unlike  self ‑supporting facilities, academic facilities traditionally have relied primarily on state funding and do not have ready access to alternate means of funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Acquiring These Resources Would Ensure State Library Is Using Latest Protective Tools. The State Library notes newer cloud-based firewalls that have more advanced features would replace its current firewall system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - This platform transfers student ‑level course, grade, and certain other data files (such as degrees earned) electronically across California ’s higher education segments. Most of these electronic transcripts are for community college students applying for transfer admission to CSU or the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Major University Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - The Governor proposes to provide CSU and UC each with $ 15  m illion ongoing General Fund for student mental health services and access to technology (electronic devices and internet connectivity). The provisional language does not specify what portion of funds are to be used in each of the two areas, with the universities having discretion to determine the split.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4336

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Other colleges, such as Coastline College and Feather River College, are piloting online models using asynchronous instruction, in which students and faculty have the ability to communicate with and leave messages for each other electronically.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - The Governor proposes to provide community colleges with $ 30  m illion ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund for student mental health services and access to technology (electronic devices and internet connectivity).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Given that students do incur costs to attend school —including transportation, child care, and the opportunity cost of not being able to work while they attend classes —we believe adult learners already have sufficient “skin in the game. ” Though some adult schools would lose fee revenue under this recommendation, the new uniform base rate per student described above would be designed to fully cover providers ’ expected program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652