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 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The most recent compact also has contributed to a string of convoluted budget actions that have led to a lack of transparency, lack of accountability, and resulting confusion. For instance, under the current budget construction, the state has committed to provide CSU and UC with 3  percent base increases in 2028 ‑29, even though the state faces a large projected deficit in 2028 ‑29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Having Multiple Program Objectives Led to Challenging Campus Decisions. Though GI  2025 tied state funding to a clear set of objectives, having multiple objectives meant campuses had to make key choices regarding how much effort and resources to dedicate to each objective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - This attack led to a $2.5  million General Fund proposal in the 2025-26 Governor ’s budget to improve DFA ’s cybersecurity defenses. New Resources Will Not Address Some of the Shortfalls Identified in Recent Assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - From the three media campaigns, SIB learned that the targeted high school campaign had the most success as it led to a 63  percent increase in the number of accounts claimed by high school seniors from February 2024 to May 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Moreover, the additional revenue would not have led to higher funding even if the state had not invoked suspension. (In the absence of suspension, Test  2 would have been operative and the guarantee would have been linked with growth in per capita personal income rather than General Fund revenue.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Higher Education Budget Proposals

Jan 26, 2022 - In some cases, changing economic and fiscal conditions in the state have led governors to suspend their compacts. For example, in 2009 ‑10, Governor Schwarzenegger proposed eliminating all of his higher education compact funding “as part of solutions to address the fiscal crisis. ” Though compacts sometimes are thrown off course by adverse state fiscal conditions, they also can be altered due to improved state fiscal conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499

The 2021-22 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Feb 22, 2021 - These surpluses led to growth in Hastings ’ auxiliary reserves. Hastings indicates it plans to use a significant portion of these auxiliary reserves for a future renovation project of McAllister Tower, the school ’s historic high ‑rise building primarily used for student housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4383

The 2022-23 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2022 - CSU attributes this decline to the effects of the pandemic, which led to fewer applications from entering freshmen, as well as a smaller pipeline of transfer students due to enrollment declines at CCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4537

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

Mar 26, 2021 - This initiative, which is led by t he state ’s Chief Data Officer, is focused on aligning other integrated data system development efforts in the state, standardizing interagency data exchange agreements, and developing a statewide approach to data literacy and data skills training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409