The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The Legislature, for example, could consider providing CSU and UC with base increases more in line with the current CCC COLA rate of 2.41  percent. Alternatively, the Legislature could eliminate the base increases for UC and CSU altogether, thereby making the state ’s structural deficit more manageable to address and increasing the chances that core programs could be sustained moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of Proposition 98 Budget Proposals [Publication Details]

Jan 25, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of Proposition 98 Budget Proposals [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4318

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Governor ’s Budget Creates Proposition   98 Settle ‑Up Obligation. As we discuss in The 2026‑27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K‑12 Spending Plan , the Governor’s budget appropriates $5.6 billion less for schools and community colleges in 2025‑26 than the estimated minimum guarantee in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - In Line With Longstanding Legislative Priority, Cal Grant Funding Is Maintained. As part of the June 2024 budget agreement, the Legislature effectively decided to reduce programs elsewhere so that it could maintain funding for the state ’s longest ‑standing student financial aid program, the Cal Grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The language directs the Chancellor ’s Office to submit a report to the Legislature containing a project time line, budget, and progress update by January 31, 2027. It  also directs the Chancellor ’s Office to submit a second report to the Legislature on the project ’s implementation status by January 31, 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Under this time line, the administration estimates BPPE would make annual payments of $1.9  million from 2026-27 through 2031-32, with those payments totaling $11.5  million (including interest) across the six-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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

Jan 10, 2021 - Proposition  98 Reserve Deposits Required in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Proposition  2 (2014) established the Proposition  98 Reserve and set forth rules requiring deposits and withdrawals under certain conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Nov 20, 2024 - State law caps school district reserves after the Proposition 98 Reserve reaches a certain threshold. Specifically, the cap applies if the funds in the Proposition 98 Reserve in the previous year exceed 3 percent of the Proposition 98 funding allocated to schools that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In 2025 ‑26, EWD is providing the consortia with $12  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund to support employer engagement activities. EWD also is providing $7  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund for labor market research centers intended to support consortia planning and other CTE activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

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

Jan 13, 2022 - (We note that the $3.3  billion proposed for the current year reflects funds that were approved in the 2021 ‑22 Budget  Act but eventually reverted to the General Fund as subsequent legislation to allocate the funding was not enacted in the time line required.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492