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

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 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 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: 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 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Certain Students Who Changed Living Arrangement Lost Cal Grant Eligibility. Due to the pandemic, on ‑campus housing is operating at significantly reduced capacity in 2020 ‑21. Many students who otherwise would have lived on campus are instead living at home with family.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. Governor ’s CCC Budget Plan Includes Proposition   98 Reserve Funding. The Proposition   98 Reserve is an account designated for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - The new student housing grant program is modeled off of programs generally intended to gauge housing affordability for low‑income families living in the community. College students, however, can be dependents of their parents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Correspondingly, a higher share of former CTE students than non‑CTE students attain a living wage, based on certain estimated expenses for a single adult in their county. The median change in earnings from before entering to after exiting college, however, is slightly lower for CTE students than non‑CTE students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098