Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Model Left Unchanged How Colleges Are Funded for Incarcerated Students. The new funding model —known as the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF) —did not change how the state funds incarcerated students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Various Drawbacks of Current Funding Model, Recommend New Approach. The figure below identifies the main shortcomings of the existing funding model and our recommended new funding model. The new model we present is better aligned with the state ’s existing program objectives of enhanced regional coordination and improved student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - At CSU, Rapid Rehousing Funds Support a Specific Model of Housing Assistance. This model is based on the traditional rapid rehousing model for moving people who are homeless into permanent housing. Every participating CSU campus is working with one to two community partners to implement this model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - Chapter   603 ’s Program Model Has Key Drawbacks, Recommend Not Bringing to Scale. We find no compelling evidence that Chapter  603 ’s program model helped meet the state ’s core objective of increasing access to teacher credentialing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - As with the funding model the state uses for CCC, the Legislature could consider having both access and outcome components embedded in the model, along with further incentives to serve underrepresented students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2021-22 Budget: UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Feb 26, 2021 - Funding Model for ANR Division Changed Several Times Over Past Decade. Though ANR relies on state funding to support its core operations, the state and UC ’s approach to budgeting for ANR costs has changed notably over the years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4391

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - DOF built its most recent apportionment model in late fall 2022. The model relies on numerous assumptions about how much each district will generate under SCFF in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24. The Chancellor ’s Office will release preliminary estimates of enrollment, supplemental, and student success allocations in late February 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The plan is to include various components, including the consortium ’s governance model, an analysis of regional labor market needs, an inventory of regional and local spending priorities, measurable regional goals, and a description of how the plan aligns with other regional workforce development plans (such as WIOA plans).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

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 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Dual enrollment has various models. California ’s two most widely used models are traditional dual enrollment and College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP). Figure  6 and the next two paragraphs detail the major features of these two models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372