The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Rationale for Certain Scoring Metrics Is Unclear. Although the new scoring system includes several relevant scoring metrics, it also includes a couple of metrics for which the rationale is less clear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - The administration scores the $541  million as one ‑time savings. (For the past three years, the state has supported the program using a mix of ongoing and one ‑time General Fund.) The Governor ’s budget maintains the new budgetary approach of funding MCS awards one year in arrears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Figure 4 CSAC Uses Scoring Matrix to Allocate Competitive Awards Reflects Scoring Matrix Used Since 2018 ‑19 Component
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - Based on the new campus study, San Joaquin County scores relatively high on some criteria, including the ability to serve first ‑generation students. However, it scores relatively low on other criteria, including regional enrollment demand and regional workforce demand.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - This  metric is commonly known as the facility condition index (FCI), with a lower index score reflecting better facility conditions. We estimate more than half of UC  campuses and nearly all CSU campuses have an FCI above 0.10, which is typically considered an indication of poor facility conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - We also score savings from attendance ‑related changes to LCFF and account for the required reserve withdrawal. After making these adjustments, $7.6  billion in funding is available. Regarding cost increases, we estimate that covering the 8.73  percent statutory COLA would cost $7.9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - For example, adult education providers earn points each time one of their students attains a high school diploma or when one of their students improves literacy pre ‑ and post ‑test scores by a set amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652