The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - As Figure  1 shows, expenditures from the BPPE Fund have exceeded revenues annually beginning in 2014-15. This trend is counter to the typical expectation that regulatory agencies ’ fees cover their costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - (These amounts include debt service on university bonds as well as state bonds issued before 2014 ‑15.) CSU ’s overall core budget also generally increased over this period, such that debt service as a share of total core funding hovered around 4  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In  2014 ‑15, districts ’ employer contribution rate was 8.9  percent of payroll for CalSTRS and 11.8  percent of payroll for CalPERS. In 2025 ‑26, those rates are up to 19.1  percent of payroll for CalSTRS and 26.8  percent of payroll for CalPERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - First implemented in 2014 ‑15, students with household incomes of up to $100,000 could have 40  percent of their tuition covered (when combined with all other public financial aid). Tuition coverage was graduated downward as household income rose, with students receiving 10  percent tuition coverage at $150,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In 2014, the CCC Board of Governors convened the Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy —commonly known as the “Strong Workforce Task Force ” —to examine ways to produce more industry ‑valued certificates and degrees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - While  the composition of the workforce has not changed much from 2014 ‑15 through 2023 ‑24, the most pronounced change has been in the share of managers, which has grown from 7  percent to 10  percent of the total workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Its 2002 LRDP, for example, projected FTE enrollment to reach  8,316 students by 2014 ‑15. After falling short in meeting its enrollment targets in the mid ‑2000s, UC Merced revised the target for 2014 ‑15 down to 6,630 FTE students in its 2009 LRDP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - As Figure  8 shows, the number of authorized permanent positions at CSAC increased from 114.5 in 2014 ‑15 to 153.5 positions in 2024 ‑25. Many of CSAC ’s new positions in recent years have been to support administrative workload associated with program expansions, along with additional cybersecurity, research, and policy support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Proposition 2 (2014) created a state reserve specifically for schools and community colleges—the Public School System Stabilization Account (Proposition 98 Reserve). The Constitution requires the state to deposit Proposition 98 funding into this reserve when the state receives high levels of capital gains revenue and the minimum guarantee is growing quickly relative to inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - As Figure  12 shows, the number of incarcerated students enrolled at the community colleges has increased over the past decade —from about 2,200 FTE students in 2014 ‑15 to about 7,100 FTE students in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005