The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - The COLA rate will be finalized in late April when the federal government releases the last round of data used in the calculation. Though the final rate likely will be even higher than the 8.13  percent COLA rate proposed in January, we are concerned with the state ’s ability to sustain a higher rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Since 2018 ‑19, per ‑student funding has reached new all ‑time highs nearly every year. Under the Governor ’s Proposition  98 plan, budgeted CCC per ‑student funding in 2024 ‑25 would be approximately $1,500 (14  percent) higher than that pre ‑pandemic level (2018 ‑19), after adjusting for inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

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 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget for 2019 ‑ 20 p roposed $ 62  m illion for CSU to grow by about 7, 300 r esident undergraduate FTE students (2. 1  p ercent) compared to 2018 ‑19. The final June budget package provided an additional $ 23  m illion for enrollment growth —resulting in a total of $ 85  m illion for CSU to increase enrollment by 10, 000 r esident undergraduate FTE students (2. 9  p ercent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - In 2018, the Legislature authorized a pilot seeking to increase individuals ’ access to teacher preparation programs. Chapter  603 of 2018 (S B  577 , Dodd) authorized the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor ’s Office and CTC to award up to three grants of $500,000 each to community colleges that formed collaboratives with universities offering teacher preparation instruction via distance learning (typically online courses).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot [Publication Details]

Jan 24, 2020 - Chapter 747 directed our office to conduct an interim evaluation of the pilot by July 1, 2018 and a final evaluation by July 1, 2022. This report reflects our final evaluation. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4140

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The  committee recommended defining “first generation ” as a student whose parents do not hold a bachelor ’s degree. (Currently, community colleges define first generation as a student whose parents do not hold an  associate degree  or higher.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Adult schools charge fees, even though most adult students are low income and community colleges serving a similar population of students either do not charge such fees or waive them. → Adult schools do not charge fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2020-21 Budget: Immigrant Legal Services at the Public Higher Education Segments

May 21, 2020 - Toward the end of 2018 ‑19, DSS finalized contracts with four legal service providers as well as the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, which is to provide statewide technical assistance and support. Figure  3 shows that these contracts total $5.6  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4239

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - Based on the meetings and site visits we conducted for this report, however, relatively few counselors advise incarcerated students, and these students typically do not have access to trained tutors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005