The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2018, the state established Learning Lab. The purpose of Learning Lab is to improve learning outcomes and help close equity gaps, particularly in STEM, at California ’s public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In 2018 ‑19, the state adopted a new formula —SCFF . This formula is intended to create stronger incentives for colleges to enroll lower ‑income students and improve outcomes for them and students overall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Those changes were fully implemented by July 1, 2018. Since then, revenues in the BPPE Fund have been roughly flat in unadjusted dollars. Adjusting for inflation, revenues were 18  percent lower in 2024-25 than in 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Since 2018 ‑19, the state has allocated apportionments to districts using the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF). Under SCFF, districts generate funding based on their enrollment, their low ‑income student counts, and certain student outcomes (such as the number of students completing a certificate or degree).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

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

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

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Using this approach, CSAC could not finalize the percentage of award coverage until August when it received enrollment rosters from campuses. This issue made it challenging for campuses to inform students of their estimated MCS award amounts prior to the start of the academic year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

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