The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - Proposed Funding Increase for Rising Scholars Network Is Relatively Large. The Governor ’s proposed $30  million increase for the Rising Scholars Network would more than double the ongoing program funding level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2022-23 Budget: Cybersecurity at the California Community Colleges

Mar 30, 2022 - Typically, a college would be expected to undergo independent security assessments every few years, pay for network security and anti ‑fraud software licenses annually, and make network upgrades periodically.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4582

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - MCS = Middle Class Scholarships and COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. Cal Grant Spending Continues to Grow at Historically High Rate. The Cal Grant program is the state ’s largest and longest ‑standing financial aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - Students will have a simil ar net price across all living arrangements, meaning they would no longer have an incentive to contain their living costs. This could lead some students who have the option of living at home to instead choose to live independently off campus or on campus, with the state bearing the additional cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Community colleges offer CTE certificates in many areas, with just a few examples being accounting, computer networking, and medical assisting. CTE certificates generally focus on occupational skills, and they require anywhere from a few months to more than one year o f full ‑time study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - For example, the State Library has tools that remove malicious emails, secure data transmitted over the internet, create encrypted internet connections, and create firewalls to insulate sections of its network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Certain Students Who Changed Living Arrangement Lost Cal Grant Eligibility. Due to the pandemic, on ‑campus housing is operating at significantly reduced capacity in 2020 ‑21. Many students who otherwise would have lived on campus are instead living at home with family.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. Governor ’s CCC Budget Plan Includes Proposition   98 Reserve Funding. The Proposition   98 Reserve is an account designated for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Since 2021 ‑22, the state has provided $10  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund for the Rising Scholars Network. Currently, 80 community colleges —including all 25 colleges providing instruction to students at CDCR —receive a grant from this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940