Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Because demand for a CCC education generally outstrips the number of in ‑person slots, colleges must decide which incarcerated people have enrollment priority. Enrollment priority is determined by each college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - If a campus has more transfer applicants than slots, it uses UC ’s comprehensive review policy to select students for admissions. (This process is very similar to the process used when a campus has more freshman applicants than slots.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - State law allowed declining ‑enrollment districts to retain enrollment funding for vacant slots in the year they became vacant in order to cushion district budgets from immediate funding losses. Districts  lost  enrollment funds, however, for slots that remained vacant for a second year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Various Drawbacks of Current Funding Model, Recommend New Approach. The figure below identifies the main shortcomings of the existing funding model and our recommended new funding model. The new model we present is better aligned with the state ’s existing program objectives of enhanced regional coordination and improved student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Dual enrollment has various models. California ’s two most widely used models are traditional dual enrollment and College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP). Figure  6 and the next two paragraphs detail the major features of these two models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - If UC were to continue implementing this plan in 2024 ‑25, as it now expects to do, more than 1,000 slots for resident undergraduate students would become available at UC ’s highest ‑demand campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - Chapter   603 ’s Program Model Has Key Drawbacks, Recommend Not Bringing to Scale. We find no compelling evidence that Chapter  603 ’s program model helped meet the state ’s core objective of increasing access to teacher credentialing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The one‑time spending will expire in 2027‑28, freeing up funds that could help the state accommodate a possible decrease in the minimum guarantee before having to reduce programs. Under the Governor’s budget, the amount of the cushion is $241 million, equating to 1.7 percent of Proposition 98 spending on the community colleges in 2026‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - This foundation operates the Imagination Library, which mails books free of charge to children under age five. Anticipated Federal Funding Fluctuated During Budget Development. Early in the budget process, the State Library was notified that its federal Institute of Museum and Library Services grant was being terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089