The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - This income level equates to roughly the top 90th percentile of households in California (meaning only about one in ten households makes above that level). Lastly, under the revamped program, students at private universities remain ineligible for MCS awards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The Legislature has historically made this a top CCC  budget priority because it helps districts address increases in their core operating costs and, in turn, maintain the quality of their instructional programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Consistent with historical legislative practice, as well as current practice for CCC, we recommend the Legislature fund enrollment growth at CSU and UC apart from and on top of any base increase, as doing so provides greater transparency and accountability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - On top of this base rate, colleges receive additional funding for each student enrolled who is low income and additional funding based on performance, as measured by graduation rates and various other student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - With Another Manager, CalKIDS Staffing Would Remain Top Heavy. The CalKIDS program currently has one manager position for every one staff position. This ratio is much higher than the state average. As of March  2024, the average statewide ratio of supervisorial positions (such as SSMIs) to non-supervisorial positions (such as AGPAs) is one-to-six.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - These one-time funds are on top of $637  million in ongoing General Fund, bringing the total program funding level to $926  million in 2024-25 (compared to $803  million in 2023-24). This program provides UC and CSU students with awards that cover a certain percentage of their remaining cost of attendance after accounting for their available resources (consisting of other gift aid, a student contribution, and in some cases a parent contribution).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Historically, the state has expected UC to draw its freshman admits from the top 12.5  percent of the state ’s high school graduates. As we have noted in previous analyses, UC has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years and likely will continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Higher Education Budget Proposals

Jan 26, 2022 - Whereas the Governor proposes enrollment growth funding on top of the base increases in 2022 ‑23, the universities would be required to accommodate 1  percent annual enrollment growth within their base increases over the remainder of the compact period (2023 ‑24 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499

The 2021-22 Budget: California Institutes for Science and Innovation

Mar 2, 2021 - On top of this core funding, the institutes receive additional funds from federal grants, private donations, and other external sources for specific research and other limited‑term endeavors. State law requires UC to match two dollars from external and nonstate sources for each dollar of state funding appropriated to the institutes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4394