The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - For example, these types of facilities can generate revenue from activities such as athletic events and concerts. Recommendation Consider Directing Chancellor ’s Office to Adjust Scoring System. The Chancellor ’s Office ’s scoring system has significant implications for which projects receive state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The remainder (known as “classified employees ”) are in non ‑academic positions, including many types of staff and other  administrators. Salary Decisions Are Made Locally. Most community college employees are represented by labor unions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Figure 9 shows the increase by award type. During this period, the number of students earning each type of CTE award increased significantly. The number of students earning each of these types of awards in non‑CTE fields, however, increased even faster.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Currently, the Legislature cannot compare the cost ‑effectiveness of even the most common types of GI 2025 activities, such as tutoring, first ‑year mentoring programs, grants for graduating seniors, and additional high ‑demand course sections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - As a final note, if the Legislature wanted to prioritize certain types of intersegmental efforts, it could direct the recently created California Education Interagency Council (which has representatives from each of the three segments as well as other workforce training providers) to look for these opportunities using federal, philanthropic, or corporate dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - In setting such a policy, the state could consider various factors, including the types of users making requests, the types of requests received, the complexity of received requests, and the frequency of requests from the same users.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - The specific GPA requirement varies by award type. Most award types require a minimum high school GPA of 2. 0 or 3.0 or a minimum community college GPA of 2.0 or 2.4. Most Cal Grants Are Entitlements, but Some Are Awarded Competitively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Campuses chose to use funds from both programs to provide various types of housing assistance. (Campuses are also using the basic needs funds to provide other types of assistance, most notably food assistance.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - In addition to apportionments, a CCC categorical program provides $3  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund for textbooks or digital course content for incarcerated students across all types of correctional facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Depending on the Cal Grant award type, household income is capped at $76,100 or $144,700 (for a family of four in 2026 ‑27). MCS Proposal Is a Budget ‑Balancing Option the Legislature May Want to Consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112