Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Some Regions Have Seen Larger Improvements in Earnings Measures. Figure  11 shows the median change in earnings from before entering to after exiting college for CTE students by region. Of the three earnings measures, this one arguably comes closest to reflecting the added value of college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - The program is supported by a special fund consisting of money reverted from certain trust accounts used by attorneys. The special fund recently accumulated enough money to launch the program in 2023 ‑24 and sustain it for at least a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, in 2022 ‑23, 1,808 CCC students at CDCR (12  percent) had earned more than 60  units. Of these students, 418 (2.7  percent) had already earned 100 or more CCC units. Just over 100 of these students had already accumulated 150 or more units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Trends in Higher Education: Student Outcomes [Publication Details]

Apr 18, 2024 - This brief is the third of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The third brief focuses on student outcomes and how they have changed over the past few decades. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4895

Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - Under state law, CSU may only use TRP earnings for one ‑time capital expenses, including renewal. Since CSU began distributing TRP earnings in 2019 ‑20, it has allocated an average of $40  million annually to campuses for capital expenses, with distributions varying somewhat from year to year based on investment performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - The formula also deducts a student contribution from part ‑time work earnings. Specifically, the MCS calculation assumes a student works 15 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, at the state minimum wage rate, as adjusted annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - To the WIOA Title II measures, we recommend adding one performance measure for providers —the number of CTE certificates earned by adult education students. To allocate performance funding, the state could set a dollar value to each performance point and adjust by COLA each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Though fall 2023 staffing data are not yet available, two factors discussed in the “Enrollment ” section of this brief could result in districts adding somewhat more employees in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - Under this approach, CSU borrows money for the projects by issuing university bonds, then repays the associated debt using its core funds. (State law authorizes CSU to use its main General Fund appropriation for this purpose.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Upon launching, the program is expected to enroll approximately 450,000 newborns annually. 2021 ‑22 Budget Added Low ‑Income Public School Students to Program. The 2021 ‑22 budget also added a new component to the CalKIDS program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548