The 2024-25 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Jan 30, 2024 - Given the state’s large projected budget deficit in 2024‑25 (potentially upwards of $58 billion), at least $2.4 billion in non‑Proposition 98 General Fund higher education savings seems a practical starting point.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4829?utm_source=Legislative+Analyst%27s+Office&utm_campaign=415eaeb623-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_01_30_4829&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-415eaeb623-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The supplemental rate for nonresident undergraduates (which is in addition to the base rate for resident students) is set at $39,270. The supplemental rate rises by $1,668 (4.4  percent) from 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Setting Funded Enrollment Level Could Clarify Intent Moving Forward. The purpose of setting enrollment targets is to make clear expectations regarding the number students the universities are to enroll.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - The program currently partners with 45 campuses and serves about 3,400 students. We cover California Volunteers, housed within the Governor ’s Office of Service and Community Engagement, in the “ Other Provisions ” post of our Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - Although the intent is to seek funding from private industry and other sources, it remains to be seen whether such sources would provide sufficient funding to sustain CTI activities beyond the initial five ‑year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The Chancellor ’s Office is required to report on December 31, 2023 and every two years thereafter on colleges ’ efforts to serve currently and formerly incarcerated students. Just Over Half of Colleges Are Participating in Original Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - CSU sets aside a portion of its tuition revenue to provide financial aid to students, also known as institutional financial aid. The largest institutional financial aid program is the State University Grant (SUG) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2022-23 Budget: CCC Chancellor's Office Staffing

Mar 29, 2022 - December 31, 2023 If designated faculty organizations cannot decide on single general education course pattern, Chancellor ’s Office and other administrators from public higher education segments set the course pattern.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4579

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Setting GI 2025 targets heightened public attention on CSU’s performance. In doing so, the CSU system and each of its campuses felt greater institutional accountability to demonstrate improved outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - As Figure  15 shows, UC Merced also has fallen short of the enrollment targets it established in 2013. The 2020 LRDP further lowered the campus ’s enrollment targets. (Unlike earlier LRDPs which tended to set annual targets, the 2020 LRDP set enrollment targets for only 2020 ‑21 and 2030 ‑31.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937