The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - As Figure  1 shows, expenditures from the BPPE Fund have exceeded revenues annually beginning in 2014-15. This trend is counter to the typical expectation that regulatory agencies ’ fees cover their costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The state ’s public universities also operate extended education programs, which generally are self ‑supported by student fee revenue. The state, however, provided UC Extension $15  million one ‑time General Fund in 2019 ‑20 to develop additional certificate programs serving adults who had some college credits but no college degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - UC also regularly seeks to contain growth in its operating costs. One way it regularly realizes operational savings is through negotiating discounts and rebates from vendors and service providers. UC Reserve Levels Generally Have Tracked With Broader Fiscal Factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - As Figure 6 shows, more than one ‑third of UC campus employees in 2023 ‑24 served in academic positions, with the remainder serving in various nonacademic positions. Nonacademic positions include managers, program directors, and support staff serving in many areas, including maintenance, food services, student
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - All newborns receive seed deposits regardless of their families ’ financial need. Originally $25, seed deposits for newborns are now $100. The state is providing $45  million General Fund annually to pay for these seed deposits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - As Figure  7 shows, state funding for universities over the last several years has been volatile. From 2019 ‑20 through 2024 ‑25, ongoing General Fund support for UC and CSU has seen annual increases as high as 16  percent and annual declines as deep as 8  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

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 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

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

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Even  funding MCS in the traditional way, the state could still set the award coverage percentage for each award year. Setting award coverage would provide greater clarity to campuses and students. As it does with other state programs, the state could budget based on an estimate of MCS program costs for the coming fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127