The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The measure does not specify how the funds are to be allocated among these specific purposes. In addition to this state general obligation bond, voters in the same election approved 14 local general obligation bonds totaling $9.9  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program

Dec 19, 2017 - Employers reported that the new degrees are giving students the necessary skills for work requiring more than a certificate or associate degree but less than some traditional bachelor ’s degrees. “An engineering degree without calculus ” is how an employer characterized one of the degrees, noting that the average student in the pilot program likely would not have
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3722

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - For the prior year, the state finalizes its calculation through a process known as “certification. ” Certification involves the publication of the underlying Proposition   98 inputs and a period for public comment and review.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - UC Has Large Seismic Safety and Capital Renewal Backlogs. Of the state ‑supported academic facility projects UC has undertaken since 2013 ‑14, nearly $1.2  billion has been for seismic safety and capital renewal projects (including major renovations, building replacements, and infrastructure improvements).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The state also created a climate change research program at the Strategic Growth Council, providing the program a total of $34  million (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund) from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Incarcerated students may use Pell Grants to cover tuition, textbooks and other course materials, supplies and equipment (such as to buy or rent a personal computer), and costs to obtain a certification or other first professional credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates

Mar 30, 2017 - How Should the State Measure the Effectiveness of CDCP Programs? With continued growth in the number of —and enrollment in —CDCP certificate programs, a better understanding of the value of these programs to students and the state is increasingly important.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3635

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - The remainder of the school ’s operating costs includes operating equipment and expenses (utilities, rent, and supplies), as well as safety and security contracts. School Is Operating From a Deficit Position in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Though CSAC provided documentation showing how OE&E costs have been increasing, it did not include detail on how additional funding would be allocated to cover both rising OE&E costs and staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994