The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The funds would pay for updated hardware and a renewable cloud-based security subscription service. The State Library indicates that the primary rationale for the new hardware and software subscription servic e is to ensure that as its current system reaches its end of life, new defense tools are put into place to protect against cybersecurity threats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - (The state, however, directly pays a small share of community college pension costs, a large share of CSU pension costs, and all of CSU retiree health care costs.) Beyond compensation, smaller elements of the segments ’ budgets also are expected to increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

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

Mar 10, 2025 - The school ’s reserve currently is healthy, which could help as the school reconsiders its financing options. Introduction This brief analyzes the Governor ’s January budget proposals for CLSF. The brief first provides background on the law school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

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

Nov 20, 2024 - The Legislature could set aside a portion of this amount to eliminate the payment deferrals it adopted in the June 2024 budget plan, which would help build budget resiliency. For the remaining funds, dedicating a portion for one ‑time spending would create a buffer to help protect ongoing programs in case the guarantee is lower than expected in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - First, in that report, we recommend modifying SCFF to include a performance component for incarcerated students (as it does for most other students), thus creating better incentives for colleges to help these students attain their educational goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - In prior years, CCA has relied on philanthropic donations to help fill these gaps. CCA Received State Support in 2024 ‑25. The  state provided $2.5  million one ‑time General Fund to support CCA in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - State Often Pays Portion of Academic Facility Project Costs. Academic facilities are eligible for state support. The state and districts often share the cost of academic capital outlay projects. Though the share of costs varies among projects, the state commonly covers about half of the cost, with the district covering the rest using local funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways [Publication Details]

Nov 7, 2024 - We conclude the report by identifying key state-level takeaways from the UC Merced experience that could help inform the Legislature as it undertakes future higher education planning. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4937

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - (The box nearby describes other programs that help students with housing while in  college.) Other Programs Also Help Students With Housing State Recently Began Funding Construction of Student Housing Facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898