The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - To balance the 2024-25 budget, the state authorized reductions in most agencies ’ state operations funding. Specifically, most agencies were subject to reductions of up to 7.95  percent, in addition to having certain vacant positions eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

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

Mar 10, 2025 - As Figure  5 shows, after adjusting for inflation, total core funding per student in 2024 ‑25 is similar to what it was in 2015 ‑16. In 2024 ‑25, state support makes up one ‑third of CLSF ’s core funding, compared to just over one ‑fifth a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2020-21 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - State Operations In this section, we assess the Governor ’s proposals for CSAC to ( 1)  c ontinue implementation of its Grant Delivery System Modernization project, ( 2)  a dd 15 n ew positions associated with new workload, and ( 3)  r elocate to a larger leased space to accommodate the increase in staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4182

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - State law declares that it is in the best interest of the public and the state for public libraries to exist and receive “adequate financial support from government at all levels. ” State law does not provide a clear definition of what constitutes adequate financial support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - (Whereas the access award covered roughly 15  percent of the living costs of a student living off campus in 2001 ‑02, it covers an estimated 7  percent today.) Under the revamped MCS program, the state will cover a larger share of students ’ living costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - The primary reason for the decline in the tuition share is that UC generally held its tuition charges flat from 2011 ‑12 through 2021 ‑22. During this period, UC increased its systemwide tuition charges only once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature request the department to answer, at a minimum, the following  questions: What workload is CSAC currently unable to  cover? What are the programmatic implications of not being able to perform this work?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

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

Nov 7, 2024 - This increase in average wages is consistent with what one might expect when the state adds a substantial number of relatively high paying government jobs to a region. Employment Growth in the Region Has Been Higher Than State Average.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The Common ERP project has not undergone a comparable planning process, and the documentation currently available on this project is not equivalent to what the Legislature typically receives for other state IT  projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Technically, it reduces the Test 2 and Test 3 funding levels from what they otherwise would be in the year following the increase. These lower levels are then used in the comparison with Test 1 (which is unaffected).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940