The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Assessment Key Factors to Consider in Deciding How Much Proposition  2 Funding to Commit Now. Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would commit roughly half of CCC Proposition  2 funding. (The Chancellor ’s Office intends to request about $400  million in Proposition  2 funding for additional projects in 2026-27 and the remainder in 2027-28.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2025 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposals to fund community college capital outlay projects under Proposition 2, the new education facilities bond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor ’s budget assumes (1)  a $620  million ($230  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent elimination of 6,500 vacant positions and associated funding and (2)  a $1.5  billion ($820  million General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing reduction to state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The Department of Finance has not yet indicated whether or when it would act to recapture the associated $2  million. We recommend the Legislature adopt provisional budget language reverting the funds as part of its budget closeout activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

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

Mar 10, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, this funding came from “core ” and “noncore ” sources. Of the school ’s core funding, 66  percent comes from student tuition and fee revenue and 31  percent comes from state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, UC estimates its total debt service costs are further increasing by $8  million (2  percent), altogether reaching $469  million. UC Has Large Seismic Safety and Capital Renewal Backlogs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - In the meantime, the Legislature could reject the proposed augmentation for 2025 ‑26 and (1)  redirect the funds to other ongoing priorities, (2)  designate the funds for one ‑time purposes, or (3)  make a discretionary deposit into the Proposition  98 Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - The state postponed the 2024-25 application deadline for most Cal Grant awards from March 2 to May 2 due to implementation issues with the new FAFSA form. This resulted in CSAC receiving key application data after preparing its original spring estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926