The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Under SCFF, districts receive apportionment funding for regular credit courses based on three components: (1)  a base allocation linked to  enrollment, (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts, and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - If a campus has more transfer applicants than slots, it uses UC ’s comprehensive review policy to select students for admissions. (This process is very similar to the process used when a campus has more freshman applicants than slots.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Moreover, CSU ’s allocation factors have varied from strongly linked with program objectives (for example, Pell Grant counts) to not linked (for example, providing a flat amount to every campus regardless of need or performance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, some Learning Lab projects have resulted in higher pass rates for certain STEM courses while other projects have been linked to improving students ’ motivation and sense of belonging. Projects Are Challenging to Scale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Recommend Linking Additional DPH Positions to Other Decisions and Adding Reporting Requirement. We recommend the Legislature wait to decide on the 15 additional positions at DPH until it has acted on the rest of the administration ’s CNA package of proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Legislature, however, might consider more targeted initiatives linked with specific goals. For example, it could link any one ‑time workforce funding to helping with a transition to a new child care reimbursement rate system and/or higher minimum program standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - Compared with the estimates underlying the 2019 ‑20 Budget Act , CSAC has adjusted its Cal Grant spending estimates downward by $138  million in 2018 ‑19 and $155  million in 2019 ‑20 (Figure  3). These adjustments are based on more recent data on award offers and payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - CSU estimates that employee compensation increases in 2023 ‑24 are costing $261  million —$138  million more than the amount covered by the base increase. Campuses are to cover the $138  million shortfall from their existing budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Community college funding is linked to the Proposition  98 minimum guarantee, which tends to drop when state revenues decline. The universities —lacking constitutional, federal, or court ‑ordered mandates —generally are considered a discretionary component of the state budget and are particularly subject to funding reductions during fiscal downturns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - Prior to adoption of SCFF, the stability protection was linked directly to declining enrollment. State law allowed declining ‑enrollment districts to retain enrollment funding for vacant slots in the year they became vacant in order to cushion district budgets from immediate funding losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695