The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget backfills for the one ‑time reduction related to that payment deferral. b The 2025 ‑26 Budget Act included intent language to provide UC with this augmentation. c Consists of $30 million for 2026 ‑27 and $31 million delayed from 2025 ‑26. d Reflects amount UC reports as still available for each initiative.
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The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Relative to the Governor ’s budget, this recommendation results in $4  million ongoing General Fund savings. By reducing ongoing spending, this recommendation helps the state address its projected out-year deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Second, the scoring system does not account for whether campuses have already received Proposition  2 funding, resulting in several campuses having multiple projects funded while other campuses have no projects funded.
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The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - As a result of BPPE ’s structural deficit, the state has taken several actions to keep the BPPE Fund solvent in recent years. Most notably, in 2021-22, DCA issued a $12  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund.
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The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The associated ongoing cost is built into apportionments in 2026-27. d The Governor ’s budget reappropriates funding for four research initiatives whose original expenditure periods have ended. The administration does not have estimates of the amount of remaining funds for each initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - CSU ’s overall core budget also generally increased over this period, such that debt service as a share of total core funding hovered around 4  percent. Proposals Governor Proposes Base Increases for CSU.
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The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  4 shows, districts ’ unrestricted reserves have increased over the past several years. Whereas unrestricted reserves totaled $2  billion (23  percent of expenditures) in 2019 ‑20, they grew to $3.8  billion (34  percent of expenditures) in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education [Publication Details]

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The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab [Publication Details]

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The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities [Publication Details]

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