The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26, the state deferred a $130  million General Fund payment from 2025 ‑26 to 2026 ‑27, while allowing UC to take a no ‑interest General Fund cash loan to cover costs in the meantime. UC requested and received this cash loan in fall 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Rather, in the coming months and years, the state will likely have to take significant action to reduce spending on existing ongoing programs, raise additional tax revenues, or find other budget ‑balancing solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  3 shows, salaries and benefits (including retirement benefits, health care benefits, workers ’ compensation, and unemployment insurance) accounted for more than 80  percent of district spending in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - As Figure 11 shows, CSU’s total spending on employee health care costs has been increasing over time, reaching $779 million in 2024‑25. Growth in health care costs has been particularly notable the past three years (with the highest growth in 2023‑24 at 10 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Another shortcoming of the current scoring system is it does not take into account if a campus already has received funding for another project. Of the ten new projects included in the Governor ’s budget, seven are at campuses that already received Proposition  2 funding for a different project in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Though the impact of the award reduction will be felt differently among students, students might work a couple more hours per week or take out larger loans to compensate for smaller MCS awards. Program Has Considerable Overlap With Cal Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127