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

Nov 20, 2024 - For the prior year, the state finalizes its calculation through a process known as “certification. ” Certification involves the publication of the underlying Proposition   98 inputs and a period for public comment and review.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Incarcerated students may use Pell Grants to cover tuition, textbooks and other course materials, supplies and equipment (such as to buy or rent a personal computer), and costs to obtain a certification or other first professional credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Specifically, the $ 5  m illion was for a competitive grant program aimed at helping community colleges develop zero ‑textbook ‑cost associate degrees and career technical education certificates. Budget trailer legislation required grantees to prioritize the development of such degrees and certificates using existing OER materials before creating new content.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Additionally, UC states that the funds primarily would support the development of new UC extended education certificate programs and student work study and internship opportunities. UC further indicates that it expects broad participation in these certificate and work ‑study programs, including among existing students and alumni from the state ’s three public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - 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. Districts  lost  enrollment funds, however, for slots that remained vacant for a second year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - In order to maximize this funding, they have an incentive to push as much enrollment as they can into 2023 ‑24. By  doing so, they could boost their funding level in 2024 ‑25 by taking advantage of a different funding protection known as stability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - To the WIOA Title II measures, we recommend adding one performance measure for providers —the number of CTE certificates earned by adult education students. To allocate performance funding, the state could set a dollar value to each performance point and adjust by COLA each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - Figure 1 Chapter 603 Identified Several Allowable Uses of Grant Funds As Ordered in Statute Professional development for teacher preparation program staff on teaching online. Compensation for CCC assistant assigned to monitor classroom.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

The 2023-24 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Mar 7, 2023 - In order for the CalKIDS program to expand college access, participants and their families need to know about the funds the state has deposited into their account and how they can be used. Accordingly, it is reasonable for the state to provide some continued support for program marketing and outreach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4731

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - Coursera, for example, offers certificates in a variety of industries, including information technology, cybersecurity, and marketing. LearningExpress, by comparison, focuses on preparing participants for certain tests, including the California Basic Educational Skills Test, California Real Estate Salesperson Exam, and the California Police Officer Exam.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549