The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Rather than making commitments in advance, the Legislature could determine each year how much ongoing support it can afford to provide UC in light of overall fiscal conditions and competing budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - In deciding how much funding to allocate, the Legislature faces a basic trade-off. On the one hand, allocating more funding now would allow more projects to begin in 2026-27, avoiding the construction cost escalation associated with waiting until a future year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Without required reporting on how much campuses are spending on particular GI 2025 activities and how many and which students are using them, the Legislature cannot know which activities are most cost ‑effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Rather than making commitments in advance, the Legislature could determine each year how much support it can afford to provide CSU in light of overall fiscal conditions and competing budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - This would be similar to how the Cal Grant program is funded. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - These three consortia allocate the majority of their regional share to their member community college districts, with the districts deciding locally how to spend these funds. On the one hand, this latter approach does not promote as much strategic planning and regional coordination—key components of the SWP program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Though the Governor may propose funding increases, the Legislature has appropriation authority and ultimately decides how much to provide the segments given the state ’s overall budget situation. The Legislature is not beholden to implement the side agreements the Governor makes with the segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - This is because both agencies already need to collect much of the specified data for other purposes. For example, CDCR already knows which prison spaces it uses for rehabilitative purposes and how much time is scheduled for each rehabilitative program in that  space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Apart from this grant round, Learning Lab had begun analyzing how to ramp down its activities consistent with last year ’s agreement to stop funding the program beginning in 2026-27. Governor ’s Proposal Governor Proposes Retaining Learning Lab and Shifting to Government Operations Agency (GovOps).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Because districts have broad discretion over how to spend apportionments, providing a COLA also gives districts the flexibility to address local spending  priorities. Proposed COLA Rate Could Change by May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150