The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Because the funds were restricted to that one project, the City of San Diego cannot award the funding to a different project. The Department of Finance has not yet indicated whether or when it would act to recapture the associated $2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - We recommend the Legislature approve the proposed tribal and rural library programs consultant position, as it has no General Fund cost and could result in tribal libraries obtaining millions in additional federal grant fundin g.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot

Jan 24, 2020 - For example, the Tri ‑County Nursing Pathway is a partnership between Riverside City College and two CSU campuses (Fullerton and San Bernardino) that allows associate degree nursing students to concurrently obtain their bachelor ’s degrees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4140

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - Alternatively, CSAC could take more time to examine where its workload gaps are most pronounced and submit a new budget change request for the 2026 ‑27  budget  cycle. Request for CISO Is Reasonable, Recommend Approving.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Two key areas where these savings have eroded are in the managed care organization (MCO) tax package and reductions to state operations. These are described in the box below. The forthcoming Appendix 1 will also provide a full list of the solutions from the 2024 ‑25 budget package that generate savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - Technology upgrades for CCC classrooms where teacher preparation courses are offered remotely. Student outreach and retention services. Data collection.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - Real ‑time data likely is most useful at the local level, where it could help instructors and counselors better support specific students. It is unclear, however, whether this project would significantly improve the data that districts have on their own students, except to the extent those students are also enrolled at other participating institutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - This program provides scholarships to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school (a school where at least 55  percent of students are low-income, English learners, or foster youth).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

The 2022-23 Budget: Cybersecurity at the California Community Colleges

Mar 30, 2022 - Though there currently is no inventory of where each college is relative to state and national standards and what each would need to do to meet standards, the Chancellor’s Office is in the process of identifying the current preparedness level for each college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4582

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