Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot

Jan 24, 2020 - In most cases, we found that graduates of these programs used the bachelor ’s degree to enter management positions where a bachelor ’s degree is a minimum requirement. In these instances, employers were willing to hire individuals with a bachelor ’s degree in a wide variety of subjects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4140

Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot [Publication Details]

Jan 24, 2020 - State law authorizes the California Community Colleges (CCC) to award associate degrees, generally limiting the awarding of more advanced degrees to the state’s universities. As an exception to this rule, Chapter 747 of 2014 (SB 850, Block) authorized CCC to offer bachelor’s degrees on a pilot basis at up to 15 community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4140

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - New Bachelor ’s Degree Program. The administration has not provided data showing a demand for additional bachelor ’s degree program capacity systemwide. Accordingly, it is unclear whether adding a bachelor ’s degree program at SQRC would simply siphon some of the roughly 400 bachelor ’s degree students off of existing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Middle Class Scholarship Program [EdBudget]

Jul 16, 2024 - For 2024-25, CSAC assumed no change in offered awardees at the three segments, but an increase in the assumed paid rate at CCC results in a slight increase in CCC recipients. a In addition to undergraduate students at UC and CSU, CCC students in bachelor's degree programs are eligible for awards. b Less than $500,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/884

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - These positions require a bachelor ’s degree and legislative experience is preferred. The monthly salary range for both positions is $5,384 to $8,406 ($64,608 to $100,872 per year) —66  percent to  2.5 times more than the Capital Fellows program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Roughly one-quarter have some college education but do not hold a bachelor ’s degree. In contrast, roughly three-quarters of mid-to-high-wage workers attended college, and half hold a bachelor ’s degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 2, 2020 - As shown in the figure below, about one in five women with less than a Bachelor 's degree has lost work since the pandemic began (19 percent), about double the rate among men with less than a Bachelor 's degree (10 percent).  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/531

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor's Proposals for CDCR Operations

Feb 8, 2022 - Five Prisons Have California State University (CSU) Bachelor ’s Degree Programs. In order to allow inmates with associate ’s degrees to receive bachelor ’s degrees, several CSU campuses have begun offering in ‑person bachelor ’s degree courses at neighboring prisons to inmates who satisfy the minimum requirements necessary for admission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4517

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - The next most common teacher pathway is for individuals to obtain their bachelor ’s degree, demonstrate basic proficiency as well as subject matter competency, and then complete their teacher preparation program while teaching full time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Finally, LORA authorizes the Legislature to charge fees, up to $0.10 per page, to reimburse its actual costs for making copies of records. Retention of Records. The Legislature is not subject to the State Records Management Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015