The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - MCS awards are available to help cover a student ’s total cost of attendance, both for Cal Grant recipients and higher-income resident students enrolled in a UC, CSU, or CCC bachelor ’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Before initiating the reorganization process, the Governor must provide a copy of the reorganization plan to Legislative Counsel for statutory drafting. The statutory drafting is undertaken to reflect the form and language suitable for enactment in statute and to ensure that the plan clearly and specifically expresses its nature and purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

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

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - As Figure  17 shows, the percentage of individuals with at least a bachelor ’s degree has increased in Merced County since UC Merced opened but by less than the statewide average. Whereas the share of individuals with at least a bachelor ’s degree in Merced County increased from 11  percent in 2000 to 14  percent based on the most recent data collection (2017 ‑2021), the share increased from 27  percent to 35  percent statewide over the same period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

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

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

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - A total of 13,982 students graduated from a  pre ‑licensure  program in  2022 ‑ 23 —39  percent with an associate degree, 55  percent with a bachelor ’s degree, and 6  percent with a master ’s degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - Exempts Individuals With a Bachelor ’s Degree From Basic Skills Proficiency Requirement. Given that teaching credentials that require basic skills proficiency also require individuals to obtain a bachelor ’s degree, this proposed change would effectively eliminate the basic skills proficiency requirement in teacher credentialing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - We recommend the language also require the administration to provide a copy of OIG ’s original request to the JLBC along with the notification. These statutory changes would help ensure that the Legislature has sufficient information to (1)  assess the appropriate level of funding for OIG to complete its work and (2)  safeguard the independence of the office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833