The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The proposed trailer bill language retroactively reestablishes the special fund as of January 1, 2025, so there would be no lap se in deposits. (The state has continued to collect civil appellate filing fees.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - As part of this initiative, CSU has held systemwide convenings for faculty and administrators to share best practices. CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - The package also includes additional funding to HCAI to research health care workforce shortages and best practices for developing a diverse workforce. Assessment Proposed Package Largely Conceptual, With Key Details Not Yet Developed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Additionally, SIB is working with th e Los Angeles Unified School District and Riverside County Office of Education to increase CalKIDS participation. SIB will submit a report on these local efforts by September 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - If a campus has more transfer applicants than slots, it uses UC ’s comprehensive review policy to select students for admissions. (This process is very similar to the process used when a campus has more freshman applicants than slots.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Based on best practices from the Government Finance Officers Association, the Chancellor ’s Office recommends that districts maintain unrestricted reserves worth a minimum of 16.7  percent (two months) of annual expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - These three recommendations incorporate lessons learned from GI 2025, while also incorporating best practices in state program design. (With CSU’s existing graduation initiative phasing out in 2025, CSU has turned its attention to its next graduation initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Instead, we recommend the Legislature make funding decisions for each segment each year based upon the best information available at that time and the state ’s overall budget condition. In this vein, we recommend the Legislature rescind funding commitments made in advance for 2027 ‑28 and 2028 ‑29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Though much smaller in magnitude, UC also can experience cost increases relating to operating expenses and equipment (OE&E). OE&E costs tend to grow with inflation over time, though UC tries to contain these costs through operational efficiencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

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

Nov 7, 2024 - Consequently, adding enrollment slots at UC Merced has been costlier than adding slots at the other UC campuses. In 2022 ‑23, UC Merced received $85  million in state per ‑student funding above the level it would have generated under the rebenching formula had it been any other UC general campus with a comparable student body.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937