Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Stanislaus is the only campus to eliminate the gap in the four ‑year first ‑time graduation rate for American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latino students and their peers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Figure 5 Certain Categorical Programs Have Received a COLA in Recent Years 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - From 2019 ‑20 to 2024 ‑25, CSU ’s debt service for state ‑approved projects grew from $295  million to $365  million (23  percent). (These amounts include debt service on university bonds as well as state bonds issued before 2014 ‑15.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In all but one region (Orange County), CTE enrollment outpaced non ‑CTE enrollment during the period. CTE Enrollment Is Up Across All Major Sectors. While the estimated number of FTE students enrolled in all major industry sectors has grown over the past decade, the growth rate has varied notably by sector, as Figure  8 shows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 1 CCC Uses Certain Scoring Metrics to Rank Project Proposals Metric Provides points based on the age of the facility, with older facilities receiving more points. 60 Local contribution Provides points based on the share of project costs covered by local funds, with larger local contributions receiving more points. 50 Provides points based on facility condition, with facilities in worse
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - In addition, UC intends to use $20  million from its investment earnings for its core operating costs in 2026 ‑27. UC also anticipates generating $15  million in freed ‑up funds from procurement savings and other operational efficiencies that it will use for its core operations in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Compared to the broader student body, emergency grant recipients were more likely to be Latino or Black, first ‑generation, female, and LGBTQ. These student groups align with those reporting higher rates of homelessness in UC surveys, except that female students report similar rates of homelessness as male students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget includes $20  million one-time General Fund for the California College of the Arts to help stabilize the school ’s financial situation. This is the second year that the state will be providing the school with general fiscal support (having provided $2.5  million in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - (The administration indicates it exempted all departments with 20 or fewer positions from these reductions.) The state is facing projected out-year deficits too —meaning additional budget solutions could be needed in 2026-27 to balance the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - The  orange bars represent the surplus or shortfall after accounting for the reserve. As the figure shows, a small shortfall exists each year through 2025 ‑26, but reserve withdrawals provide additional funding that reduces the shortfall in 2023 ‑24 and more than offset the shortfalls in 2024 ‑25  and  2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648