The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - In particular, GovOps is working to improve how the state collects, manages, and uses data through its Statewide Data Strategy. This initiative, which is led by t he state ’s Chief Data Officer, is focused on aligning other integrated data system development efforts in the state, standardizing interagency data
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The Governor also proposes smaller ongoing augmentations for various targeted purposes, including Calbright College, the Healthy School Food Pathways program, the Common Cloud Data Platform, and credit for prior learning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposals for the California Community Colleges. It covers apportionments, enrollment growth, Calbright College, and various other proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5150

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - Background Each District Maintains Its Own Student Data. Community colleges collect various types of student data, including data on enrollment, demographics, academic outcomes, and financial aid. Each district stores this student data in an IT system called an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Improved Data. Campuses had to improve their data collection efforts and upgrade their data systems to better understand what activities would help them reach their GI  2025 targets. Through these improvements, campuses indicate they now are able to better identify students at risk of dropping out or not graduating on time and provide relevant support services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The Chancellor ’s Office provides data on students ’ academic and labor market outcomes through DataVista , a public dashboard launched in fall 2024. Based on this data, the number of students earning any CTE award increased by 50 percent from 2015‑16 to 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - A Data/Customer Support AGPA who will be responsible for data analysis and customer support, including tasks such as responding to program inquiries, troubleshooting user-experience issues, and analyzing participation and account data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Examples of projects include creating an artificial intelligence (AI)-as sisted technology platform for undergraduate chemistry students, developing professional development tools for data science faculty, and redesigning an introductory calculus course to improve pass rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - (This COLA rate will be revised in late April based on updated inflation data.) Additionally,  the budget more than triples ongoing Proposition  98 funding for Calbright College (raising support from $15  million to $53  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - We tend to provide data for the past one to three decades. We select the exact time period for each chart by considering the availability of the particular data at issue, comparability of the reported data over time, and the most interesting trends emanating from the data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828