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

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - Prior to adoption of SCFF, the stability protection was linked directly to declining enrollment. State law allowed declining ‑enrollment districts to retain enrollment funding for vacant slots in the year they became vacant in order to cushion district budgets from immediate funding losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Under SCFF, districts receive apportionment funding for regular credit courses based on three components: (1)  a base allocation linked to  enrollment, (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts, and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - If UC were to continue implementing this plan in 2024 ‑25, as it now expects to do, more than 1,000 slots for resident undergraduate students would become available at UC ’s highest ‑demand campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Moreover, CSU ’s allocation factors have varied from strongly linked with program objectives (for example, Pell Grant counts) to not linked (for example, providing a flat amount to every campus regardless of need or performance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

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

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, some Learning Lab projects have resulted in higher pass rates for certain STEM courses while other projects have been linked to improving students ’ motivation and sense of belonging. Projects Are Challenging to Scale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The components are: (1)  a  base allocation linked to enrollment (about 70  percent of formula funding),  (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts (about 20  percent of formula funding), and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes (about 10  percent of formula funding).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2022-23 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2022 - Because some CSU campuses and programs are “impacted ” (meaning they have more student demand than available slots), some applicants meeting CSU ’s minimum systemwide eligibility requirements are not accepted at any campus to which they apply.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4537