The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - This trend is counter to the typical expectation that regulatory agencies ’ fees cover their costs. As a result of BPPE ’s structural deficit, the state has taken several actions to keep the BPPE Fund solvent in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Counter to last year ’s budget agreement, the Governor proposes $4  million ongoing General Fund in 2026-27 to retain Learning Lab. (This is $1.5  million less than Learning Lab received in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Such a practice could create incentives for UC to disregard state enrollment growth targets with resulting fiscal impacts that could run counter to legislative intent. UC, however, is in a somewhat unusual situation due to the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - The  Governor ’s approach focuses solely on inputs (participating in certain transfer programs) rather than outcomes, which is counter to the basic notion of performance ‑based budgeting. Moreover, the Governor ’s approach violates the basic tenet of fairness in that it potentially punishes a single campus for not doing certain things, while other campuses acting in the same ways would experience no state repercussions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2022-23 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2022 - We think this likely runs counter to the Legislature ’s intent to expand access and fund greater enrollment. Legislature Could Still Influence 2023 ‑24 Enrollment. As CSU already is in the midst of making admission decisions for 2022 ‑23, the Legislature has limited ability at this point to influence CSU ’s 2022 ‑23 enrollment level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4537

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Countering these growth pressures, however, is demographic data indicating declines in both the college ‑age population (ages 18 ‑24) and the broader working ‑age adult population (ages 25 ‑64) in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853