The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - As Figure  6 shows, CSU ’s uncommitted core reserves have generally increased over the past five years, reaching 1.1 months of expenditures in 2022 ‑23. Nonetheless, the reserve level remains below the system ’s target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (In addition to the amounts shown, the Governor proposes using $1.5  billion of ARP fiscal relief funds to pay for the sate share of direct coronavirus disease 2019 expenditures, resulting in lower General Fund costs by that amount.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - In reviewing the language, the Legislature will want to consider whether it allows for sufficient legislative oversight of pandemic response expenditures given the critical nature and magnitude of these expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - The changes are intended to simplify the form by reducing the number of questions students and families need to answer and transferring data directly from their previous tax filings. After a one ‑year delay in the original launch date, the revised FAFSA is now in the midst of being implemented across the nation for the first time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Proposition 39 Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2013 - In view of the above concerns, we recommend the Legislature exclude from the Proposition 98 calculation all Proposition 39 revenues required to be used on energy-related projects and not count spending from these revenues as Proposition 98 expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2691

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - Early Action Legislation Clarifies Tax Treatment of Certain Types of Financial Aid Awards. In a May early action budget decision, the state enacted Chapter  5 of 2023 (AB  111, Committee on Budget) related to how certain forms of financial aid are treated for state personal income tax purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Proposition  98 funding comes from the state General Fund and certain local property tax revenues. Most Proposition  98 funding is provided to community colleges through “apportionments, ” which is general ‑purpose funding used to pay for instruction and other core operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2022-23 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

May 10, 2022 - It then describes the Governor ’s funding proposal and Hastings ’ corresponding expenditure plan. The  post  concludes by raising two issues for legislative consideration. Background Hastings Is a Public Law School.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4593

An Analysis of University Reserves

Nov 10, 2020 - At CSU, total core reserves (committed and uncommitted combined) at the end of 2019-20 ranged from less than one month of expenditures at the Fresno campus to six months of expenditures at the Channel Islands campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4295

The 2022-23 Budget: Hastings College of the Law [Publication Details]

May 10, 2022 - This is because Hastings’ corresponding expenditure plan primarily focuses on basic workload adjustments. That said, we emphasize that this proposal is a starting point. The Legislature likely will want to weigh this proposal against its other 2022‑23 budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4593