California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates

Mar 30, 2017 - Because CCC does not have a centralized database of expenditures by program, however, it is unclear how much of the new funding resulting from the Chapter   34 rate increase actually has been spent on CDCP programs and services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3635

California Community Colleges: Evaluation of Intersession Extension Pilot Program

Dec 14, 2016 - While needy students already are shielded from fees through the Board of Governors fee waiver program, low fees deliver high subsidies to nonneedy students—most of whom are eligible for substantial, if not full, reimbursement from the federal government through education tax credit programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3515

California Community Colleges: Raising Fees Could Mitigate Program Cuts and Leverage More Federal Aid [Publication Details]

Jun 11, 2009 - New federal tax credit provisions allow the state to tap potentially hundreds of millions of new federal dollars for higher education. Because these tax credits will fully reimburse most California Community College (CCC) students for the fees they pay, the state could raise those fees (and revenue for CCC) with no net impact on most students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2097

Creating a Debt Free College Program

Jan 31, 2017 - Currently, the state counts some but not all community college financial aid expenditures toward the minimum guarantee. If the Legislature were to fund the CCC portion of the debt free college program within the Proposition  98 minimum guarantee, it effectively would crowd out funding for other community college or school programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3540

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The Legislature could require the administration to submit expenditure proposals as part of the regular budget process. Using the standard budget process would provide the Legislature a regular opportunity to be apprised of the administration ’s priorities, assess the use of any previously allocated funding, and make modifications based upon better information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

Improving Workforce Education and Training Data in California

Aug 18, 2016 - Department of Education has developed the College Scorecard, which links data from colleges and universities with federal student financial aid and tax data. For a given college, the Scorecard provides information about admissions, student demographics, completions, costs (by family income), student aid (including student loan repayment rates), and the average earnings of students after attending the college.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3494