California Budget

After the pomp and pageantry of today’s inauguration, one of new California Governor Gavin Newsom’s first acts will be to release a proposed state budget for 2019-20. News accounts suggest that his first budget will embrace the fact that investing more in education – from preschool through adulthood – must be a priority for California to retain its economic strength...

Much has already been written about higher education in the California budget agreement for 2018-19, the broad parameters of which have been public for days. Yet there are several important provisions for college affordability and financial aid in the budget trailer bill passed today that have flown under the radar and deserve to be elevated.

Key organizations committed to strengthening college affordability and student success in California urged the state Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees to adopt the TICAS proposal for consolidating full-time community college financial aid programs in the 2018-19 state budget.

Over 20 organizations urged California State Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees to increase the maximum Cal Grant B access award, which helps California’s lowest income students at all types of colleges cover critical non-tuition costs including books and supplies, transportation, and living expenses.

California Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal for 2018-19, the first step in crafting the state’s budget, was packed with higher education proposals addressing a wide range of issues affecting both colleges and students. In particular, his proposals to create a new, fully online community college and to change the way community colleges are funded have captured national...

Statement of Program Director Deborah Frankle Cochrane on Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2010-11 budget.