January 2026

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Categorical Programs

Ongoing Proposition 98 General Fund (Dollars in Millions)

  2024-25 Final 2025-26 Revised 2026-27 Proposed Change From 2025-26
  Amount Percent
Adult Education Program $659 $674 $690 $16 2.4%
Student Equity and Achievement Program 524 524 524 — —
Student Success Completion Grant 413 413 413 — —
Strong Workforce Programa 290 290 290 — —
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services 219 224 229 5 2.4
Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance Program 200 200 200 — —
Disabled Student Programs and Services 175 179 183 4 2.4
High School Strong Workforce Program 164 164 164 — —
Full-time faculty 150 150 150 — —
Apprenticeship programs 124 128 130 2 1.9
AB 19 nonneed-based enrollment fee waivers 91 91 91 — —
Financial aid administration 80 84 85 1 1.4
Telecommunications and technology services 65 65 65 — —
CalWORKs student services 56 57 58 1 2.4
NextUp foster youth program 54 54 54 — —
Calbright College 15 15 53 38 254.0
Basic needs centers 43 43 51 8b 18.5
Mandates Block Grant and reimbursements 39 39 41 2 4.0
MESA program 39 39 39 — —
Rising Scholars Network 25 35 35 — —
Student mental health services 32 32 32 — —
Institutional effectiveness initiative 28 28 28 — —
Part-time faculty compensation 27 27 27 — —
Cybersecurity 25 25 25 — —
Part-time faculty office hours 24 24 24 — —
Online education initiative 23 23 23 — —
Economic and Workforce Development 23 23 23 — —
Rapid rehousing 21 21 21 — —
Healthy School Food Pathway program — — 14 14 —
Nursing grants 13 13 13 — —
Puente Project 13 13 13 — —
Lease revenue bond payments 13 13 13 — —
Equal Employment Opportunity 13 13 13 — —
Dreamer Resource Liaisons 12 12 12 — —
Veteran resource centers 11 11 11 — —
Immigrant legal services 10 10 10 — —
Umoja program 9 9 9 — —
AANHPI Student Achievement Program 8 8 8 — —
Credit for prior learning — 5 7 2 40.0
Foster Parent Education Program 6 6 6 — —
Common Cloud Data Platform — — 5 5 —
Campus child care support 4 4 5 —c 2.4
Transfer pathway initiatives 2 2 2 — —
Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program 10 10 2 -8b -80.0
Middle College High School 2 2 2 — —
Academic Senate 2 2 2 — —
A2MEND 1 1 1 — —
District financial crisis oversight 1 1 1 — —
Totals $3,757 $3,805 $3,897 $92 2.4%
a Of these amounts, $60 million annually is earmarked for a nursing initiative, and $5 million in 2024-25 is earmarked for education pathways for low-income workers.
b Reflects the redirection of $8 million from the Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program to basic needs centers in 2026-27, consistent with the 2025-26 budget agreement.
c Less than $500,000.
AB = Assembly Bill. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development.