July 2019

Community Colleges

$405 Million in New Proposition 98 Spending for California Community Colleges

2019-20 Proposition 98, Settle-Up, and Reappropriated Funds (In Millions)

Ongoing  
COLA for apportionments $230.0
College Promise fee waivers 42.6
COLA for select student support programsa 30.0
Enrollment growth (0.55 percent) 24.7
Student Success Completion Grants (caseload adjustment) 18.4
Student homelessness 9.0
Veterans resource centers 5.0
Foster care education program 0.4
HBCU Transfer Program 0.1
Subtotal ($360.2)
One Time  
Deferred maintenance and instructional equipment $13.5
Reappropriation of various 2016-17 funds 10.6
Veterans resource centers 4.9
Workforce development grants 4.5
Hunger-free campus grants 3.9
Re-entry programs for formerly incarcerated students 3.5
Teacher credentialing pilot 1.5
Palo Verde child development center 1.0
Mendocino College construction trades startup 1.0
Assessment of college-based food programs 0.5
Subtotal ($44.9)
Total $405.1
a Applies to Adult Education, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Apprenticeship Programs, CalWORKs student services, mandates block grant, Fund for Student Success, and campus child care support.
COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. HBCU = historically black colleges and universities.