July 2020

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

    2018-19 Revised  2019-20 Revised  2020-21 Enacted Change From 2019-20
Amount Percent
Proposition 98          
General Fund $6,117 $5,917a $5,060a -$858 -14.5%
Local property tax 3,094 3,192 3,305 113 3.5
Subtotals ($9,211) ($9,109) ($8,365) (-$745) (-8.2%)
Other State          
Other General Fund $899b $646 $786 $140 21.7%
Lottery 245 246 246 — -0.2
Special funds 67 100 149 49 49.3
Subtotals ($1,211) ($992) ($1,181) ($189) (19.1%)
Other Local          
Enrollment fees $464 $458 $458 — —
Other local revenuec 5,084 5,126 5,139 $13 0.3%
Subtotals ($5,547) ($5,583) ($5,596) ($13) (0.2%)
Federal          
CARES Act relief fundsd — $613 $54 -$559 -91.2%
Other federal funds $287 287 287 — —
Subtotals ($287) ($900) ($341) (-$559) (-62.1%)
Totals $16,256 $16,584 $15,483 -$1,101 -6.6%
FTE students 1,123,008 1,108,761 1,098,794 -9,967 -0.9%
Proposition 98 funding per FTE student $8,202 $8,216 $7,613 -$603 -7.3%
Adjusted Proposition 98 funding per FTE studente $8,202 $8,514 $8,635 $121 1.4%
Total funding per FTE student $14,476 $14,958 $14,091 -$867 -5.8%
a The 2019-20 amount excludes $330 million in payment deferrals. The 2020-21 amount excludes an additional $1.1 billion in payment deferrals. Under Section 8.28 of the 2020-21 Budget Act, up to $791 million of these deferrals will be rescinded if the state receives $14 billion or more in additional federal relief funds. The amount rescinded is proportionally reduced if the state receives more than $2 billion but less than $14 billion in additional federal relief funds.
b Includes $303 million in one-time pension payments authorized in the 2019-20 budget package but attributed to 2018-19. The 2020-21 budget plan repurposes $221 million of these payments—all the payments originally intended for future pension relief—to provide relief in 2020-21 (about $111 million) and 2021-22 (about $111 million).
c Primarily consists of revenue from student fees (other than enrollment fees), sales and services, and grants and contracts, as well as local debt-service payments.
d For 2019-20, consists of $580 million in formula allocations (at least half of which is for emergency student aid) and $33 million for community colleges designated as minority-serving institutions. Funds for 2020-21 are designated by the state for a COVID-19 response block grant. Colleges must spend all CARES funding by December 31, 2020.
e Scores deferral payments to the year in which colleges are to spend the funds (rather than to the year in which colleges receive the funds).
FTE = full-time equivalent. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. CARES = Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security.