January 2023
Community Colleges
California Community Colleges Funding by Source
(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)
| 2021-22 Revised | 2022-23 Revised | 2023-24 Proposed | Change From 2022-23 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Proposition 98 | |||||
| General Fund | $8,790 | $8,713 | $8,758 | $45 | 0.5% |
| Local property tax | 3,512 | 3,648 | 3,811 | 164 | 4.5 |
| Subtotals | ($12,301) | ($12,360) | ($12,569) | ($209) | (1.7%) |
| Other State | |||||
| Other General Funda | $653 | $1,166 | $963 | -$203 | -17.4% |
| Lottery | 302 | 264 | 264 | --b | -0.1 |
| Special funds | 81 | 95 | 95 | -- | -- |
| Subtotals | ($1,036) | ($1,525) | ($1,322) | (-$203) | (-13.3%) |
| Other Local | |||||
| Enrollment fees | $409 | $409 | $411 | $1 | 0.3% |
| Other local revenuec | 2,821 | 2,845 | 2,867 | 22 | 0.8 |
| Subtotals | ($3,230) | ($3,255) | ($3,278) | ($23) | (0.7%) |
| Federal | |||||
| Federal stimulus fundsd | $2,648 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other federal funds | 365 | 365 | 365 | -- | -- |
| Subtotals | ($3,014) | ($365) | ($365) | (--) | (--) |
| Totals | $19,581 | $17,506 | $17,535 | $29 | 0.2% |
| FTE studentse | 1,107,128 | 1,106,951 | 1,106,451 | -500 | 0.0%f |
| Proposition 98 funding per FTE studente | $11,111 | $11,166 | $11,360 | $194 | 1.7% |
| a Includes $564 million in 2022-23 and $363 million in 2023-24 for student housing grants. This latter amount reflects the Governor's proposal to delay one-third of remaining funding until 2024-25, with each segment's remaining allotment adjusted accordingly. | |||||
| b Difference of less than $500,000. | |||||
| 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 Consists of federal relief funds provided directly to colleges as well as allocated through state budget decisions. | |||||
| e Reflects budgeted rather than actual FTE students. Actual FTE students are notably lower each year of the period, but certain budget provisions are insulating districts from associated funding declines. | |||||
| f Reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth together with all other enrollment adjustments. | |||||
| FTE = full-time equivalent. | |||||