California Community Colleges Funding by Source [EdBudget]

January 2024

California Community Colleges Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

	2022-23 Revised	2023-24 Revised	2024-25 Proposed	Change From 2023-24
	2022-23 Revised	2023-24 Revised	2024-25 Proposed	Amount	Percent
Proposition 98
General Fund^a	$7,634	$8,425	$8,679	$255	3.0%
Local property tax	3,860	4,036	4,210	175	4.3
Subtotals	($11,494)	($12,460)	($12,890)	($430)	(3.4%)
Other State
Other General Fund	$618	$606	$661	$55	9.1%
Lottery	367	316	316	—^b	-0.1
Special funds	24	103	98	-4	-4.1
Subtotals	($1,009)	($1,025)	($1,075)	($50)	(4.9%)
Other Local
Enrollment fees	$407	$407	$409	$1	0.4%
Other local revenue^c	3,514	3,537	3,559	22	0.6
Subtotals	($3,921)	($3,944)	($3,968)	($24)	(0.6%)
Federal	$441	$441	$441	—	—
Totals	$16,865	$17,869	$18,373	$504	2.8%
FTE students^d	1,100,681	1,100,417	1,098,591	-$1,826	-0.2%^e
Funding per student^f	$10,442	$11,323	$11,733	$410	3.6%
^a Includes withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve ($11,000 in 2022-23, $236 million in 2023-24, and $486 million in 2024-25).
^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 Reflects budgeted FTE students.
^e Reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth together with all other enrollment adjustments.
^f Reflects Proposition 98 funding, including reserve withdrawals, per budgeted FTE student.
FTE = full-time equivalent.