May 2024

Community Colleges

CCC Proposition 98 Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision

Proposition 98 Changes, 2022-23 Through 2024-25 (In Millions)

  Governor's Budget May Revision Change
Ongoing Spending      
COLA for apportionmentsa $69 $100 $31
Student Success Completion Grant (caseload) 50 50 —
Enrollment growth (0.5 percent) 30 28 -1
COLA for select categorical programsb 9 13 4
   Subtotals $158 $191 $33
One-Time Initiatives      
Nursing education $60 $60 —
Common cloud data platform demonstration projectc — 12 $12
eTranscript CA expansionc — 12 12
Credit for prior learning initiativec — 6 6
Pathways for low-income workers demonstration projectc — 5 5
   Subtotals $60 $95 $35
Totals, Spending $218 $286 $68
Funding Maneuver      
Shift prior-year funding to future non-Proposition 98 obligationsd -$910 -$1,012 -$102
a Proposed COLA increased from 0.76 percent in January to 1.07 percent at the May Revision.
b Applies to the Adult Education Program, apprenticeship programs, CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and the mandates block grant. Proposed COLA increases from 0.76 percent in January to 1.07 percent at the May Revision.
c Uses reappropriated Proposition 98 funds (previously appropriated funds for other purposes that were not spent).
d The Governor proposes to realign Proposition 98 spending with the revised estimate of the minimum guarantee in 2022‑23 by reclassifying Proposition 98 General Fund payments already made to community colleges (and schools). The amounts shown would be reclassified as non‑Proposition 98 General Fund payments, removed from the state’s books in 2022‑23, and recognized back on the state’s books in even increments spread across 2025‑26 through 2029‑30.