July 2024

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2022-23 Final 2023-24 Revised 2024-25 Enacted Change from 2023-24
Amount Percent
Apportionments $8,463a $8,335a $9,319 $985 11.8%
Categorical Programs and Other Appropriations     
Adult Education Program $603 $652 $659 $7 1.1%
Student Equity and Achievement Program 524 524 524 — 0.0
Student Success Completion Grant 413 363 413 50 13.8
Strong Workforce Program 290 290 290b — —
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services 200 217 219 2 1.1
Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance Program 23a 377a 200 -177 -46.9
Disabled Student Programs and Services 160 173 175 2 1.1
High School Strong Workforce Program 164 164 164 — —
Full-time faculty 150 150 150 — —
Apprenticeship programs 120 123 126 2 1.7
Financial aid administration 82 78 100 22 27.9
AB 19 nonneed-baed enrollment fee waivers 91 91 91 — —
Telecommunications and technology services 65 65 65 — —
Hunger and homelessness initiatives 59 64 64 — —
CalWORKs student services 51 55 56 1 1.1
NextUp foster youth program 50 54 54 — —
Mandates Block Grant and reimbursements 36 38 39 1 1.4
MESA program 36 39 39 — —
Student mental health services 30 32 32 — —
Institutional effectiveness initiative 28 28 28 — —
Part-time faculty compensation 27 27 27 — —
Cybersecurity 25 25 25 — —
Rising Scholars Network 25 25 25 — —
Part-time faculty office hours —a 47a 24 -24 -50.0
Economic and Workforce Development 23 23 23 — —
Online education initiative 24 23 23 — —
Immigrant legal services/dreamer resource liaisons 22 22 22 — —
Calbright College 15 15 15 — —
Equal Employment Opportunity 13 13 13 — —
Lease revenue bond payments 13 13 13 — —
Nursing grants 13 13 13 — —
Puente Project 12 13 13 — —
Veteran resource centers 10 11 11 — —
A2MEND and Umoja programs 10 10 10 — —
Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program —a 20a 10 -10 -50.0
LGBTQ+ centers — 10 10 — —
AANHPI Student Achievement Program 8 8 8 — —
Foster Parent Education Program 6 6 6 — —
Support for certain campus child care centers 4 4 4 —c 1.1
Transfer pathway initiatives 2 2 2 — —
Student enrollment and retention strategies 95 14 — -14 -100.0
Facilities maintenance and instructional equipment — 6 — -6 -100.0
Health care pathways for English learners 130 — — — —
California Healthy School Meals Pathways program 45 — — — —
Intersegmental pathways portal 25 — — — —
Otherd 4 4 4 —c -1.7
   Subtotals ($3,724) ($3,932) ($3,788) (-$144) (-3.7%)
Totals $12,187 $12,267e $13,108 $841 6.9%
a The 2024-25 budget package shifts a total of $241.8 million in costs from 2022-23 to 2023-24. The shifted costs relate to apportionments funding for enrollment growth ($31.2 million), Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance ($177 million), Part-Time Faculty Office Hours ($23.6 million), and Classified Employee Summer Assistance ($10 million). The shift does not change the timing or amount distributed to districts.
b The 2024-25 budget package earmarks some of these Strong Workforce Program funds for two purposes. It earmarks $60 million annually for five years for a new nursing initiative and $5 million one time for developing new education pathways for low-income workers.
c Difference of less than $500,000.
d Reflects funding for programs with less than $2 million in ongoing funding (Academic Senate, district financial crisis oversight, and Middle College High School).
e Includes $788 million in withdrawals from Proposition 98 Reserves.
AB = Assembly Bill. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development. LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander.