January 2025

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

  2023-24 Revised 2024-25 Revised 2025-26 Proposed Change From 2024-25
  Amount Percent
Proposition 98          
General Fund $8,198a $9,048 $9,041 -$6 -0.1%
Local property tax 4,070 4,304 4,538 233 5.4
Subtotals ($12,267) ($13,352) ($13,579) ($227) (1.7%)
Other State          
Other General Fund $610 $643 $682 $38 5.9%
Lottery 364 316 316 0 0.0
Special funds 58 97 96 -1 -1.1
Subtotals ($1,032) ($1,057) ($1,094) ($37) (3.5%)
Other Local          
Enrollment fees $482 $482 $484 $2 0.3%
Other local revenueb 3,313 3,341 3,368 27 0.8
Subtotals ($3,795) ($3,823) ($3,852) ($29) (0.8%)
Federal $446 $446 $446 — —
Totals $17,540 $18,678 $18,971 $293 1.6%
FTE studentsc 1,100,665 1,100,406 1,098,575 -1,831 -0.2%
Funding per studente $11,145 $12,134 $12,361 $227 1.9%
           
a Includes $788 million in withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve.
b 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.
c Reflects budgeted FTE students.
d Reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth together with all other enrollment adjustments.
e Reflects Proposition 98 funding, including reserve withdrawals, per budgeted FTE student.
FTE = full-time equivalent.