July 2025

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

  2023-24 Final 2024-25 Revised 2025-26 Enacted Change From 2024-25
  Amount Percent
Proposition 98          
General Fund $8,133a $9,242 $8,520b -$721 -7.8%
Local property tax 4,135 4,232 4,438 207 4.9
Subtotals ($12,267) ($13,473) ($12,959) (-$514) (-3.8%)
Other State          
Other General Fund $610 $625 $677 $52 8.3%
Lottery 364 319 319 — —
Special fundsc 55 95 103 9 9.4
Subtotals ($1,029) ($1,039) ($1,100) ($61) (5.9%)
Other Local          
Enrollment fees $422 $441 $442 $2 0.4%
Other local revenued 3,016 3,079 3,109 30 1.0
Subtotals ($3,438) ($3,519) ($3,551) ($32) (0.9%)
Federal $446 $446 $446 — —
Totals $17,179 $18,477 $18,056 -$421 -2.3%
FTE studentse 1,094,169 1,090,297 1,072,066 -18,231 -1.7%
Funding per studentf $11,211 $12,357 $12,088 -$270 -2.2%
           
a Includes $788 million in withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve.
b Includes $50 million in withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve.
c Includes reimbursements.     
d 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.
e Reflects budgeted FTE students. Estimates for 2024-25 and 2025-26 reflect 2.35 percent systemwide enrollment growth across the two years, as well as other enrollment adjustments. The decline is due primarily to the phase-out of the pandemic-related emergency conditions allowance over this three-year period.
f Reflects Proposition 98 funding, including reserve withdrawals, per budgeted FTE student.
FTE = full-time equivalent.