California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Given that students do incur costs to attend school —including transportation, child care, and the opportunity cost of not being able to work while they attend classes —we believe adult learners already have sufficient “skin in the game. ” Though some adult schools would lose fee revenue under this recommendation, the new uniform base rate per student described above would be designed to fully cover providers ’ expected program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652