The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The $163 million included in the Governor’s budget is based on CCC’s 2025‑26 systemwide budget request. In that request, however, this amount was intended to cover not only the expansion of the Common Cloud Data Platform but also the launch of the Common ERP project (which we discuss in the next section of this brief).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - The remaining $163  million was distributed to consortia based on a calculation of regional need. (This post describes the state allocation method in more detail.) Consortia were given wide discretion both in how to use these needs‑based funds and how to allocate them among their members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652