January 2020

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

  2018-19
Revised		 2019-20
Revised		 2020-21
Proposed		 Change from 2019-20
Amount Percent
Proposition 98          
General Fund $6,117 $6,223 $6,372 $149 2.4%
Local property tax 3,077 3,254 3,435 181 5.6
Subtotals ($9,195) ($9,477) ($9,807) ($330) (3.5%)
Other State          
Other General Funda $893 $645 $703 $58 9.0%
Lottery 245 246 246  __b -0.2
Special funds 83 99 95 -5 -4.7
Subtotals ($1,221) ($991) ($1,044) ($53) (5.4%)
Other Local          
Enrollment fees $464 $464 $466 $2 0.5%
Other local revenuec 4,003 4,026 4,047 21 0.5
Subtotals ($4,467) ($4,489) ($4,513) ($23) (0.5%)
Federal $288 $288 $288 — —
Grand Totals $15,171 $15,245 $15,651 $406 2.7%
FTE Students 1,123,315 1,123,753 1,119,421 -4,332 -0.4%d
Proposition 98 Funding Per FTE Student $8,185 $8,433 $8,761 $328 3.9%
Total Funding Per FTE Student $13,505 $13,566 $13,982 $415 3.1%
a Includes $405 million in additional retirement payments authorized in the 2019-20 budget package ($315 million in 2018-19 and $89 million in 2019-20).
b Projected to decline by $379,000.
c 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. Administration assumes local debt-service payments remain flat throughout the period.
d Reflects the net of the Governor's proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth together with all other enrollment adjustments.     
FTE = full-time equivalent.