July 2021

Community Colleges

2021-22 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending

(In Millions)

2020-21 Revised Spending $10,622
Ongoing Spending  
COLA for apportionments (5.07 percent) $371
Full-time faculty hiring 100
Strong Workforce Program 42
COLA for select categorical programsa 31
Student mental health 30
Basic needs centers and coordinators 30
Enrollment growth (0.5 percent) 24
Student Equity and Achievement Program 24
Extended Opportunity Programs and Servicesb 20
California Apprenticeship Initiative 15
Online tools 11
Part-Time Faculty Office Hours 10
Rising Scholars Network 10
CENIC cost increases 8
MESA program 8
Puente Project 7
Dreamer resource liaisons 6
Umoja program 5
Library services platform 4
Adult Education Program technical assistance 1
HBCU transfer program 1
   Subtotal ($758)
One-Time Spending  
Deferral paydownc $230
Common course numbering work group 10
Competency-based education work group 10
AB 1460/anti-racism initiatives 6
Instructional materials for dual enrollment students 3
Modernize CCC jobs registry 1
   Subtotal ($259)
SCFF baseline adjustments $114
Remove 2020-21 one-time funding -1,202
Other technical adjustments 47
Total Changes -$24
2021-22 Enacted Spending $10,598
a Includes 5.07 percent COLA for apprenticeships; 4.05 percent COLA for Adult Education Program; and 1.7 percent COLA for CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and mandates block grant.
b Augmentation is in addition to a $2.3 million increase resulting from the 1.7 percent COLA.
c The 2021-22 budget package provides a total of $1.5 billion to retire the deferrals ($145 million attributed to 2019-20, $1.1 billion attributed to 2020-21, and $230 million attributed to 2021-22).
COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. CENIC = Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. HBCU = Historically Black Colleges and Universities. AB = Assembly Bill. SCFF = Student Centered Funding Formula.