January 2022
Community Colleges
California Community Colleges Funding by Source
(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)
| 2020-21 Revised | 2021-22 Revised | 2022-23 Proposed | Change From 2021-22 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Proposition 98 | |||||
| General Fund | $7,392 | $7,528 | $7,827 | $299 | 4.0% |
| Local property tax | 3,374 | 3,546 | 3,766 | 220 | 6.2 |
| Subtotals | ($10,766) | ($11,075) | ($11,593) | ($518) | (4.7%) |
| Other State | |||||
| Other General Fund | $619 | $644 | $658 | $13 | 2.1% |
| Lottery | 275 | 273 | 273 | -- | -0.1a |
| Special funds | 44 | 94 | 94 | -- | -- |
| Subtotals | ($937) | ($1,011) | ($1,024) | ($13) | (1.3%) |
| Other Local | |||||
| Enrollment fees | $446 | $446 | $448 | $1 | 0.3% |
| Other local revenueb | 3,833 | 3,860 | 3,888 | 28 | 0.7 |
| Subtotals | ($4,279) | ($4,306) | ($4,336) | ($30) | (0.7%) |
| Federal | |||||
| Federal relief fundsc | $1,431 | $2,648 | -- | -$2,648 | -100.0% |
| Other federal funds | 365 | 365 | 365 | -- | -- |
| Subtotals | ($1,797) | ($3,014) | ($365) | (-$2,648) | (-87.9%) |
| Totals | $17,779 | $19,405 | $17,318 | -$2,087 | -10.8% |
| FTE studentsd | 1,097,850 | 1,107,543 | 1,101,510 | -6,033 | -0.5%e |
| Proposition 98 funding per FTE studentd | $9,807 | $9,999 | $10,524 | $525 | 5.3% |
| a Difference of less than $500,000. | |||||
| b 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. | |||||
| c Consists of federal relief funds provided directly to colleges as well as allocated through state budget decisions. | |||||
| d Reflects budgeted FTE students. Though final student counts are not available for any of the period shown, preliminary data indicate CCC enrollment dropped in 2020-21, with a likely further drop in 2021-22. Districts, however, have not had their enrollment funding reduced due to certain hold harmless provisions that have insulated their budgets from drops occurring during the pandemic. | |||||
| e Reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth together with all other enrollment adjustments. | |||||
| FTE = full-time equivalent. | |||||