July 2023

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

   2021-22 Final  2022-23 Revised  2023-24 Enacted Change From 2022-23
  Amount Percent
Proposition 98          
General Fund $8,678 $8,544 $8,453 -$91 -1.1%
Local property tax 3,515 3,787 4,003 216 5.7
   Subtotals ($12,193) ($12,331) ($12,456) ($125) (1.0%)
Other State          
Other General Funda $651 $618 $676 $58 9.3%
Lottery 302 264 264 —b -0.1
Special funds 75 88 101 13 14.6
   Subtotals ($1,029) ($971) ($1,041) ($70) (7.2%)
Other Local          
Enrollment fees $409 $415 $416 $1 0.3%
Other local revenuec 2,834 2,872 2,888 15 0.5
   Subtotals ($3,243) ($3,287) ($3,303) ($17) (0.5%)
Federal          
Federal stimulus fundsd $2,648 — — — —
Other federal funds 365 $365 $365 — —
   Subtotals ($3,014) ($365) ($365) — —
Totals $19,478 $16,953 $17,166 $212 1.3%
FTE studentse 1,111,055 1,082,160 1,047,839 -34,321 -3.2%f
Proposition 98 funding per FTE studente $10,974 $11,395 $11,887 $493 4.3%
a Includes funding for affordable student housing grants.
b Difference of less than $500,000.    
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.
d Consists of federal relief funds provided directly to colleges as well as allocated through state budget decisions.
e Reflects budgeted FTE students. Actual FTE students are notably lower each year of the period, but certain budget provisions are insulating districts from associated funding declines.
f Reflects the net change after accounting for the enacted 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth, together with all other enrollment adjustments.
FTE = full-time equivalent.