July 2023

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2021-22
Revised
 2022-23 Revised 2023-24
Enacted
Change from 2022-23
Amount Percent
Apportionments $7,829 $8,397 $8,734 $338 4.0%
Categorical Programs and Other Appropriations          
Adult Education Program $566 $603 $652 $49 8.1%
Student Equity and Achievement Program 499 524 524
Student Success Completion Grant 163 413 363 -50 -12.1
Strong Workforce Program 290 290 290
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services 155 200 217 16 8.2
Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance Program 200 200
Disabled Student Programs and Services 126 160 173 13 8.2
High School Strong Workforce Program 164 164 164
Full-time faculty hiring 150 150 150
Apprenticeship programs 98 120 123 4 3.1
AB 19 nonneed-based enrollment fee waivers 73 91 91
Financial aid administration 74 82 78 -3 -3.8
Telecommunications and technology services 66 65 65
Hunger and homelessness initiatives 39 59 64 5 8.2
CalWORKs student services 48 51 55 4 8.2
NextUp foster youth program 20 50 54 4 8.2
Mandates Block Grant and reimbursements 34 36 38 2 6.0
MESA program 11 36 39 3 8.2
Student mental health services 30 30 32 2 8.2
Institutional effectiveness initiative 28 28 28
Part-time faculty compensation 25 27 27
Cybersecurity 75 25 25
Rising Scholars Network 10 25 25
Part-time faculty office hours 22 24 24
Economic and Workforce Development 25 23 23
Online education initiative 23 24 23 -1 -2.1
Immigrant legal services/dreamer resource liaisons 22 22 22
Calbright College 15 15 15
Student enrollment and retention strategies 36 95 14 -81 -85.2
Equal Employment Opportunity 3 13 13
Lease revenue bond payments 13 13 13 a -0.1
Nursing grants 13 13 13
Puente Project 9 12 13 1 8.2
Veteran resource centers 10 10 11 1 8.2
A2MEND and Umoja programs 7 10 10 1 5.3
Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program 10 10
LGBTQ+ centers 10 10
AANHPI Student Achievement Program 8 8
Facilities maintenance and instructional equipmentb 244 6 6
Foster Parent Education Program 6 6 6
Support for certain campus child care centers 4 4 4 a 8.2
Transfer pathway initiatives 67 2 2
Health care pathways for English learners 130 —  -130 -100.0
California Healthy School Meals Pathways program 45  — -45 -100.0
Intersegmental pathways portal 25 —  -25 -100.0
COVID-19 block grant 650
Campus-specific initiatives 172c
Common course numbering initiative 115
Equitable Placement and Completion Grant Program 64
Hire Up Pilot Program 30
Native American Student Support and Success Program 30
Emergency financial assistance for AB 540 Dreamer students 20
Competency-based education work group 10
AB 1461/anti-racism initiatives 6
Instructional materials for dual enrollment students 3
Otherd 4 4 4 6.5
   Subtotals ($4,364) ($3,934) ($3,722) (-$212) (-5.4%)
Totals $12,193 $12,331 $12,456 $125 1.0%
a Difference of less than $500,000.
b In addition, the 2023-24 budget agreement scores $97 million to 2020-21 for this purpose.
c Funds 18 programs/projects.          
d Reflects funding for programs with less than $2 million in ongoing funding (Academic Senate, district financial crisis oversight, and Middle College High School).
AB = Assembly Bill. CalWORKs = California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development. LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander.