July 2025

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2023-24 Final 2024-25 Revised 2025-26 Enacted Change From 2024-25
  Amount Percent
Apportionmentsa $8,519 $9,533 $9,132b -$401 -4.2%
Categorical Programs and Other Appropriations          
Adult Education Program $652 $659 $674 $15 2.3%
Student Equity and Achievement Program 524 524 524 — —
Student Success Completion Grant 363 413 413 — —
Strong Workforce Programc 290 290 290 — —
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services 217 219 224 5 2.3
Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance Program 200 200 200 — —
Disabled Student Programs and Services 173 175 179 4 2.3
High School Strong Workforce Program 164 164 164 — —
Full-time faculty 150 150 150 — —
Apprenticeship programs 130 126 128 3 2.0
AB 19 nonneed-based enrollment fee waivers 91 91 91 — —
Financial aid administration 78 100 84 -17 -16.6
Telecommunications and technology services 65 65 65 — —
Student basic needs initiatives 64 64 64 — —
CalWORKs student services 55 56 57 1 2.3
NextUp foster youth program 54 54 54 — —
MESA program 39 39 39 — —
Mandates Block Grant and reimbursements 38 39 39 —d 0.9
Rising Scholars Network 25 25 35 10 40.0
Student mental health services 32 32 32 — —
Institutional effectiveness initiative 28 28 28 — —
Part-time faculty compensation 27 27 27 — —
Cybersecurity 25 25 25 — —
Part-time faculty office hours 24 24 24 — —
Online education initiative 23 23 23 — —
Economic and Workforce Development 23 23 23 — —
Immigrant legal services/dreamer resource liaisons 22 37 22 -15 -41.0
Calbright College 15 15 15 — —
Nursing grants 13 13 13 — —
Puente Project 13 13 13 — —
Lease revenue bond payments 13 13 13 —d -0.2
Equal Employment Opportunity 13 13 13 — —
Common Cloud Data Platform — — 12 12 —
Veteran resource centers 11 11 11 — —
Umoja and A2MEND programs 10 10 10 — —
Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program 10 10 10 — —
LGBTQ+ centers 10 10 10 — —
AANHPI Student Achievement Program 8 8 8 — —
Foster Parent Education Program 6 6 6 — —
Credit for prior learning — 15 5 -10 -66.7
Support for certain campus child care centers 4 4 4 —d 2.3
Transfer pathway initiatives 2 2 2 — —
Student support block grant — 60 — -60 -100.0
Career Passports — 25 — -25 -100.0
Healthy School Food Pathway program — 10 — -10 -100.0
EMT/paramedic preapprenticeships — 10 — -10 -100.0
eTranscript — 7 — -7 -100.0
Financial aid outreach — 5 — -5 -100.0
Los Angeles regional workforce development — 5 — -5 -100.0
Emergency student financial aid 20 — — — —
Student enrollment and retention strategies 14 — — — —
Facilities maintenance and instructional equipment 6 — — — —
Othere 4 5 4 —d -2.8
Subtotals ($3,748) ($3,940) ($3,827) (-$113) (-2.9%)
Totals $12,267f $13,473 $12,959g -$514 -3.8%
           
Note: Table reflects ongoing and one-time Proposition 98 funding that counts toward the minimum guarantee, unless otherwise noted. Some one-time funding provided in the 2025-26 budget package is attributed to 2024-25 or 2023-24. For some programs, amounts decline from the previous year due to the expiration of one-time funds.
a In addition to these amounts, the 2025-26 budget package reappropriates unspent Proposition 98 funds from previous years to cover some apportionment costs ($67 million in 2023-24, $110 million in 2024-25, and $133 million in 2025-26).
b Reflects a deferral of $408 million in apportionments payments from May and June 2026 to July 2026.
c Of these amounts, $60 million in 2024-25 and 2025-26 is earmarked for a nursing initiative and $5 million in 2024-25 is earmarked for education pathways for low-income workers.
d Change of less than $500,000.
e Reflects various one-time initiatives and programs with less than $2 million in ongoing spending (Middle College High School, Academic Senate, district financial crisis oversight, and the Santa Rosa Junior College fire academy tower).
f Includes $788 million in withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve.
g Includes $50 million in withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve.
AB = Assembly Bill. 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. EMT = emergency medical technician.