EdBudget Figures
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- California Community Colleges Funding by Source
- Notable Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending
- Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending, 2026-27
- Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending, 2024-25 and 2025-26
- California Community Colleges New Capital Outlay Projects
- California Community Colleges Federal Funds: Student Financial Aid
- California Community Colleges Continuing Capital Outlay Projects
January 2026
Community Colleges
California Community Colleges Categorical Programs
Ongoing Proposition 98 General Fund (Dollars in Millions)
| 2024-25 Final | 2025-26 Revised | 2026-27 Proposed | Change From 2025-26 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Adult Education Program | $659 | $674 | $690 | $16 | 2.4% |
| Student Equity and Achievement Program | 524 | 524 | 524 | — | — |
| Student Success Completion Grant | 413 | 413 | 413 | — | — |
| Strong Workforce Programa | 290 | 290 | 290 | — | — |
| Extended Opportunity Programs and Services | 219 | 224 | 229 | 5 | 2.4 |
| Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance Program | 200 | 200 | 200 | — | — |
| Disabled Student Programs and Services | 175 | 179 | 183 | 4 | 2.4 |
| High School Strong Workforce Program | 164 | 164 | 164 | — | — |
| Full-time faculty | 150 | 150 | 150 | — | — |
| Apprenticeship programs | 124 | 128 | 130 | 2 | 1.9 |
| AB 19 nonneed-based enrollment fee waivers | 91 | 91 | 91 | — | — |
| Financial aid administration | 80 | 84 | 85 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Telecommunications and technology services | 65 | 65 | 65 | — | — |
| CalWORKs student services | 56 | 57 | 58 | 1 | 2.4 |
| NextUp foster youth program | 54 | 54 | 54 | — | — |
| Calbright College | 15 | 15 | 53 | 38 | 254.0 |
| Basic needs centers | 43 | 43 | 51 | 8b | 18.5 |
| Mandates Block Grant and reimbursements | 39 | 39 | 41 | 2 | 4.0 |
| MESA program | 39 | 39 | 39 | — | — |
| Rising Scholars Network | 25 | 35 | 35 | — | — |
| 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 | — | — |
| Rapid rehousing | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | — |
| Healthy School Food Pathway program | — | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| Nursing grants | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Puente Project | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Lease revenue bond payments | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Equal Employment Opportunity | 13 | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Dreamer Resource Liaisons | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Veteran resource centers | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | — |
| Immigrant legal services | 10 | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Umoja program | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| AANHPI Student Achievement Program | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| Credit for prior learning | — | 5 | 7 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Foster Parent Education Program | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Common Cloud Data Platform | — | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| Campus child care support | 4 | 4 | 5 | —c | 2.4 |
| Transfer pathway initiatives | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program | 10 | 10 | 2 | -8b | -80.0 |
| Middle College High School | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Academic Senate | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| A2MEND | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| District financial crisis oversight | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | $3,757 | $3,805 | $3,897 | $92 | 2.4% |
| a Of these amounts, $60 million annually is earmarked for a nursing initiative, and $5 million in 2024-25 is earmarked for education pathways for low-income workers. | |||||
| b Reflects the redirection of $8 million from the Classified Employee Summer Assistance Program to basic needs centers in 2026-27, consistent with the 2025-26 budget agreement. | |||||
| c Less than $500,000. | |||||
| AB = Assembly Bill. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development. | |||||