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.