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Dear Colleagues,
The summary of the governor's proposed 2014-15 state budget was leaked this evening,
and is making the rounds with the media and policy circles. Thus, we wanted to share
with you some summary information in a very good proposed budget for community colleges.
The document is available here.
In short, the proposed budget for community colleges would fund:
- a 0.86% cost-of-living adjustment ($48.5 million)
- 3% enrollment growth/restoration ($155.2 million), with a direction to the Board of
Governors to adopt a growth formulat that "gives first priority to districts identified
as having the greatest unmet need in adequately serving their community’s higher
educational needs. All districts will receive some additional growth funding, and
over time will be fully restored to pre‑recession apportionment levels."
- $100 million augmentation for continued expansion of the Student Success and Support
Program (formerly matriculation)
- $100 million for "to close achievement gaps in access and achievement in underrepresented
student groups,
as identified in local Student Equity Plans" and "to better coordinate delivery of
existing categorical programs"
- $87.5 million for scheduled maintenance (one-time funds)
- $87.5 million for instructional equipment (one-time funds)
- $592.4 million to eliminate all cash deferrals
- $1.1 million for additional staffing for the Chancellor's Office for development and
monitoring of district success indicators and $2.5 million for local technical assitance
to "support implementation of effective practices across all districts, with a focus
on underperforming districts"
- $50 million for a higher education innovations incentive award program for UC, CSU,
and CCC: "These incentive awards will recognize models of innovation in higher education
that: (1) significantly increase the number of individuals in the state who earn bachelor’s
degrees,
(2) allow students to earn bachelor’s degrees that can be completed within four years
of enrollment in higher education, and (3) ease transfer through the state’s education
system, including by recognizing learning that has occurred across the state’s education
segments or elsewhere."
We'll be diving more deeply into the details, but for now we are grateful that the
proposed budget invests instudent access, success, and equity--core priorities of the League--and continues the path to rebuilding our colleges
following the deep recession cuts.
Thanks,
Scott Lay
President and Chief Executive Officer
Orange Coast College '94
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