March 2025 Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) Brief addresses the 2025-26 proposed budget for California Community Colleges.
From the LAO briefing document:
The CCC system is one of California’s three public higher education segments. The system consists of 115 colleges operated by 72 locally governed districts located throughout the state, plus one statewide online community college administered by the Board of Governors. The colleges offer a breadth of academic programs, including lower-division transferable coursework, career technical education, precollegiate basic skills instruction, and baccalaureate degrees in certain occupational fields.
This brief analyzes the Governor’s 2025-26 budget proposals for CCC. We begin by covering the Governor’s overall budget plan for CCC. The next eight sections of the brief focus on the Governor’s proposals relating to (1) apportionments, (2) select categorical programs, (3) enrollment growth, (4) the Rising Scholars Network, (5) the Common Cloud Data Platform, (6) the Common Enterprise Resource Planning system, (7) credit for prior learning, and (8) career passports.