Higher Education
6870 Board of Governors of Community Colleges

The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges was established in 1967 to provide statewide leadership to California's community colleges. The Board has 17 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Twelve members are appointed to six-year terms and two student members, two faculty members, and one classified member are appointed to two-year terms.

The objectives of the Board are:

  • To provide direction, coordination, planning, and leadership to California's community colleges.
  • To promote quality education in community colleges. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • A $171.9 million increase (3-percent) for enrollment growth for Apportionments. This would fund more than 35,000 additional full time equivalent (FTE) students. This level exceeds the 1.5 percent minimum increase pursuant to the statutory formula included in Chapter 631, Statutes of 2006.

BUDGET-BALANCING REDUCTIONS Back to Top
  • The Budget includes Proposition 98 General Fund reductions of $291.7 million for community college general-purpose Apportionments, and $111.8 million for Growth for Apportionments.


PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
Proposed
2008-09*
Positions
Dollars
10 Apportionments
5.7
$6,461,152
20 Special Services, Operations and Information
99.2
801,829
30.01 Administration
48.4
4,410
30.02 Distributed Administration
-
-4,410
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
153.3
$7,262,981
 
Infrastructure Expenditures
-
1,311,270
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
153.3
$8,574,251

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.

PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Board of Governors of Community Colleges Budget (pdf * - 64K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 8K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.