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 72 community college districts, which operate 112 community colleges. The Board has 17 members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by 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 and coordination to California's community colleges. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Budget includes $500 million Proposition 98 General Fund for the Adult Education Block Grant to support programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, courses for immigrants in citizenship and English as a second language, programs for adults with disabilities, career technical education programs, and programs for apprentices.
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
2015-16*
Positions
Dollars
5670 Apportionments
12.0
$7,032,026
5675 Special Services and Operations
107.7
991,225
5685 Mandates
-
157,808
9900100 Administration
43.0
6,177
9900200 Administration - Distributed
-
-6,176
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
162.7
$8,181,060
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
99,590
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
162.7
$8,280,650

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 * - 50K) 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 * - 11K)
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.