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Subcommittee questions $300M+ IT proposals for common cloud data platform and collaborative ERP

2713538 · March 19, 2025
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Summary

The governor requested large one‑time investments — roughly $162.5M for a common cloud data platform (part of which is $96M in one estimate) and $168M one‑time for a collaborative ERP — but the LAO warned the expansions may be premature without pilot results and stronger planning; the Chancellor's Office urged timelier access to real‑time data.

Committee members reviewed two major technology proposals the governor put forward for the California Community Colleges: a systemwide cloud data platform to provide near‑real‑time student and operational data and a collaborative enterprise resource planning (ERP) project to standardize back‑office systems.

Justin Hurst (Department of Finance) summarized the two investments and noted a combined request amounts to roughly $300 million one‑time and $29 million ongoing in the governor's proposal. Hurst said the proposed cloud data platform would support near real‑time data reporting and analytics that could…

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