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Chancellor's Office outlines 2025–26 budget gains for community colleges and flags federal risks to students
Summary
Chancellor's Office staff summarized enacted state budget investments for the California Community Colleges (including funding for common cloud, career passports, credit for prior learning, student support block grants and emergency aid) while warning about federal policy developments — including Department of Education staffing reductions and federal changes to Pell/SNAP — that could affect student services.
SACRAMENTO — Executive Vice Chancellor Chris Ferguson and Vice Chancellor David O’Brien briefed the Board of Governors on July 22 about the 2025–26 state budget and federal policy developments that could affect California community colleges and their students.
Ferguson summarized the state investments tied to Vision 2030 implementation: funding to support roughly 2.35% systemwide enrollment growth, a 2.3% cost‑of‑living adjustment applied to the Student Centered Funding Formula, $12 million one‑time for a common cloud data platform, a total of about $12 million for eTranscript California (a combination of prior and current year funding), $15 million one‑time and $5 million ongoing for credit for prior learning, and $25 million one‑time…
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