[ITT-staff] FWOT: Why The Prop 98 Split Matters to Colleges

[Adams, Joshua]

FYI – Interesting article on California Community College funding

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Josh Adams, MBA
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From: Larry Galizio [mailto:galizio at ccleague.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:20
To: Adams, Joshua <jadams2 at santarosa.edu>
Subject: Why The Prop 98 Split Matters to Colleges

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19 January 2017
Dear Josh,
For California’s community colleges, the combined effects of Proposition 98 and its implementing legislation offer the appearance of a guaranteed stream of revenue. In practice, however, it has too often caused community colleges to compete for Proposition 98 funds against K–12 schools rather than uniting us as two integral parts of California’s public education system.
Since the legislature began suspending the minimum-share guarantees in 1992, it has underfunded the state’s community colleges by almost $3.5 billion. Passage of Proposition 98 in 1988 resulted in $2,765 for each community college FTES compared to $3,534 per average daily attendance (ADA) in the K–12 system, a difference of 24 percent (PPIC, 2002).  The effect of the decision to suspend the statutory split of Proposition 98 funds has been to further widen the gap in community college per-student spending in comparison to K-12 education and the state’s other two public postsecondary education sectors.
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That gap in funding is now at 29 percent. The 2017-18 budget again departs from the statutory Proposition 98 split of 10.93 percent and proposes a split of 10.87 percent for California Community Colleges.  If approved, community colleges - which currently have the lowest per-student rate in California, will received about $44 million fewer resources - further widening the gap in per-student funding.
The League is highlighting this sensitive observation not to argue that K–12 education has been overfunded. Our key point is that modest increases in funding to education should not come at the expense of the state’s community colleges. A copy of our full analysis, Why the Split Matters to Colleges<http://www.ccleague.org/i4a/etrack/track.cfm?rType=2&campaignID=19045&contactID=25348&origURL=http://www.ccleague.org/files/public/GovtRel/Why%20The%20Split%20Matters_2017.pdf>, is available below and on the League's Budget & Policy Center.<http://www.ccleague.org/i4a/etrack/track.cfm?rType=2&campaignID=19045&contactID=25348&origURL=http://www.ccleague.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3855>
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The League will urge Governor Brown to continue its longstanding support for community colleges and provide the statutory split.
Sincerely,
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Larry Galizio, Ph.D
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Community College League of California
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Lizette Navarette
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Community College League of California
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