California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2121: Community colleges: current expense of education: exclusions.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add and repeal Section 84363 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. community colleges Community colleges: current expense of education: exclusions. Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to add and repeal Section 84363 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. community colleges Community colleges: current expense of education: exclusions. Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses. Existing law requires the expenditure, during each fiscal year, for the payment of salaries of classroom instructors by a community college district, of 50% of the district’s current expense of education. Existing law defines “current expense of education” as the gross total expended for certain expenses that include academic salaries, classified salaries, employee benefits, and books, supplies, and equipment replacement, but that generally exclude expenses for student transportation, food services, and community services. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described provisions, would authorize a community college district, for a period of 5 fiscal years following the 2025–26 fiscal year, or until specified federal funding is fully restored to every community college district, whichever occurs first, to exclude from its current expense of education any local unrestricted expenditures from the community college district’s unrestricted general fund, as provided, and not to exceed a specified amount, that …