Community colleges: funding.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state. Existing law requires the board of governors to develop criteria and standards, in accordance with specified statewide minimum requirements, for the purposes of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature and allocating state general apportionment revenues. Those statewide minimum requirements include, among other things, a requirement that the calculations of each community college district's revenue level for each fiscal year shall be based on specified criteria, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or decreases in full time equivalent students (FTES) for specified purposes. These requirements also include a requirement that the statewide requested increase in budgeted workload FTES be based on the sum of specified computations, including the positive difference between the California unemployment rate and a rate of 5%. For purposes of this computation, existing law prohibits that positive difference from exceeding 2%. This bill would delete that limit on the positive difference between the California unemployment rate and a rate of 5% for purposes of calculating the statewide requested increase in budgeted workload FTES.