SB 1141 (Limón) Non-resident tuition Signed by the Governor

• Expands AB 540 eligibility for paying nonresident tuition at a California public postsecondary institution by removing the two-year cap on CCC credit courses that may count towards eligibility.

AB 2315 (Arambula) Preferred or Affirmed Names Signed by the Governor

• Requires each CCC district to implement a process by which students, staff, and faculty can declare an affirmed name and gender identification to be used in records where legal names are not required by law.

AB 1719 (Ward) Community College Housing Signed by the Governor

• Authorizes community colleges to establish and implement affordable housing programs for faculty and employee housing. Allows colleges to access to Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to build affordable housing.

AB 102 (Holden) Dual Enrollment Signed by the Governor

• Makes dual enrollment programs permanent by eliminating the current sunset date of programs authorized under the College and Career Access Pathway (CCAP) partnership programs.

AB 1187 (Irwin) Supervised Tutoring at Community Colleges Signed by the Governor

• Expands access to critical tutoring services by allowing CCC districts to claim state apportionment funds for supervised tutoring offered in credit-bearing, degree-applicable and transfer-level courses.

AB 1919 (Holden) Youth Transit Passes. Vetoed by Governor 9/13

• Creates a 5-year, opt-in Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program for transit agencies to partner with educational institutions and receive grants to cover the costs of creating, designing, developing, distributing, and implementing free youth transit passes. Grants can also be used to maintain, subsidize, or expand an existing fare-free program.

• Adds June 19th, known as Juneteenth, to the list of state holidays, and requires public schools to close.

AB 1655 (Jones-Sawyer) State holidays: Juneteenth

• Requires that high school transcript be used as the primary means for determining placement in transfer-level English and transfer-level mathematics courses and narrow the use of multiple measures by colleges in the placement and enrollment.

AB 1705 (Irwin) Community colleges: Matriculation: Assessment 

• Increases the maximum amount of instructional hours that a part-time California Community College (CCC) faculty member may teach at any one community college district

AB 1856 (Medina) Community colleges: part-time employees  

• Requires the Chancellor's Office to issue a recommendation to the Department of Finance and the Legislature on the instructional service agreement (ISA) full-time equivalent student apportionment college districts are eligible to claim.

AB 1942 (Muratsuchi) Instructional service agreements with public safety agencies

• Requires the three segments to provide students with information on the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women Infants and Children and to grant priority registration to student parents.

AB 2881 (Berman) Students with dependent children

Deletes the two dates for submittals of proposals

Provides colleges who already submitted proposal, but were denied, a bump in their score, assuming they address concerns

Bulk of revenues available are CCC, considering the 50%, 30%, and 20% split haven’t changed

AB 1602 McCarty was Held by Senate Suspense

$1.8 billion one-time General Fund , funds allocated over next 2 budget years

Establishes a student housing revolving loan program for the UC, the CSU, and the CCCs

Compliance issues may be a concern, Colleges may want to vet requirements

Multidistrict part-time faculty members may participate in the Part-Time Faculty Health Benefits program

Districts are required to reimburse a multidistrict part-time faculty member for the district’s proportionate share of the total health insurance premium

More information is needed on how this language would work and its impact

• $500 million ongoing
• Shared Advocacy Request $400 million

Increase base funding

• $75 million ongoing
• Shared Advocacy Request $30 million ongoing

Technology

• Unknown
• Shared Advocacy Request $0

COLA for all Categorical programs

• $150 million ongoing
• Shared Advocacy Request $0

Mental Health & Campus Safety

• $3.5 billion ongoing non pro98 for K-12 and CCC
• Shared Advocacy Request One time allocation, no cost identified

Pension obligations

Supporting Implementation of Equitable Placement

• $70 million ongoing

Supporting Students with Dependent Children

• $150 million one-time, $80 million ongoing

Advance Accessibility and Universal Design

• $60 million ongoing, $20 million one-time

Robust Faculty Supports

• $50 million ongoing

Platform for Digital Innovation | Common Enterprise Resource Planning (Common ERP)

• $392.3 million ongoing

Incentivizing Bold College Strategies to Reduce Excess Units

$23 million one-time

Deferred Maintenance and Instructional Materials

$150 million one time

Affordable Housing

$900 million one time Non Prop 98

Assembly

• Anthony Rendon, Speaker
• James Gallagher (2026), Minority Leader
• Phil Ting, Budget Chair
• Chris Holden, Appropriations Chair
• Eloise Reyes (2028), Majority Leader

Senate

• Toni Atkins, President Pro Temp
• Scott Wilk, Minority Leader
• Nancy Skinner, Budget Chair
• Anthony Portantino, Appropriations Chair
• Mike McGuire (2026), Majority Leader