Cal. Education Code - EDC 3. — ARTICLE 3. Duties of the Chancellor [84320. - 84328.] | Education Code - EDC — California

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84320. Section 84320.

The board of governors shall adopt regulations providing for the payment of apportionments to districts on a schedule to include an advance apportionment and a first and second principal apportionment. Unless and until the dates related to these apportionments are amended in consultation with the Department of Finance, the regulations shall provide for the following schedule of payments as provided in this section: (a) The board of governors shall certify estimated apportionments to the Controller on or before July 15 of each year. (b) The first principal apportionment shall be certified on or before February 20 of each year, at which time shall also be made any final apportionment and recalculation of prior years, as applicable. (c) The second principal apportionment shall be certified on or before June 25 of each year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84321. Section 84321.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of June, for general apportionments in the amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) and for the Partnership for Excellence in the amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), shall instead be drawn in July of the same calendar year pursuant to the certification made under Section 84320. (b) For the purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the warrants drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84321.7. Section 84321.7.

(a) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, up to thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the amount of the warrants for the principal apportionments for any of the months of February, March, April, May or June, that are instead to be drawn in the applicable months of the following fiscal year pursuant to Section 84321.62, may be drawn in February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, for a community college district as follows: (1) In order for a community college district to receive a payment in February, March, April, May, or June pursuant to this section, the community college district shall certify to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and to the Director of Finance at least two months before the applicable deferral that the deferral of warrants pursuant to Section 84321.62 will result in the community college district being unable to meet its financial obligations for any of the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable, and shall provide the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges an estimate of the amount of additional funds necessary for the community college district to meet its financial obligations for the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable. (2) The criteria, as applicable, set forth in statute and regulations to qualify a community college district for an emergency apportionment shall be used to make the certification specified in paragraph (1). (3) A community college district may receive, pursuant to this section, no more than the lesser of the following: (A) The total amount of additional funds necessary for the community college district to meet its financial obligations for any of the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as reported to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges pursuant to paragraph (1). (B) The total payments the community college district is entitled to receive in the applicable deferral month pursuant to Section 84321.62. (b) If the total amount requested by community college districts pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) exceeds thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for any of the applicable deferral months, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Director of Finance may authorize additional payments to meet these requests, but total payments to community college districts pursuant to this section shall not exceed sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) for any of the applicable deferral months. No later than one month before the applicable deferral, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Director of Finance shall determine whether sufficient cash is available to make payments in excess of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) to a community college district. In making the determination that cash is sufficient to make additional payments, in whole or in part, the Controller, Treasurer, and Director of Finance shall consider costs for state government, the scope of any identified cash shortage, timing, achievability, legislative direction, and the impact and hardship imposed on potentially affected programs, entities, and related public services. The Department of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 10 days of this determination and identify the total amount of requests that will be paid. (c) If the total amount of cash made available pursuant to subdivision (b) is less than the amount requested pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), payments to community college districts shall be prorated. (d) Payments pursuant to this section shall be made by the Controller no later than the last business day of the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable. (e) By August 1 of each year, commencing in 2021, the Department of Finance, in collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the following information by each community college district that, in the prior fiscal year, requested an exemption to the deferral of payments: (1) The amount requested for each applicable month pursuant to subdivision (a). (2) The amount received for each applicable month pursuant to this section. and, if the request was not granted, the reason for the denial. (f) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the warrants drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are required to be drawn pursuant to Section 84321.62, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are required to be drawn pursuant to Section 84321.62.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84321.62. Section 84321.62.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2020–21 fiscal year, by the following: (1) For the month of June, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to July. (2) For the month of May, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to July. (3) For the month of April, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to July. (4) For the month of March, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to August. (5) For the month of February, two hundred fifty-three million two hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($253,243,000) shall be deferred to August. (b) The sum of one billion four hundred fifty-three million two hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($1,453,243,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionments to community college districts, for expenditure in the 2021–22 fiscal year to be expended in accordance with the applicable schedules of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2020. (c) Of the funds appropriated in subdivision (b), nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) shall be allocated in July and five hundred fifty-three million two hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($553,243,000) shall be allocated in August of the 2021–22 fiscal year in satisfaction of the moneys deferred pursuant to subdivision (a). (d) (1) The chancellor may adjust the monthly schedule described in subdivision (a) for the 2020–21 fiscal year to increase the amount deferred in a specified month if it ensures a shorter time between a deferred payment and repayment. (2) If adjusting the monthly schedule, the chancellor shall not exceed the total amount of deferred payments described in subdivision (a). (e) Pursuant to Section 8.28 of the Budget Act of 2020, if the Director of Finance determines that there are sufficient federal funds provided to the state for the 2020–21 fiscal year that may be used to offset the deferral of payments in the amount specified in that section, the Director of Finance shall reduce the amounts reflected in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive. In reducing these amounts, the Director of Finance shall first reduce the amounts deferred from any months occurring earliest in the 2020–21 fiscal year. (f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, one hundred forty-four million six hundred five thousand dollars ($144,605,000) of the appropriation made by subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2019–20 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2019–20 fiscal year. (g) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, one billion seventy-eight million eight hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($1,078,858,000) of the appropriation made by subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2020–21 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2020–21 fiscal year. (h) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, two hundred twenty-nine million seven hundred eighty thousand dollars ($229,780,000) of the appropriation made by subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2021–22 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2021–22 fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84321.63. Section 84321.63.

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including any law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2023–24 fiscal year, by paragraph (2). (2) For the month of June, four hundred forty-six million four hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($446,427,000) shall be deferred to July. (b) The sum of four hundred forty-six million four hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($446,427,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionments to community college districts, for expenditure in the 2024–25 fiscal year to be expended in accordance with the applicable schedules of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2023. (c) (1) The chancellor may adjust the monthly schedule described in subdivision (a) for the 2023–24 fiscal year to increase the amount deferred in the month of June if it allows a shorter time between a deferred payment and repayment. (2) If adjusting the monthly schedule, the chancellor shall not exceed the total amount of deferred payments described in subdivision (a). (d) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, four hundred forty-six million four hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($446,427,000) of the appropriation made by subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2024–25 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2024–25 fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84321.64. Section 84321.64.

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2024–25 fiscal year, by paragraph (2). (2) For the month of June, two hundred forty-three million six hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($243,693,000) shall be deferred to July. (b) The sum of two hundred forty-three million six hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($243,693,000) is appropriated as described in subdivision (d) for apportionments to community college districts, for expenditure in the 2025–26 fiscal year to be expended in accordance with the applicable schedules of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2024. (c) (1) The chancellor may adjust the monthly schedule described in subdivision (a) for the 2024–25 fiscal year to increase the amount deferred in the month of June if it ensures a shorter time between a deferred payment and repayment. (2) If adjusting the monthly schedule, the chancellor shall not exceed the total amount of deferred payments described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). (d) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) to be paid in July 2025, one hundred six million eight hundred ninety thousand dollars ($106,890,000) is appropriated in Schedule (1) of Item 6870-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2025 (Ch. 77, Stats. 2025), and one hundred thirty-six million eight hundred three thousand dollars ($136,803,000) is appropriated in Provision 3 of Item 6870-488 of the Budget Act of 2025 (Ch. 5, Stats. 2025).

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84321.65. Section 84321.65.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, as follows: (1) For the month of June, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to July. (2) For the month of May, one hundred eight million three hundred sixty-three thousand dollars ($108,363,000) shall be deferred to July. (b) The sum of four hundred eight million three hundred sixty-three thousand dollars ($408,363,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionments to community college districts, for expenditure in the 2026–27 fiscal year to be expended in accordance with the applicable schedules of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2025. (c) (1) The chancellor may adjust the monthly schedule described in subdivision (a) for the 2025–26 fiscal year to increase the amount deferred in the months of May and June if it ensures a shorter time between a deferred payment and repayment. (2) If adjusting the monthly schedule, the chancellor shall not exceed the total amount of deferred payments described in subdivision (a). (d) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the 2026–27 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2026–27 fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84322. Section 84322.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a community college district may recognize, for budgetary and financial reporting purposes, any amount of state appropriations deferred from the current fiscal year and appropriated in the subsequent fiscal year for payment of current-year costs as a receivable in the current fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84323. Section 84323.

Notwithstanding any other law, a community college district may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of, or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of, Section 41206.04 in the fiscal year in which it was received.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 84328. Section 84328.

(a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall certify each apportionment made by it to the Controller. (b) The board of governors shall furnish an abstract of each apportionment of the State School Fund to the Controller, the Department of Finance, and to the county and city and county auditors, county and city and county treasurers, and to the county superintendents of schools of the several counties of the state.