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Assumptions for Developing 2026-27 Budget

(As recommended by the Planning and Budget Committee on 5/14/2026)

The District鈥檚 budget will:

  • Be balanced
  • Assume District will be funded as provided by the SCFF funding calculation
  • Reflect the 2026-2027 State Budget
    • Recognize any increase/decrease in state funding
    • Include an escrow account for predicted budget shortfalls (e.g., property tax, RDA funding, student fees, restoration)
    • Part-Time Faculty Health Insurance funding based on reimbursements
    • Recognize a COLA of 4.31% (SCFF Stability 4.11%)
    • Categorical Programs COLA of 2.87%
    • Recognize a deficit factor of 1%
    • Reflect any changes to the funding formula approved by the state
    • Increase paid pregnancy disability leave up to 14 weeks
  • Incorporate the assumptions of the Five-Year Budget Projections
  • Carryover FY 2025-2026 balances as recommended by the Planning and Budget Committee
  • Recognize changes in on-going, 2000, and 3000 (salaries and benefits) due to step, column, and other movement: 
    • Increase salaries by negotiated COLA plus 2.5% (total of 6.81%)
    • Recognize change in PERS rate from 26.81% to 26.40%
    • Recognize STRS rate of 19.1%
    • Recognize Workers' Compensation Insurance premium of 0.91%
    • Recognize State Unemployment Insurance at 0.05%
    • Assume an inflationary factor of 1.0% for most items in Operational Expenses (5000) with additional, as needed (e.g., Utilities, Repairs & Maintenance)
    • Budget current ongoing obligations that have not been previously budgeted
    • Increase required level of match by the District for categorical programs, when required
    • Increase the District match for categorical programs by the proportionate amount of any salary increases approved for employee groups
    • Budget for long-term obligations
    • Recognize any investment income from the PARS pension stabilization fund
  • Recognize Legal, Financial, and Statutory Requirements

The District will develop a budget that:

    • Maintains a reserve of at least a 16.7% of unrestricted general fund expenditures.
    • Meets the fifty percent (50%) law, (i.e., at least 50% of the current expense of education is allocated to instructional salary and benefits).
    • Provides for staffing levels required by the Board of Governors in relation to Title 5, Chapter 4, Subchapter 3, Articles 1, 2, and 3 that maintain compliance with the Full-Time Faculty Hiring Obligation Number; Fall 2025 was 55% FT to 45% PT.
    • Includes reasonable provisions to cover all known or projected liabilities to the District (e.g., accumulated vacation, sick leave, etc.).
    • Meets all statutory and legally mandated income/expenditure requirements.
  • Comply with the Education Protection Account (EPA) requirements for Prop 55 funds designated for instructional salaries
  • Not exceed appropriations limit as calculated on the Gann Limit Worksheet

2026-2027 Budget Criteria

(As recommended by the Planning and Budget Committee on 5/14/2026) 

The purpose of the District鈥檚 budget is to provide: 

  • Students with a high-quality, learning-centered education. 
  • The resources and support needed to deliver effective instruction. 
  • The resources and support to facilitate the teaching-learning process. 
  • The means to manage the District in an efficient and cost-effective way. 

The criteria listed below will be used in developing the budget: 

  • Institutional Goals and Objectives 
  • Institutional Achievement Standards 
  • Priorities identified through the Institutional Program Planning and Review process  
  • Mandates from External Agencies  
  • Long-term Obligations 
  • Learning Outcomes (student, institutional, administrative) 
  • Guiding Principles for Budget Reductions due to Budget Shortfalls 
  • Legal, Financial, and Statutory Requirements 
  • Procedural Guidelines 

  1. Institutional Goals and Objectives & Institutional Achievement Standards 

The District provides direct links between resource allocations and planning: 

  • The Institutional Program Planning and Review process includes the requirement that units address how they contribute to the achievement of Institutional Goals and/or Institutional Objectives and Institutional Achievement Standards. 
  • Requests for funding are prioritized by the Planning and Budget Committee using a rubric that gives higher scores to proposals that will contribute to the achievement of the Institutional Goals and Institutional Objectives. 
  • The District has established an Institutional Objectives Account.  These funds are allocated based on the extent to which the funding will contribute to the achievement of an Institutional Objective. 

  1. Priorities identified through the Institutional Program Planning and Review process 

  • The Planning and Budget Committee uses the Resource Allocation Rubric to develop a recommendation of institutional priorities.  The rubric weighs each request based on what extent the request is justified by: 
  • The contribution the proposed item will make toward the achievement of Institutional Goals and/or Institutional Objectives. 
  • An outcome based on the measurement of learning outcomes (student, institutional, administrative). 
  • Data in the Institutional Program Planning and Review. 
  • Health or safety concerns. 

  1.  Mandates from external agencies 

The District will develop a budget that covers mandates from external agencies.   

  • 4. Long-term obligations 

The District will develop a budget that covers long-term debt obligations. 

  • 5. Learning Outcomes (student, institutional, administrative) 

6. Guiding Principles when addressing Budget Reductions due to Budget Shortfalls (as adopted by Planning and Budget) 

  • Protect as much as possible of the core curriculum, programs, and services needed to fulfill the mission for the District and California Community Colleges. 
  • Maintain as much as possible student access and service throughout the District. 
  • Reduce, combine, suspend, or eliminate services, programs, positions, or other costs farthest from students, instruction, and the support needed for student success. 
  • Stay flexible, plan for contingencies, and recognize that decisions at the state level may not be made in a timely manner, acknowledging that all units must work together as a college. 
  • Communicate civilly; gather facts, weigh options, listen, and deliberate together when difficult choices have to be made. 
  • Any plan would go through the governance process. 

7. Legal, Financial, and Statutory Requirements 

The District will develop a budget that: 

  • Achieves and maintains a reserve of at least six percent (16.7%) of unrestricted general fund expenditures.  
  • Meets the fifty percent (50%) law, (i.e., at least 50% of the current expense of education is allocated to instructional salary and benefits). 
  • Provides for staffing levels required by the Board of Governors in relation to Title 5, Chapter 4, Subchapter 3, Articles 1, 2, and 3 that maintain compliance with the Full-Time Faculty Hiring Obligation Number. 
  • Includes reasonable provisions to cover all known or projected liabilities to the District (e.g., accumulated vacation, sick leave, etc.). 
  • Meets all statutory and legally mandated income/expenditure requirements. 

8. Procedural Guidelines 

The District will develop a budget that: 

  • Is balanced. 
  • Is based on planning that reflects both current and long-term District needs. 
  • Makes steady progress toward correcting actual or anticipated structural budget issues (e.g. declining revenue, rising costs, lack of ongoing dollars to cover ongoing expenses, etc.). 
  • Has had campus community involvement and consideration during preparation. 
  • Includes all contractually negotiated costs and expenses. 
  • Reflects the state鈥檚 economy. 
  • Includes all known and projected increases in fixed costs; identifies significant but unfunded items not included in the budget. 
  • Highlights new and/or unusual items and/or provides information on substantive changes from previous budgets. 
  • Eliminates the structural deficit annually by projecting the trends of the increases to the 3000 account on a three-year basis, minimally, and including this projection as a budget assumption in the development of each year鈥檚 annual budget. The rate of increase of the 3000s and the subsequent projected costs should be budgeted into each year鈥檚 annual budget accordingly. 
  • Considers restructuring any long-term debt to minimize annual fiscal impact. 
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