(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a supplemental appropriation shall be made from the General Fund in the annual Budget Act for the support of community college districts in each fiscal year for the purposes specified in the Budget Act. The amount of that supplemental appropriation shall be equal to the sum of the amount allocated to community college districts pursuant to this section in the prior fiscal year and 25 percent of the amount, if any, allocated to community college districts in the prior fiscal year pursuant to Section 8.5 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. That amount shall be adjusted annually for changes in enrollment, and for the change in the cost of living pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 8 of XIII B of the California Constitution.

(b) The funds appropriated for the purposes of subdivision (a) shall be allocated to each community college district in an equal amount per unit of enrollment, in accordance with the allocation procedure set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 8.5 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

Terms Used In California Education Code 41203.8

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.

(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 61, Sec. 2.)

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