Overview: District & College Funding Formulas

State Funding to Districts (LACCD)       From Sacramento to LACCD

Credit Classes - Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF)

  • A base allocation, which largely reflects enrollment (FTES) 
    • 3-year avg FTES
    • Different rates per type of FTES
    • ≈70% of total
  • A supplemental allocation based on the numbers of students receiving a College Promise Grant, students receiving a Pell Grant and students covered by AB 540. 
    • Headcount of low-income students
    • Same rate per headcount
    • ≈10% of total
  • A student success allocation based on outcomes that include the number of students earning associate degrees and credit certificates, the number of students transferring to four-year colleges and universities, the number of students who complete transfer-level math and English within their first year, the number of students who complete nine or more career education units and the number of student who have attained the regional living wage.
    • 3-year avg completions
    • Different rates per type of completion
    • Add’l funding for low- income students
    • ≈20% of total

 

Each year, LACCD will receive the greater of:

-The calculated SCFF

-Stability Adjustment - 

  • Prior year calculated SCFF + COLA
  • Protection against declining enrollment
  • Ongoing

-Hold Harmless/Funding Floor

Hold harmless - 

    • 2017-18 Funding + COLA each year
    • Expires 2024-25 and is replaced by the Funding Floor

Funding Floor - 

    • 2024-25 Funding with no COLA – Never Increases
    • Begins 2025-26 and replaced the Hold Harmless