SDCCD chancellor explained how the new state funding formula will affect the district.
Chancellor Dr. Constance Carroll explained new community college funding from the state in an open forum at San Diego City College. Photo by David Ahumada.
The San Diego Community College District has to tighten its belt financially.
City College president Dr. Ricky Shabazz joined Carroll at the Sept. 18 forum. Photo by David Ahumada.
City College president Dr. Ricky Shabazz and Bonnie Dowd, executive vice chancellor of business and technology services, joined Carroll in answering questions and explaining agenda items to a group of about 90 mostly faculty and staff.
At $46 per unit, student enrollment fees — among the lowest in the nation, according to Carroll — will remain unchanged.
The district’s nearly $680-million budget for the current school year is based on three factors: enrollment (70 percent), the number of students receiving financial aid (20 percent) and meeting specific student success metrics (10 percent).
Carroll said the district continues its goal of reducing the costs of textbooks by using open educational resources.
She also talked about the importance of the San Diego Promise program, which pays for enrollment fees for all first-time, full-time students in the SDCCD district.
Carroll noted that three seats on the SDCCD board of trustees are up for election in November, and who is on the board matters.
Construction on the A, D and T buildings will finish soon, and the district will focus on new projects.
A formal grand opening would follow in the spring, and a new child development center is the next project for City College in 2019.
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