Background and Analysis:

The Board of Trustees will hold a study session to review and discuss the Foothill-De Anza Community College District’s fiscal pivot from an enrollment-driven state apportionment model to a locally funded, community-supported "Basic Aid" status. The purpose of this discussion is to provide the Board with an operational overview of the district's long-term financial landscape and to seek initial policy guidance on the strategic parameters that will anchor a proactive, five-year backward-design planning horizon. The session will cover core fiscal realities, including the assumption of a steady local property tax stream, remaining dependencies on the state’s Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF) for categorical programs, the significant institutional investment in international students, and the critical premise that escalating operational costs will require proactive adjustments to sustainably fulfill the district's mission and vision.

To ground the dialogue in regional context, the presentation will be accompanied by an extensive data packet detailing local demographic and student enrollment patterns. This includes analysis of the shifting, aging taxpayer base within immediate district lines alongside the reality that 68% of current enrollments—particularly high-need, low-income, first-generation, and Career Technical Education (CTE) students—commute or access programs from the broader Silicon Valley region. Trustees will evaluate how to balance local tax stewardship with their responsibility to serve this wider regional workforce and educational ecosystem. The Board will utilize a structured decision-making framework to weight institutional interests (such as equitable student outcomes and employee satisfaction) against critical governing conditions (including the 50% Law, Faculty Obligation Number, and reserve/stability funds). Both the core presentation deck and the demographic data packet are attached for public review and constituent leadership information.

Submitted by:

Christopher Dela Rosa, D.M, Vice Chancellor, Business Services

Gohar Momjian, Ed.D,Vice Chancellor for Strategy, Institutional Effectiveness and Engagement

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Is backup provided?

Yes [Note: Public comment received after the public posting of the agenda was attached to this item on 06/24/26 at 12:52 p.m.]

Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees

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