Community colleges enroll 47% of all Texas students in public higher education; we are ready to lead through innovative approaches. (And 70% of all college freshmen and sophomores in Texas started their higher education careers at a community college.)
DCCCD is committed to performance-based funding, and we also are prepared to do the heavy lifting so that Texas can achieve its 60x30TX higher education plan recommended by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating board: that 60% of all Texans ages 25 to 34 will earn a college credential by 2030.
All Texas community colleges are seeking specific funding amounts — to serve more than 700,000 students — for each of the three major components of state funding for community colleges: Core Operations, Success Points and Instruction/Contact Hours. The total request in new funds for the 2018-2019 biennium is $1.83 billion — a 5% increase for colleges that have grown 62% since 2000.