Cabrillo College is being forced to cut 70 of its 1,394 classes and $4.5 million from its $89.3 million budget as a result of low attendance and state funding cuts.
The cuts amounting to 5% of its budget and classes came as a surprise this week when the state declined to fund teaching units dropped when nine faculty members retired. Up to now, the state has funded new staff when teachers left.
The school joins many others facing declining enrollment and a budget for the 2025-26 school year that does not include a cost-of-living adjustment…