Lottery Funds

SBCC strictly adheres to Calfifornia State Lottery Act of 1984.  This law provides for funding to Districts for expenditures that are used exclusively for educating our students. Familiarize yourself with the proper use of the funds, and for the strict restrictions place upon the use of the funding.  All expenditures of funds must be approved by an authorized individual from the SBCC’s delegation of signature authority.  

Read more about the California State Lottery Act of 1984, here, and states:  “…all funds allocated from the California State Lottery Education Fund shall be used exclusively for the education of pupils and students and no funds shall be spent for acquisition of real property, construction of facilities, financing of research or any other non-instructional purpose.” 

Find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Additional Resources, linked here directly from the California Department of Education. 

General Guidelines for Lottery Funded Expenditures:

• The activity funded must represent a bona fide educational and instructional experience that contributes to the education of students, results in the development of materials to be used with students or leads to the development of a program or course. 
• As a general rule, lottery funding restrictions are even more limiting than the regular state operating funds.
• Expenditure of any funds, including lottery funds, which are used for faculty development activities, must be by the collective bargaining agreement, which includes a specific list of development activities.
• Lottery funds should be used to augment and supplement state-funded budget programs so that lottery revenue is not used to replace or supplant current or prospective state funding.
• Lottery funds may be used to pay for part-time instructors when such instructors are hired as replacement faculty for faculty members working for an SBCC lottery-designated program.  
• Lottery funds may be used to pay students: 
• when such students are working for a SBCC lottery-designated program;
• when it enhances the instructional or educational experience of the student.
• Limitations for the use of funds include:
• Lottery funds may not be used to pay faculty salaries for classroom instruction.
• Lottery funds may not be used to finance increases in the rate of compensation paid to existing staff; thus, stipends and honoraria are not permissible.
• Lottery funds may not be used to purchase gift cards, gas, and wine.
• Lottery funds may not be used to pay for faculty overloads performed during the academic instructional period.