College enrollment suffers under budget cuts - kelsey Mesher, Mountain View

California's community colleges saw a drop in enrollment for the 2009-10 school year, but not due to lack of demand, according to the head of the state's community college system. Rather, the statewide decline of about 1 percent -- 3.3 percent in the Foothill-De Anza district alone -- is due to lack of funding for classes and sections, California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott said in a statement released last week. Statewide, class sections reportedly are down by about 5 percent. "Our enrollment is not dropping due to a lack of demand," Scott said. "As demonstrated by last year's record high enrollment of nearly 3 million students, our colleges are more popular than ever."