This paper reviews the implications of the programming-planning-budgeting system (PPBS) for curriculum planning and decisions at the community college level in the state of New York. Although the state does not currently require that PPBS be utilized by its public community colleges, there is some evidence that suggests that such a mandate may be forthcoming from the legislature. It is anticipated that the PPBS concept will result in the mandating of a maximum cost per student as a determinant of state aid to the institution, with the result that some high cost per student programs may not receive funding sufficient to allow their survival. Since technical programs tend to be more costly than general education programs, it appears that they are the most threatened by implementation of PPBS. Some technical programs in community colleges, such as x-ray technology, currently cost from approximately four to ten times as much as general education programs when measured on a per student basis. It is suggested that unless PPBS is studied and mastered, curriculum planning may become an unintended budget function rather than the most stable feature of the institution. (JDS)