July 2020

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Spending

(Dollars in Millions)

  2018-19
Actual		 2019-20
Revised		 2020-21
Enacted		 Change From 2019-20
Amount Percent
Total Spending $2,118 $2,394 $2,435 $41a 1.7%
By Segment:          
University of California $958 $1,029 $1,030 $1 0.1%
California State University 745 843 872 29 3.4
Private nonprofit institutions 241 260 266 5 2.1
California Community Colleges 150 231 236 5 2.0
Private for-profit institutions 23 30 32 2 7.4
Other public institutions —b —b —b —b -11.8
By Program:          
High School Entitlement $1,740 $1,869 $1,886 $16 0.9%
CCC Transfer Entitlement 215 231 231 -1 -0.3
Competitive 153 280 307 27 9.8
Cal Grant C 10 13 11 -2 -12.3
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant A $1,182 $1,260 $1,262 $2 0.2%
Cal Grant B 925 1,121 1,162 41 3.6
Cal Grant C 10 13 11 -2 -12.3
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal $1,473 $1,663 $1,686 $22 1.3%
New 644 730 750 19 2.6
By Funding Source:          
General Fund $1,052 $1,334 $2,035 $701 52.6%
Federal TANF 1,066 1,060 400 -660 -62.3
           
Notes:
a Does not include a $50 million increase budgeted for new Entitlement recipients expected to gain eligibility as a result of the recession. The segment these recipients will attend and the award type they will receive is not yet known. Also does not include an offsetting $5 million decrease in College Access Tax Credit (CATC) funds due to a projected decline in available revenues in the account. 
b Less than $500,000 or 0.05 percent.
Data reflect California Student Aid Commission estimates. 
Figure does not include CATC funds. The 2020-21 Budget Act provides $782,000 in CATC funds to supplement awards for Cal Grant B recipients.
Some categories do not sum to totals because of rounding.
TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.