July 2017

Financial Aid

California Student Aid Commission Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2015-16  Actual 2016-17  Revised 2017-18   Enacted Change from 2016-17
  Amount Percent
Expenditures          
Local Assistance          
Cal Grants  $1,861  $1,986  $2,111  $125 6%
Middle Class Scholarships 44 74 96 22 30
Assumption Program of Loans for Education 14 10 7 -3 -27
Chafee Foster Youth Program 11 14 14
Student Opportunity and Access Program 8 8 8
National Guard Education Assistance Awards 2 2 2
Other programsa 1 1 1 b -7
Subtotals  ($1,941)  ($2,095) ($2,240) ($144) (7%)
State Operations  $14  $17  $15 -$2 -11%
Totals  $1,955  $2,112  $2,255  $143 7%
Funding          
General Fund  $1,419  $1,163  $1,188  $25 2%
Federal TANF 521 926           1,043 118 13
Otherc 16 23 23 b b
aIncludes Cash for College, Child Development Teacher and Supervisor Grants, Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education, John R. Justice Program, Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Scholarships, and State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education for Nursing Faculty.
bLess than $500,000 or 0.5 percent.
cIncludes College Access Tax Credit Fund, Student Loan Authority Fund, and other federal funds.
TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.