July 2024

Universities

UC Base Increases, Reductions, and Deferrals

Multiyear Budget Agreement (Dollars in Millions)

  2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Ongoing Changes
Year 3 compact increase $228      
Year 3 nonresident replacement 31      
Base reduction   -$377    
Year 4 compact increasea     $241  
Year 4 nonresident replacementa     31  
Year 5 compact increaseb     14 $241
Year 5 nonresident replacementb       31
Other ongoing changesc 6      
     Subtotal ($265) (-$377) ($285) ($272)
One-Time Changes
Base reduction -$125      
Year 4 compact back payment     $241  
Year 4 nonresident replacement back payment     31  
Year 5 compact back payment       $241
Year 5 nonresident replacement back payment       31
Other one-time changesd 5 $1    
     Subtotal (-$120) ($1) ($272) ($272)
Removal of prior-year one-time changes -$147 $120 -$1 -$272
Total General Fund $4,864 $4,606 $5,162 $5,434
Change from previous year 0.0% -5.3% 12.1% 5.3%
         
a The budget agreement defers funding originally intended for 2025-26 until 2026-27. Specifically, the budget agreement defers a $240.7 million base increase and a $31 million increase associated with the nonresident replacement plan. 
b The budget agreement also defers funding originally intended for 2026-27 until 2027-28. Specifically, of the $254 million base increase originally intended for 2026-27, the budget agreement defers $240.7 million until 2027-28, along with $31 million for the nonresident replacement plan. 
c Reflects debt service for a UC Merced medical education building, funding for the UC Los Angeles Ralphe J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, and the elimination of the Proposition 56 General Fund backfill. 
d In 2024-25, includes $2.9 million for the California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education and $2.4 million for the Nutrition Policy Institute. In 2025-26, includes $1.3 million for the last scheduled funding increase for the Nutrition Policy Institute.