January 2025
Changes in California State University General Fund Spending
Reflects Governor's Budget Proposals, 2025-26 (In Millions)
| 2024-25 Revised Spending | $5,531a |
| Ongoing Spending | |
| Pension cost increase | $136 |
| Retiree health benefit cost increase | 41 |
| Capital Fellows | 1 |
| CENIC cost increaseb | — |
| Drug testing devices at campusesc | — |
| Base reduction | -375 |
| Subtotal | (-$197) |
| One-Time Adjustment | |
| Restoration of one-time 2024-25 base reduction | $75 |
| Remove 2024-25 one-time funding | -5 |
| Subtotal | ($70) |
| Total | -$127 |
| 2025-26 Proposed Spending | $5,403 |
| a Includes a one-time base reduction of $75 million. | |
| b The 2021-22 budget agreement included a five-year plan for covering higher CENIC charges. The annual funding increase in 2025-26 is $158,000. After accounting for increases provided the previous four years, ongoing funding for this purpose has been raised by $846,000 over the baseline 2020-21 level. | |
| c Budget proposes $345,000 ongoing General Fund to support the costs of recently chaptered legislation that requires CSU to provide drug testing devices at every on-campus health center. | |
| CENIC = Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California. | |