EdBudget Figures
January 2025
Financial Aid
Changes in California Student Aid Commission General Fund Spending
Reflects Governor's Budget Proposals, 2025-26 (In Millions)
| 2024-25 Revised Spending | $3,135 |
| Ongoing Spending | |
| Cal Grant baseline adjustments | $109 |
| Middle Class Scholarship (MCS) program | -109 |
| State operations | —a |
| Subtotal | ($1) |
| One-Time Initiatives | |
| Golden State Teacher Grants | $50b |
| California College of the Arts | 20 |
| State operations | 2c |
| Subtotal | ($72) |
| Remove 2024-25 MCS one-time funding | -$289 |
| Remove other 2024-25 one-time funding | -$117 |
| Total | -$333 |
| 2025-26 Proposed Spending | $2,802 |
| a The Governor's budget provides $230,000 for a Chief Information Security Officer position and $65,000 for employee compensation adjustments. | |
| b Reflects proposed $50 million in additional one-time General Fund funding for the program. (The 2021‑22 Budget Act appropriated $500 million General Fund for the Golden State Teacher Grant program, with funds to be spent over five years. Those funds are expected to be almost fully exhausted by the end of 2024-25.) | |
| c The Governor's budget includes $1.9 million one-time General Fund for increased operating expenses, including data-related activities. | |