May 2025
Universities
CSU Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision
General Fund Changes, 2025-26 (In Millions)
| Governor's Budget | May Revision | Change | |
| Ongoing Spending | |||
| Pension cost increase | $136 | $123 | -$13 |
| Retiree health benefit cost increase | 41 | 78 | 37 |
| Capital Fellows (salary increase) | 1 | 1 | — |
| CENIC cost increasea | —b | —b | — |
| Drug testing devices at campusesc | —b | —b | — |
| Base reduction | -375 | -144 | 231 |
| Subtotals | (-$197) | ($58) | ($256) |
| One-Time Changes | |||
| Base restoration | $75 | $75 | — |
| Subtotals | ($75) | ($75) | — |
| Totals | -$122 | $133 | $256 |
| a 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 2020-21 level. | |||
| b Less than $500,000. | |||
| 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. | |||