July 2025
Financial Aid
Changes in California Student Aid Commission General Fund Spending
(In Millions)
| 2024-25 Enacted Spending | $3,119 |
| Cal Grants | $109 |
| Middle Class Scholarships | 78 |
| Other adjustments | -4a |
| Total Changes | $183 |
| 2024-25 Revised Spending | $3,302 |
| Ongoing Spending | |
| Cal Grants | $243 |
| State operations | —b |
| Subtotal | ($244) |
| One-Time Spending | |
| Golden State Teacher Grants | $68c |
| California College of the Arts | 20 |
| California Indian Nations College | 10 |
| General operating expenses | 2 |
| Subtotal | ($100) |
| Other Actions | |
| Middle Class Scholarship | -$1,004d |
| Other adjustments | -100e |
| Subtotal | -$1,104 |
| Total Changes | -$760 |
| 2025-26 Enacted Spending | $2,542 |
| a Includes a $245,000 ongoing reduction and elimination of 0.75 positions pursuant to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 Budget Act. Also includes a downward adjustment to 2024-25 spending for Golden State Teacher Grants. | |
| b The budget provides $230,000 for a Chief Information Security Officer position and $65,000 for employee compensation adjustments. | |
| c Reflects $50 million in new one-time General Fund and $18 million in carryover funds. (The 2021‑22 Budget Act appropriated $500 million General Fund for this program, with funds to be spent over five years. The state anticipates exhausting the remainder of that original appropriation in 2025-26.) | |
| d The state changed its budgetary approach for the Middle Class Scholarship program by appropriating funding one year in arrears and paying for costs in 2025-26 using a General Fund loan. | |
| e Includes removal of 2024-25 one-time funds. Also includes a $5,000 ongoing General Fund upward adjustment to CSAC state operations pursuant to Control Section 4.12 of the 2024-25 Budget Act. | |