July 2025
Changes in California State University General Fund Spending
2025-26 Changes (In Millions)
2024-25 Revised Spending | $5,500a |
Ongoing Spending | |
Pension cost increase | $123 |
Retiree health benefit cost increase | 78 |
Unrestricted base increase | 75 |
Capital Fellows salary increase | 1 |
Drug testing devices at campusesb | —c |
CENIC cost increased | —c |
Subtotal | ($277) |
One-Time Spending | |
Sonoma State University turnaround plane | $45 |
Assistance to low-enrollment campusese | 5 |
CSU Northridge Student Success and Inclusion Center infrastructure | 1 |
Subtotal | ($51) |
Other Adjustments | |
May/June payment deferral | -144 |
Remove 2024-25 one-time funding | -12 |
Subtotal | (-$155) |
Total Changes | $173 |
2025-26 Enacted Spending | $5,673 |
a Includes added one-time funding of $6 million for genealogy determination and $596,000 for wildfire recovery efforts. | |
b Budget provides $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. | |
c Less than $500,000. | |
d 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. | |
e Funding is included in Control Section 19.56. | |
CENIC = Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California. |