July 2024
Changes in California State University General Fund Spending
2024-25 (In Millions)
| 2023-24 Revised Spending | $5,445 |
| Ongoing Spending | |
| Base augmentation (approximately 5 percent) | $240 |
| Retiree health benefit cost increase | 64 |
| CalVet tuition waiver expansion | 6 |
| Assembly Fellows (7 new positions)a | — |
| CENIC cost increaseb | — |
| Pension cost adjustment | -135 |
| Subtotal | ($174) |
| One-Time Adjustments | |
| Intersegmental partnershipsc | $5 |
| Base reduction | -75 |
| Subtotal | (-$70) |
| Remove 2023-24 one-time funding | -$36 |
| Total | $69 |
| 2024-25 Enacted Spending | $5,513 |
| a Budget provides $330,000 for this purpose. | |
| b The 2021‑22 budget agreement included a five‑year plan for covering higher CENIC charges. The annual funding increase in 2024‑25 is $152,000. | |
| c Funds support the planning and implementation costs of up to two projects that bring together campuses from the public higher education segments at a single location in a historically underserved area of the state to offer programs that support workforce needs. | |
| CENIC = Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California. | |