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Assembly panel hears that proposed ~8% CSU cuts and a deferred compact payment would strain campuses and students
Summary
Chair David Alvarez convened the California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance to examine the governor’s 2025‑26 budget proposal for the California State University system, where Department of Finance testimony directed CSU to plan for a 7.95% reduction in ongoing General Fund support — roughly $375.2 million — and deferred a scheduled compact payment.
Chair David Alvarez convened the California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance to consider the Governor’s 2025‑26 budget proposals affecting the California State University (CSU) system and the State Library. Department of Finance testimony said CSU should plan for a reduction of 7.95% in ongoing General Fund support — “totaling approximately $375,200,000 beginning in the 2025‑26 fiscal year,” the department told the committee.
Why it matters: CSU officials, the Legislative Analyst’s Office and campus representatives said the package of reductions and a deferral of a scheduled 5% compact payment would deepen existing budget shortfalls and likely reduce course offerings, increase class sizes and slow students’ progress to degrees. The system already has taken personnel and course reductions in prior years and flagged multi‑campus and program adjustments.
Devin Mitchell of the Department of Finance told the subcommittee the…
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