Click here to view the 2012-13 Governor's Support Budget Presentation 
 

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State slashes investment in higher education

*State support for the CSU has been cut by almost $1 billion or 35% over the past 18 months. Student tuition fee increases cover only half of these cuts.

*With current and proposed “trigger” budget cuts, the CSU has $2,500 less to spend per student compared to 1998-99.

State threatens more higher education cuts

*If the Governor’s tax initiative is not approved by voters in November, the CSU faces an additional $200 million cut.

*The CSU opposes the Governor’s proposal to increase GPA requirements for Cal-Grant recipients.

*CSU already provides $700 million in state university grant aid and already cannot meet all students’ needs.

Click here for the complete Budget Fact Sheet.

CSU to receive additional $200 million cut if November taxes don’t pass

The California State University received no new funding in the Governor’s 2012-13 budget, thus making permanent the recent $750 million cut to the system. Without any new level of support, the university is seeing the lowest state funding in 15 years.

If flat funding wasn’t enough, the Governor has also proposed a potential “trigger cut” of an additional $200 million making the two year cut $950 million or almost 35 percent. An additional cut of $200 million is equal to denying admission to 27,000 students and is more than the current state funding of CSU’s four smallest campuses combined.

In two of the last four fiscal years, state support to the CSU has been dramatically reduced, forcing the CSU’s Board of Trustees to approve sizable tuition fee increases, reduce enrollment, implement furloughs and eliminate programs and services – to name a few. Revenue from tuition hikes have not kept pace with state funding cuts. For the current academic year, the tuition increases raised approximately $300 million, but the CSU’s budget sustained a $750 million cut.

While the university will continue to work with the Administration and the legislature to avoid further cuts, if the triggers are pulled the university will struggle to continue offering the same number of courses to the same number of students while maintaining quality.

The CSU believes California must make public higher education a priority again, otherwise the state’s economy will find itself without the necessary educated workforce it needs to fully recover.

CSUMB 2011-12 Budget Information

Operating Fund Base Budget
This operating budget breakdown includes division-by-division detail.

CSUMB Budget Advisory Group

CSUMB 2010-11 Budget Information

President Harrison highlighted the university's Budget Advisory Group (BAG) during her presentation at the Campus Budget Forum on Thursday, May 12, in the World Theater. 

CSUMB Budget Briefing
An overview of the CSUMB budget, as presented at the Budget Advisory Group meeting on March 9, 2011

Operating Fund Base Budget
This operating budget breakdown includes division-by-division detail.

Operating Fund Revenue
This pie chart shows a breakdown of CSUMB revenue sources for fiscal year 2010-11.

Operating Fund Expenditures
This pie chart shows a breakdown of CSUMB expenditure categories for fiscal year 2010-11.

Past CSUMB Budget Information

The CSUMB General Fund Budgets dating back to 2004-05 are available at the campus library and will be posted soon on the Budget Office website. 

CSU Budget News

CSU Budget FAQ, March 11, 2011

Budget Facts: Gov. Brown’s 2011-12 Funding Proposal

The California State University 2011-2012 Budget Fact Sheet outlines the following:

  • The proposed 18 percent budget reduction cuts state support to the level the CSU received in 1999, while now serving 70,000 additional students.
  • Declining state support for the CSU has forced the system to be more reliant on student tuition and fees.
  • California’s economy cannot improve without an educated workforce, and cutting higher education will have serious impacts on the state’s economic recovery.
  • CSU will continue its operational efficiency efforts, but a budget reduction of this magnitude will have serious impacts.

Click here for the complete Budget Fact Sheet.
 

Graphing State Support for the CSU

Click below for a visual representation graphing the state support budget for the California State University:

CSU State Allocations
Graph illustrates state allocations the CSU has received each academic year from 1999 to 2012.

State Allocation and Enrollment
Graph represents what full time students paid vs how much state funding the CSU received from academic year 1999 to 2012.

State vs. Student Contribution to Tuition Fees
Graph depicts how the gradual decline of state support forces more reliance on student fees from academic year 1998-2010.

More resources for budget information

CSU Chancellor's Office

State of California

Posted by Elizabeth MacDonald on Apr 18, 2012 -