FIRST STEP TO RESTORATION

President F. King Alexander gladly announced to the campus community, via email, that the passed California 2010-2011 budget contained $199 million for California State University (CSU) funding. An extra $60.6 million is intended for future enrollment increase. This $2.62 billion increase signals the first restoration of the CSU budget since 2007.

A supplementary one-time only federal stimulus fund of $106 million will also be awarded to the CSU. When combined, these additional resources will permit the CSU to accept up to 30,000 new students for the winter, spring, and fall 2011 semesters.

CSULB has had to reduce admissions by approximately 4,000 students due to budget cuts. About 40,000 students were declined statewide.

This budget returns 30 percent of the budget cuts. It returns the budget to 2005-2006 support levels. Preceding this new budget, the CSULB budget had been at its lowest position since 1999-2000.


Photo: President F. King Alexander; By: J. Emilio Flores For The New York Times