The Campus Budget News website provides up-to-date information to the campus community about California's budget situation and its impact on the Calfornia State University and Cal State Northridge.

Additional Questions? If you have a question that is not answered at this site or the FAQ, you may submit it to budgetnews@csun.edu. (We also encourage campus employees to consult and share their concerns with their supervisor, unit head, dean, or division vice president.) We cannot respond to individual questions at this time, but will update the FAQ as appropriate to ensure that the common concerns of campus community members are addressed.

Other Resources:

• Campus Budget Page: This page provides detailed information about the University's budget, including the General Fund Budget and Lottery Fund Budgets.

• Campus Budget FAQs (posted May 15, 2012 / updated January 10, 2013) — Note: Archives of earlier FAQs are available below
• Student FAQs for Spring 2013 (posted November 27, 2012)

Earier communications are filed below in the Archives section.

• Beginning of the 2012-13 Academic Year: A message from CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed (September 12, 2012)
• A Message from President Harrison about the CSU Budget (July 19, 2012)
• Budget Options that May Impact Employees: A message from CSU Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Gail Brooks (July 19, 2012)

Campus Budget Page: This page provides detailed information about the University's budget.

Enrollment Management Plan 2010-12 (PDF document) (October 20, 2009)

Other Budget Messages: 

• Budget Update - Fiscal 2011–12
• Budget Update - Fiscal 2010-11

Videos (see also "CSU Budget News" below for links to CSU-wide videos)

• President Koester's Message to Students for Spring 2011 (December 13, 2010)
• President Jolene Koester addresses the budget situation (November 10, 2009)
• Video Message from the President (July 17, 2009)

• NEW — A memorandum from CSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Benjamin F. Quillian answers questions about Unrestricted Net Assets reported in the CSU Audited Financial Statements (September 27, 2012)
• The California State University Budget Central
• CSU Employee Updates
• VIDEO: CSU Chancellor's Video Message to Employees (December 16, 2010)
• VIDEO: CSU Chancellor and CSSA President Discuss New Year (October 8, 2009): California State Student Association (CSSA) President Steve Dixon interviews CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed.
• VIDEO: Chancellor's Video Message to Employees (July 29, 2009)
• VIDEO: CSU Chancellor Outlines Plan to Address Massive Budget Cuts (July 16, 2009): California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed discusses the CSU's plan to cope with severe budget cuts. Chancellor Reed's remarks, made at a press teleconference, describe the magnitude of budget cuts and CSU's plan of action to address the cuts including employee furloughs, student fees, financial aid, and enrollment cuts. (Full transcript of video message available at the site.)

University News Clippings — The University news clipping service compiles on a daily basis all news reports about Cal State Northridge and higher education, including budget-related news. You can sign up at this site to receive the clippings directly by email every day.

Archived Campus Budget FAQs

• Archived FAQs (archived May 15, 2012)
• Archived FAQs (archived December 16, 2011)
• Archived FAQs (archived November 17, 2011)
• Archived FAQs (archived July 21, 2011)
• Archived FAQs (archived May 16, 2011)
• Archived FAQs (archived January 7, 2011)
• Archived FAQs (archived October 12, 2010)
• Archived FAQs (archived September 29, 2010)
• Archived FAQs (archived March 25, 2010)
• Archived FAQs (archived October 20, 2009)
• Archived FAQs (archived April 21, 2009)

Archived Student FAQs

• Student FAQs for Spring 2012
• Spring 2012 Enrollment Information FAQ
• Student FAQs for Fall 2011
• Student FAQs for Spring 2011
• Fall 2010
• Spring 2010
• Fall 2009 

Letters to the Campus Community

• Summary of Spring 2012 Enrollment Issues (2/23/2012): Communication sent to faculty and staff summarizing how the enrollment issues the university faced in Spring 2012 were successfully addressed and an update on plans for avoiding similar problems in academic year 2012-13.
• Budget Developments / Update to FAQs (letter to the campus community from Vice President for Administration and Finance Tom McCarron, June 25, 2009)
• President's message to faculty and staff about the campus budget (June 9, 2009)

Furlough FAQs

• Note: The 2009-10 furlough program formally concluded on June 30, 2010.