California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office continues to find fault with Gov. Jerry Brown’s higher education plan outlined in his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.

In its analysis of Brown’s proposed budget last week, the Legislative Analyst Office concluded that Brown’s budget proposal would severely restrict access to public education, while actually increasing costs for the state.

If approved, Brown’s budget would increase the GPA requirement from 3.0 to 3.25 making receiving the maximum CalGrant benefits tougher.

The increase could severely impact access for college students, while increasing the state’s cost of educating those same students in the long term.

Brown’s proposal would also cut the amount of aid awarded to California students attending private, nonprofit universities through the CalGrant by 44 percent.

The analyst’s office anticipates this change will push students attending private institutions who rely on state aid to public universities.

The state will, in effect, have to pay for the added cost of educating these individuals in the long term, said Steve Boilard, managing principal analyst for education at the Legislative Analyst’s Office.

Brown’s budget relies on the passage of a proposed tax initiative, and will have to be revised by the legislature and will undergo a series of votes before a final version is passed.