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Holding a line, almost, on higher ed
- 05-17-2011
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By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education
California’s public colleges and universities were spared their worst-case scenario fears in Monday’s May revise, but it’s not exactly a cause for celebration. Gov. Brown didn’t add money to higher education, but thanks to the $6.6 billion in unexpected revenues, he managed to keep from cutting any more than what was approved in March. For the University of California and California State University that’s a hit of $500 million each. The community college system gets away with a paltry $400 million decrease. It could have been worse. In fact, it still could get worse. The no-additional-cuts budget for higher education remains contingent on extending at least some of the tax increases that GOP legislators in Sacramento have so far refused to put before voters. Without that money, cuts would double to $1 billion apiece. So UC President Mark Yudof and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed responded to the May revise with calculated warnings that appeared directed at Sacramento. (more...)
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