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| Governor's Budget Proposal Threatens Cal State System | ||||||
| To combat the woes facing California's budget, Governor Schwarzenegger and his Administration have proposed a number of monetary reductions that the California Senate will vote on in January. | ||||||
| Gov. Schwarzenegger called an "extraordinary session" of the legislature on Nov. 18, to discuss several issues that will eventually be voted on in January.� The issues are as follows: the implementation of a new bond, called General Obligation, which will help recover the debt California has amassed; the possible placing of a Constitutional amendment which will limit spending by the government; and a plan to counterbalance Schwarzenegger's repeal of the vehicle license fee. | ||||||
| The CSU-system faces an unallocated reduction of funds, which will possibly affect student services, limit enrollment, reduce offered courses, and layoff staff and faculty.� For the current year, this reduction will account for less-than one-percent of the general fund, while in 2004-05 it will account for 1.1 percent. | ||||||
| The proposal also calls for the complete elimination of general funding of CSU outreach programs, cutting the budget by $12.4 million, and could possibly lay off counselors in the program, as well as limit the number of participants in the program.� This issue was discussed last Wednesday, and according to the agenda, the long-term ramification for this could be shutting out "an entire generation of underrepresented students from reaping the benefits of higher education." | ||||||
| The UC-system would also be affected, as their outreach budget would be reduced by $12.2-million.� In the 2004-05 year, the CSU- and UC-systems could face further outreach cuts totaling over $85-million. | ||||||
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