September 13, 2002

2 Months Late, California Budget Contains Mostly Bad News for Colleges

By JONATHAN MARGULIES

More than two months after the state's previous budget expired, California lawmakers finally completed a plan for the current fiscal year last week when Gov. Gray Davis revised and then approved a budget sent to him by the State Legislature earlier in the week. Under the new budget, which will cut overall higher-education spending by more than $19-million, the University of California and California State University systems will see their appropriations reduced, while the state's community

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