January 24, 2003

California Governor Seeks Deep Budget Cuts and Doubling of Tuition at Community Colleges

By JAMILAH EVELYN

Just as they were preparing for sizable midyear cuts in state appropriations, community-college leaders in California were blindsided this month by a second dose of bad news. Gov. Gray Davis proposed doubling tuition and slashing the colleges' funds again in 2003-4 to help offset what is expected to be a $35-billion state-budget deficit.

Take almost the entire undergraduate population of the University of California -- some 146,000 students -- and that is how many people will

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