Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has vetoed a bill that was designed to curb executive-compensation packages for California State University administrators. But the Republican governor has signed a companion bill that requires the governing boards of Cal State and the University of California to open their meetings when deciding on employee pay and long-term plans.

The bills had been supported by faculty, staff, and student groups in the two systems.

Among the supporters of the vetoed bill, Assembly Bill 1413, was the California Faculty Association. The group’s president, Lillian Taiz, told The Daily Aztec, the student newspaper at San Diego State University, that the veto showed that Governor Schwarzenegger wasn’t bothered by a Cal State administration that works in secret and pays top dollar to administrators.

The system’s chancellor, Charles B. Reed, said in a written statement that he was pleased that the governor had vetoed the bill.

In a veto message Mr. Schwarzenegger said he didn’t believe that “we should be micromanaging the hiring practices at the University of California or the California State University system in ways that may hamper their ability to hire quality instructors and administrators.”

Governor Schwarzenegger said he had signed Senate Bill 190 because “there should be transparency in our educational systems so that the public has confidence in our institutions.” —Audrey Williams June