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Arnold Schwarzenegger
The budget cuts sought by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would put college out of reach for hundreds of thousands of young Californians, education officials warned a legislative committee Monday.
Diana Fuentes-Michel, director of the Student Aid Commission, said the governor's plan to get rid of Cal Grant aid would keep more than 200,000 out of classes during a time when there are few jobs to be had.
"If these students cannot afford to attend college, they will face the worst job market in decades," she told a committee that is trying to eliminate the $24.3 billion budget deficit.
Karen Humphrey, of the California Postsecondary Education Commission, urged scaling back rather than eliminating Cal Grants, perhaps lowering aid to private school students and raising the GPA needed to qualify.
Schwarzenegger wants to cut $2.75 billion from higher education in the next fiscal year and an additional $173 million by eliminating new Cal Grants.
California State University Chancellor Charles Reed said the cuts to the 23-campus system were the equivalent of shrinking enrollment by 60,000.
"That is impossible," he said.
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I feel that if we could impeach The Prior Gov. for wanting to spend more money a couple of years ago. I can not see why we could not impeach this crazy Gov. for doing more, and far worse than the Prior Gov. Sometime someone has got to stand up to him. Why don't we just have all of the goverment workers drive their own cars, and return their cars leased and paid for by the Tax Payers of this City? Enough is Enough already!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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