Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Proposes to Raise Higher Education Funding by Cutting Prison Costs

In his Jan. 6, 2010 State of the State address, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a state constitutional amendment to raise higher education funding through cuts in prison spending. The amendment would ultimately raise spending on the University of California system and the California State University system to 10% of the general fund. It would require that the state pay more for higher education than for prisons. The governor pushed prison privatization as the funding mechanism in his address. Constitutional amendments can appear on the ballot via legislative action or by petition. Considerable campaign funding is typically required. It is not clear who would fund such a campaign.

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