Calif. bill would cap fees for college students
Deep budget cuts to California’s public colleges and universities have caused student fees to skyrocket in recent years, but administrators would have to find another way to make up for declining state funding under a bill moving through the Legislature. The legislation would establish a baseline student fee for the 2011-12 academic year at each of California’s three public higher education systems – the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges – and would cap subsequent fee increases at 5 percent a year.
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by Robin Hindery, The San Jose Mercury News.