College students from around California staged a mass rally and protest at the state capitol Monday over budgets to education. This happened as talks stalled between Gov. Jerry Brown and the Republicans he’s trying to persuade to vote for his plan. California college students protesting at the capitol urged lawmakers to put Brown’s proposal to extend the expiring taxes on the June 7th ballot. If they don’t, higher education would take another $1 billion hit and community colleges could see tuition go up from $26 a unit to $66 a unit, a cost that some say would make degrees unaffordable. "Over 400,000 students will be lost, and that will be a travesty not only to those individuals, but the entire state of California," said Alex Prader from Student Senate for CA Community Colleges.

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by Nannette Miranda, KGO-TV.

Posted: March 15th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.