With anger bubbling on college campuses, spending on higher education is expected to remain a flash point as California lawmakers hash out this year’s state budget… the UC system’s $22.5-billion budget for the current academic year is only 11% state spending. But university officials point out that 73% of that spending is restricted to things such as medical facilities and other operations, and can’t be used to offset tuition increases… Last Wednesday, an Assembly subcommittee rejected Brown’s effort to cut more than $300 million from Cal Grants, the state’s financial aid program. It also voted down his proposal to shift $736.4 million in federal funds from welfare to scholarships. H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for Brown’s Department of Finance, said that means lawmakers will need to find more than $1 billion in other cuts in order to close an estimated $9.2-billion budget deficit by June 30.

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by Chris Megerian, The Los Angeles Times.

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