Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget plan announced Thursday morning gives California’s colleges and universities good news for the first time in years. The CSU and UC systems would each receive an additional $125 million in funding for core instructional programs, a 5 percent increase. It was less than they asked for, but far better than their outlook just a few months ago, before the passage of Propositions 30 and 39 in November. Those measures are expected to raise an additional $6 billion annually for the state. The state’s community college systems would receive $197 million more next year — money that will allow colleges to restore thousands of classes, said California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris.

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by Katy Murphy, The San Jose Mercury News.

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