Well, you may have read that teachers are being furloughed, student admission is being capped and fees are being raised at California colleges. Amid all this, the state retains the most liberal veterans’ educational benefit in the country. That tells you something about the nagging migraine known as California’s budget. We’re in deep water partly because we granted generous benefits at a time of plenty — and no one in Sacramento sees any political gain in reducing them during a time of want. I don’t want to sound like I don’t appreciate veterans. I do. They’ve given up a lot. But California is really, truly in bad financial shape. And in what is known as the "college fee waiver," it grants a benefit that only one other state, Indiana, even comes close to offering (with more strings).

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by Scott Herhold, The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted: August 15th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.