Aiming to dramatically expand access to higher education, President Obama on Thursday proposed making community college virtually free for millions of high school graduates — a potential boon for California’s system, the largest in the nation. The federal government would pay 75% of the costs of community college, requiring states to pick up the rest, under the proposal that White House officials said would be included in the 2016 federal budget and require congressional approval… Officials said the [California] system could accommodate an influx of more students, since so many were turned away amid severe budget cuts during the recession. Between 2007 and 2012, the system lost $1.5 billion in funding, a quarter of course offerings and nearly 500,000 students.

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by Jason Song, Teresa Watanabe and Christi Parsons, The Los Angeles Times.

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