While the agreement with universities saves the state only about $660 million next year – out of an estimated budget shortfall of $17 billion – it may help Schwarzenegger pass the first budget on time since 2000. Some Democrats, whose party controls both houses of the Legislature, denounced the deal, saying it limits university enrollments and breaks a 40-year promise to students of a state-supported higher education to qualified students. They also criticized the governor’s budget agreements with interest groups before delivery of the proposal to the Legislature.

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by Tom Chorneau, The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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