Budget cuts proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could prevent hundreds of thousands of Californians from attending college this fall, higher education officials told a legislative committee Monday. The executive director of the California Student Aid Commission, Diana Fuentes-Michel, said the Republican governor’s plan to phase out Cal Grant aid to lower income, college-bound students could keep more than 200,000 out of classes. "If these students cannot afford to attend college, they will face the worst job market in decades," she told a two-house committee that is trying to eliminate a state budget deficit now pegged at $24.3 billion.

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by Steve Lawrence, The San Jose Mercury News.

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