If state revenue falls short, Cal State and the University of California — whose funding also fell $650 million this year — will take an additional $100 million cut. Cal State will enroll 10,000 fewer students this fall. Reed said many campuses also will try to save money by skipping repairs, not renewing contracts with part-time faculty and not replacing library books. The Cal State leader complained that higher education took a “disproportionate reduction” in the state budget. “It’s outrageous that the prison system budget is larger than UC and Cal State put together,” he said.

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by Carla Rivera, The Los Angeles Times.

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