Additional funding for enrollment growth at the University of California, the use of state funds to "buy out" student fee increases, and additional state funding for UC's initiative to train more science and math teachers are part of a budget proposal for 2006-2007 from the California governor's office.
The proposal from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was released earlier this week. The budget proposal fulfills the governor's "compact" with UC. That document spells out anticipated state funding levels and university accountability measures over a multi-year period.
Under the governor's budget, UC's state-funded budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 would total $3.049 billion, an increase of $207 million or 7.3 percent above the 2005-06 level.
"We are grateful to the governor for once again recognizing the vital contribution higher education makes to the well-being of the state," said UC President Robert Dynes. "This budget will help us keep our doors open to the next entering class of students, continue rebuilding and improving programs that suffered from the budget cuts of the last few years, and provide access to the university for students from families of all financial means."
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