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Challenges abound for schools-over-prisons proposal

Stanford professors say an amendment to the California constitution proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger that would require the state to invest more money in its public universities than its prisons will face many challenges before becoming actual legislation.

The proposal, which has been both lauded and criticized since the governor’s State of the State address last Wednesday, would require California to spend no less than 10 percent of its annual budget on higher education and no more than seven percent on prisons. It would nearly reverse the current situation: 7.5 percent and 11 percent of the budget are allotted to universities and prisons, respectively.

“The priorities have become out of whack over the years,” Schwarzenegger said in his address. “What does it say about a state that focuses more on prison uniforms than caps and gowns?” Read More

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