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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about linking education and prison funding

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local report, which is headlined "Educators intrigued by proposal to link college, prison spending," a key part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's state-of-the-state address focused on the relationship between state funding of education and prisons.  Here are the basics: University leaders on Wednesday lauded Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to shift state money from prisons to higher education, but some experts warned the proposal is just bad budgeting. In his State of the State address, Schwarzenegger proposed a constitutional amendment that would guarantee at least 10 percent of the California budget for the University of California and California State University systems, gradually scaling back prison funding to reach that number...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).