The president of the California state senate is offering a plan of sorts in response to the UC tuition vs. state funds proposal. Note that the president of the senate is not an ex officio regent because the lieutenant governor - who is nominally head of senate - plays that role:
Concerned that a surge in out-of-state students at the University of
California may put residents at a disadvantage, Senate leader Kevin de
León (D-Los Angeles) on Thursday called for UC administrators to
significantly boost tuition for nonresidents. In his first major
policy proposal since taking over as Senate president pro tem last
month, De León said he worried that some Californians are unable to
afford or get into the UC system because of an increase in students from
elsewhere, including foreign countries. De
León called for the change in a letter and phone call Thursday to UC
President Janet Napolitano, asking her to consider following public
universities in other states such as Virginia, where out-of-state
tuition is 17% more than what California charges, or about $4,000 more a
year...
Full story at http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-deleon-tuition-20141114-story.html
So the plan he offers lets someone other than in-state students and taxpayers cough up more money.
Meanwhile, the trustees of CSU have decided to sit out the tuition vs. state funds battle and let the regents fight it - at least until January. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cal-state-budget-pay-raises-20141113-story.html
UPDATE: The Bay Area Council - a business group with a lot of high-tech folks - says it will be releasing some kind of plan: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288741/664f2e25a3/1462678495/63ea4f0730/ [Scroll down to find the reference.]
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