California high school students have been battling out-of-staters for
undergraduate spots on UC campuses, and now some legislators are
seeking to limit financial aid and admission slots for non-residents. In the last few years, budget cuts caused by the recession led UC to recruit more nonresident applicants to get revenue from out-of-state fees. Legislators pushed back, saying the strategy limited access for their constituents. The UC system also came under fire
recently after an Assembly budget subcommittee discovered that $32
million had been spent on financial aid for nonresident students. Senate Constitutional Amendment 4, proposed by Sen. Janet Nguyen,
R-Garden Grove, would cap at 10 percent the amount of out-of-state
undergraduates in incoming classes and total undergrad enrollment at
each of the ten campuses. Also, the amendment would prohibit UC from
giving state-funded financial aid to out-of-state undergraduate
students...
From:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article27266056.html
A hearing on the proposed amendment is to take place today.
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