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Schwarzenegger cuts mean no college for thousands
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By STEVE LAWRENCE
Associated Press Writer

(AP:SACRAMENTO) Budget cuts proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could prevent hundreds of thousands of Californians from attending college this fall, higher education officials told a legislative committee Monday.

The executive director of the California Student Aid Commission, Diana Fuentes-Michel, said the Republican governor's plan to phase out Cal Grant aid to lower income, college-bound students could keep more than 200,000 out of classes.

"If these students cannot afford to attend college, they will face the worst job market in decades," she told a two-house committee that is trying to eliminate a state budget deficit now pegged at $24.3 billion.