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CSU Students Face Budget Impact
As the summer state legislative session unfolds, the state budget crisis continues to be of major concern to our students, faculty and staff.
The Governor's revised budget still impacts students by forcing campuses to absorb cuts by taking actions such as cutting class offerings, increasing class sizes and by turning away qualified students.
Like all Californians, the CSU is facing increased costs in energy and health care. Without other resources to cover these costs, they have to come from somewhere - the result will be fewer classes, lower quality.
The CSU urges the Legislature to recognize the return on investments that higher education provides by resisting further budget cuts and making higher education a fiscal priority!
Take Action
You can take the following actions to help CSU students:
- Write your state legislator today.
- Share this critical funding information with others.
- Tell us about how your Sacramento State degree has advanced your career.
- Sample Letter
 Charles Stuthard was selected as the 2008 outstanding graduate and he beat all odds to have even arrived at Sacramento State.
The history major never knew his father and was raised in some of Sacramento’s rougher neighborhoods, mostly in a series of foster homes. After his mother’s death during his sophomore year of college, he has assumed responsibility for his mentally disabled older brother, working two jobs while pursuing full-time studies.
“No one in my family has ever made it this far and actually graduated from college, not my grandparents, my mother or my father or any of my siblings,” Stuthard said in an essay. “That I have made this far is, for me, nothing short of a miracle.”
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