Midyear Cuts Deal $1.2 Million Blow to SMC - Jenna Chandler, Santa Monica Patch

Additionally, students at California's community colleges will pay higher tuition as the cost per unit increases this summer by $10. Santa Monica College is reaching for its rainy day money. A spokesman said administrators could be forced to deplete a $1.24-million contingency set aside by Santa Monica College's Board of Trustees in September as it braced for midyear state budget cuts triggered Tuesday. "We prepared ourselves when we passed our budget, putting aside money in case this happened," spokesman Bruce Smith said.