State Treasurer John Kennedy said he has a plan to fund higher education at a higher level, but it has received opposition from members of the Senate Finance Committee and from the administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell said Louisiana is the only state in the country in which a two-thirds vote of the legislature is required to set tuition rates.
This budget reform coalition of about 30 state lawmakers has put together a package of bills that will change how the budget is crafted and the way the state handles budget cuts.
A new study believes governance of Louisiana's public colleges should remain as-is, for the most part. The Governance Commission recommends against consolidating the state's four university system boards into one.
The Senate Budget Committee has quietly killed legislation that would limit the salaries of college system presidents and chancellors, to no more than 10% over the Southern Regional Education Board average salary.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking lawmakers to boost college tuition and fee costs for students and to give schools more freedom from regulations governing purchasing and construction projects.