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Amendment 2 Fails, La. Higher Ed Braces For More Cuts

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published November 14, 2016 at 10:00 AM EST
SPRING SEMESTER CUTS - Higher Ed leaders expect more budget cuts to colleges and universities in Louisiana as well as less TOPS money for students for spring semester.
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SPRING SEMESTER CUTS - Higher Ed leaders expect more budget cuts to colleges and universities in Louisiana as well as less TOPS money for students for spring semester.
SPRING SEMESTER CUTS - Higher Ed leaders expect more budget cuts to colleges and universities in Louisiana as well as less TOPS money for students for spring semester.
Credit Courtesy: LSUS
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Courtesy: LSUS
SPRING SEMESTER CUTS - Higher Ed leaders expect more budget cuts to colleges and universities in Louisiana as well as less TOPS money for students for spring semester.

CHANGES FOR HIGHER ED IN LOUISIANA: Amendment 2 was defeated Nov. 8th as 57% of Louisiana voters were against taking tuition-setting authority from the state legislature and giving it to higher education leadership.  Louisiana is one of two states in the U.S. that requires legislature approval and education officials feel this makes their job more difficult especially considering more cuts to higher ed are on the way to help offset the state budget deficit of $315 million dollars ending FY 2016.

Larry Clark, Chancellor LSU in Shreveport
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Larry Clark, Chancellor LSU in Shreveport

AMENDMENT FAILS, LA. HIGHER ED FACES MORE CUTS: Amendment 2 proposed to take tuition and fee setting power from the state legislature and give it to higher ed officials but 57% of La. voters rejected it. Those who run colleges and universities in the state feel this places them at a disadvantage especially considering more budget cuts in 2017.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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