Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive budget, which leaves general funding for higher education untouched, relies on finding millions of dollars of efficiencies throughout state government. But some policymakers say dependence is too ambitious and could cause budget cuts further down the road.
In his presentation unveiling the budget, Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater said the Jindal administration estimates the state can save $225 million by “reducing projected General Fund increases at continuation through funding efficiencies.”
Instead of simply making sweeping funding cuts to individual programs — like the 32 percent cut for which higher education administrators were told to prepare last semester — the administration seeks to make departments throughout the state more efficient.
There are many such proposals in nearly every area of the state bureaucracy.
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