Senate Committee Tries To Shrink Budget Cuts
By: Import User
Updated: June 3, 2009
The Louisiana Senate's budget-writing
committee is backing a plan that would reverse proposed cuts to
public colleges and health care by tapping into the state's "rainy
day" fund and delaying a scheduled income tax break.
Budget analysts say, if approved, the changes approved Wednesday night by the Senate Finance Committee would shrink higher education cuts to less than $100 million and health care cuts to about $170 million next year.
The patchwork proposal would boost the state's budget for next year to more than $28 billion. The new fiscal year begins July 1.
House members and the Jindal administration are opposed to some of the financing mechanisms used by the Senate committee, setting up an expected tug of war over the budget.
Budget analysts say, if approved, the changes approved Wednesday night by the Senate Finance Committee would shrink higher education cuts to less than $100 million and health care cuts to about $170 million next year.
The patchwork proposal would boost the state's budget for next year to more than $28 billion. The new fiscal year begins July 1.
House members and the Jindal administration are opposed to some of the financing mechanisms used by the Senate committee, setting up an expected tug of war over the budget.
