(AP) — State Treasurer John Kennedy believes the state’s public four-year universities should be governed by one board to help cut costs. But he disagrees with any suggestions to limit spending under the state’s free college tuition program, known as TOPS.Those ideas put Kennedy at odds with the leader of the higher education system that includes the state’s flagship university.LSU System President John Lombardi has said a single governing board won’t solve the budget woes of campuses, and he thinks TOPS scholarships should be capped rather than cover the entire cost of tuition.Kennedy spoke Monday to the Press Club of Baton Rouge about his cost-cutting ideas as a member of the Commission on Streamlining Government, which is looking at ways to shrink state spending amid years of projected budget shortfalls.
Treasurer, LSU System chief at odds
By The Associated Press
October 4, 2009