Gov. Bobby Jindal will seek legislation that would allow higher education and health care to take a smaller share of budget cuts, according to a news release.
Jindal proposed three different bills at a Lafayette press conference.
The first would increase the amount the governor can cut from protected funds during a budget crisis from 5 percent to 10 percent. The second would allow interest on protected funds to be spent to bolster non-protected budgets. The third would impose a budget “sunset” on most of the state’s dedicated funds, meaning those funds would be up for regular review.
For a more detailed description of this legislation, read tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Reveille.
 
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