LSU System officials released scenarios for the next fiscal year if the Jindal administration cuts its budget between 18 and 30 percent. The termination or layoff of 650 faculty members and more than 1,250 support workers in the System — which includes 11 state institutions — is possible. System President John Lombardi said if the budget cuts are put into effect, the results could be damaging. “[The LSU System] will no longer be capable of competing among America’s significant public university systems, its flagship will lose its place in the competition among American flagship institutions, and its campuses and medical enterprises will find themselves dramatically behind the rest of the South, let alone more prosperous and economically vibrant areas of the country,” Lombardi said. The scenarios are non-specific as to what departments will force layoffs because the final state budget won’t be decided until late spring by the Legislature. ——Contact Kyle Bove at [email protected]