Budget brief: It’s time to re-invest in higher education
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Tax recommendations are a good starting point
The goal of tax reform should not just be to stop the bleeding – although that’s important.
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New Occupational Data Show Need for Work Supports, Education Investments
An important goal of state policy should be to ensure that hard work pays off. New data from the Louisiana Workforce Commission show that many occupations adding jobs provide relatively low incomes to workers. Louisiana leaders should enact policies to support workers who will fill these jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. Doubling the state’s Earned income tax credit (EITC) and increasing the state’s minimum wage would be a good down payment for building an inclusive economy that supports these emerging jobs in Louisiana.
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Inside the higher education numbers
The good news from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive budget is that the bleeding has finally stopped in higher education. After five straight years of deep cuts to public colleges and universities, the proposed budget for 2014-15 actually calls for a slight funding increase.
But when we unpack the numbers, there is actually less there than meets the eye.
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State Fiscal Crisis Threatens Closure of Eight University Campuses
Louisiana Budget Project Advises Balanced Approach to Address Shortfall, Save Campuses
Louisiana Board of Regents officials warned the Senate Finance Committee today that eight higher education campuses may close as a result of planned cuts to the state budget.
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