Article archive / April 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 4. Source pages: 4.
Bill Would Abolish Regents, Create New Bd of Trustees
Representative Thomas Carmody has put up a bill, House Bill 169, that would abolish the Board of Regents and the management boards, and transfer their duties and responsibilities to a newly created board, to be named the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees. The measure appeared on the Interim Calendar on 2/26/2016. March 14 it was read by title and referred to the Committee on Education, where it is pending.
According to the digest the new Board of Trustees who have powers to revise or eliminate programs, departments, subdivisions, and formulate revisions including distributions of funds. Each institution, instead of each management board, would submit budget proposals. The proposal would move management of public hospitals to the Board of Trustees, according to the digest.
The measure would be an amendment to the state’s constitution.
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