- By JORDAN BLUM
- Advocate Capitol News Bureau
LAFAYETTE — Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday the budgetary blows to higher education and health care would lessen if the state Constitution were changed.
The catch is that such plans, which would have to win two-thirds approval of both houses of the Legislature and a majority of the state’s voters, could not be implemented until the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The plans would not ease the $632 million reduction to colleges and hospitals that Jindal has recommended for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.
“Health care and higher education always take the brunt of budget reductions when our state revenue declines,” Jindal said, noting that people always say such a setup should be changed.
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