Coast residents attend Grillin' on the Green in Biloxi wxxv25.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wxxv25.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Adrian Dubose and Lauren Cheramie
LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE After losing hundreds of millions of dollars in the COVID-19 pandemic, Louisiana’s public universities are hopeful that three rounds of federal relief packages and a proposed $56 million increase from the state will enable them to avoid budget cuts this year.
Universities and colleges faced significant revenue losses and additional expenses as a result of the pandemic. The LSU, University of Louisiana and Southern systems also had to cope with a $21.7 million cut in state funding last year.
Education officials feared that they were going to lose ground again in the coming budget year after more than a decade of financial instability.
State s public universities hope to avoid cuts
LSU, Southern, UL systems saw $21.7M cut in funding last year
MGN Online
Posted at 4:58 PM, Mar 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-06 17:58:12-05
BATON ROUGE â After losing hundreds of millions of dollars in the COVID-19 pandemic, Louisiana s public universities are hopeful that three rounds of federal relief packages and a proposed $56 million increase from the state will enable them to avoid budget cuts this year.
Universities and colleges faced significant revenue losses and additional expenses as a result of the pandemic. The LSU, University of Louisiana and Southern systems also had to cope with a $21.7 million cut in state funding last year.