LSU budget proposal awaits August approval - Kyle Bove, LSU Reveille

Although the budget is about $19 million less than last year, Chancellor Michael Martin has said the reduction will not affect the student experience at LSU. “It has always been our commitment to in whatever way possible minimize the effect on students,” Martin said. To keep that commitment, the administration has proposed plans to lay off or require some employees to take time off without pay. The University plans to layoff 24 employees and eliminate 176 vacant job positions. But those numbers could grow in the near future. “As everything settles down and people start to implement budget cuts at the lowest level, more layoffs may come,” Martin said.