Grambling State University is slated to lose $5.5 million in state funding if a budget bill, HB1, is not amended by the Louisiana legislature. This will bring Grambling's total state funding reductions since the fiscal year 2008-09 to $17.8 million. As the current budget proposal stands, total reductions in state general fund support for all of higher education since 2008-09 would reach $585 million. "The budget reductions over the past several years along with anticipated cuts, will result in a financial emergency for Grambling State University and threatens to undermine our ability to achieve our core mission. These cuts will lead to further restructuring at the university, a decline in program offerings and course availability, a threat to program accreditations, additional faculty and staff layoffs, curtailing enrollment growth and our ability to meet the requirements of the LA GRAD Act. It will also continue to negatively impact our ability to support student events and activities. In as much as Grambling is primarily state dependent, an additional cut of $5.5 million will seriously impact the future of the university," says President of Grambling State University Frank G. Pogue.
http://www.ksla.com/story/18431597/gsu-faces-55-million-budget-cut
