Community Colleges spared Louisiana budget ax

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal proposed 3% cuts across the board except for community colleges. More cuts will be coming; Jindal's cuts got Lousiana halfway towards closing a $341million budget deficit. By law, the LA governor is only allowed to chop 3% off the budget without legislative approval.

Jindal spared community colleges (much to the glee of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System). In doing so, he followed the lead of WA Gov Kris Gregoire and differed from Oregon Gov Kulongoski - as I've written about.

Jindal understands what Kulongoski doesn't - CCs are vital during economic downturns if a state expects to retool its citizens for the eminent economic upswing.