BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A measure that would let the Louisiana Board of Regents choose the higher education commissioner and set the commissioner’s salary without legislative approval has overwhelmingly passed the House.
The House voted 89-9 Wednesday to back the proposal by Metairie Sen. Conrad Appel.
Currently, the board must get the Senate to confirm its choice for commissioner and get the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to approve its salary offer.
Amite Rep. John Edwards, who presented the bill, said Louisiana would be able to attract the best commissioner by removing legislative approval, which he said is an unnecessary obstacle.
Opponents say the oversight is minimal and important.
The bill moves back to the Senate for consideration of House changes.
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Senate Bill 108 can be found at www.legis.la.gov
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