State budget cuts could hit close to home this spring for higher education including the LSU Med School in Shreveport.

A new report from LSU outlines some of the cuts that will hit the campuses across the state.

Here's what's included in the report for LSU Shreveport

Immediate furlough for all faculty and staff, equivalent to a 5-10% reduction in hours worked per week, directly impacting service to and support of students.  Elimination of student academic support labs, which would delay student registration, financial aid applications and processing, and increase waiting periods for required classes, thus delaying time to graduation.

Here's the part of the report that focuses on LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport

Implement a 53% reduction of Faculty Physicians [170] and 20% reduction of Allied Health Faculty [10] -- plus applicable support staff [15].

Implement a 28% reduction [125 – 35 = 90] of School of Medicine class size, which would revert M.D. training to levels of the first decade of the institution (as class sizes P a g e 3 | 19 have been greater than 100 since 1979) and 20% reduction of School of Allied Health class size [320-65 = 255].

Close some Graduate Medical Education / Residency programs, plus reductions in others.

Eliminate specialty health services, returning to only core health services necessary to sustain educational requirements.

The report says nearly 2,000 university employees would lose jobs, and that does not include the state-run hospitals.

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