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LSU Board approves reorganization and employment agreements amid Shreveport concerns
Summary
The LSU Board of Supervisors approved structural changes and employment contracts for President Wade Roos and Executive Vice President/Chancellor James Dalton while state Sen. Thomas Presley urged delaying a title change affecting LSU Health Shreveport, saying stakeholders were not adequately informed.
The LSU Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12 approved a series of governance changes and employment agreements that the board’s leaders said will strengthen the university system, even as State Sen. Thomas Presley urged a pause so Shreveport stakeholders can be fully briefed.
Sen. Thomas Presley of Senate District 38 told the board the plan to eliminate the chancellor title at the LSU Health Science Center in Shreveport and replace it with a senior vice chancellor reporting to Baton Rouge appears “contrary to the intent of the legislature,” citing a 2005 law that established a separate chancellor position. Presley…
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