Proposed Budget - Fiscal Year 2025
On February 8, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry released his proposed fiscal 2025 budget. The budget totals $44.2 billion, a decrease of 6.9 percent from the existing operating budget for fiscal 2024. The general fund portion of the budget totals $12.0 billion, a decrease of 1.9 percent from the existing budget for fiscal 2024. Total revenue for fiscal 2025 is projected at $44.2 billion, a decrease of 7.2 percent from the total revenue for the existing budget for fiscal 2024. The state general fund is broken down into the following spending categories: education (47 percent), human resources (29 percent), public safety (12 percent), general government (9 percent), business & infrastructure (2 percent), and environment and natural resources (1 percent).