MICHELLE MILLHOLLON AND WILL SENTELL,
Advocate

Jindal kicked off a three-week special session in which he wants legislators to approve tax breaks for businesses and parents who send their children to private school.

Gov. Bobby Jindal told legislators Sunday night that Louisiana must recruit businesses and make existing businesses flourish.

“We should not be losing investment to other states in the South,” the governor said. “We should not be sitting on the sidelines of global economic competition while cities which were once small towns ... become giants of economic vitality.”

Jindal kicked off a three-week special session in which he wants legislators to approve tax breaks for businesses and parents who send their children to private school.

He also is giving lawmakers the opportunity to spend a $1.1 billion state surplus from the state fiscal year that ended June 30.

This is Jindal’s second special session as governor, an office he has held since January. The session is scheduled to end just a few days ahead of the regular session.

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