State Rep. Cameron Henry will be online Thursday at 1 p.m. to chat with Lens readers about several hot-button issues, including Common Core, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed state budget and an effort to kill Jefferson Parish’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies.
Henry is sponsoring one bill that would repeal the Common Core standards and another that would give school districts the right to opt out. He is a leader of the Fiscal Hawks, a group of conservative lawmakers who joined with Democrats last year to force Jindal to minimize accounting gimmicks in his budget.
Henry, 39, is a second-term Republican who represents Old Metairie, Old Jefferson and Airline Park. Before his 2007 election, he spent six years as a legislative aide to then-state Rep. Steve Scalise, who is now in Congress. Henry, the father of four, has a company that manages development projects.