Premise: However, LSC also asked the planners to reopen their consideration of the configuration of the LSC-funded programs believing that a thorough review of this plan leads to the almost inescapable conclusion that while reconfiguration may not be a front-burner issue within this state, there is merit to seriously exploring reconfiguration of the five LSC-funded programs into three.

Hypothesis: LSC would like everyone to recognize that an overhaul of the programs is necessary.
Relation: entailment