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The bill also eliminated all previous scholarship programs. The first students to receive grants from TOPS started their freshman year of college in the fall of 1998. In 2008, the program was renamed the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students in honor of Taylor, after Governor Bobby Jindal signed Act 352. [3]
The original education savings account bills in the House and Senate proposed private school tuition awards as high as $5,100 for students from higher-income families, $7,500 for students from ...
Louisiana Technical College, 42 statewide campuses, 1930–2012 — merged and are now aligned to other institutions within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System; South Central Louisiana Technical College, 4 campuses — merged 2018 into South Louisiana, Fletcher, and River Parishes Community Colleges
Straight University (known as Straight College after 1915) was an American historically black college that operated between 1868 and 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana. After struggling with financial difficulties, it was merged with New Orleans University to form Dillard University .
Misti Cordell, Chair of the Board of Regents, speaks as Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry stands by on executive order about free speech for higher education institutions on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 ...
The Laboratory School was first accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1936. From its beginning in 1922 until the present time, a major objective of the Laboratory School has been to participate in the preparation of teachers, while providing a good elementary and secondary education for college-bound students.
The “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” competition takes the form of simulated congressional hearings where groups of students testify as constitutional experts before panels of judges. The program began in 1987 and, since then, more than 30 million students and 90,000 teachers have participated. [10]
Louisiana's school voucher program is known as the Louisiana Scholarship Program. It was available in the New Orleans area beginning in 2008 and in the rest of the state beginning in 2012. [246] In 2013, the number of students using school vouchers to attend private schools was 6,751, and for 2014 it was projected to exceed 8,800.