Funding Formula, Legislative Process Focus of Voucher Trial's First Day
The trial in the the lawsuit from teacher unions and local school boards seeking to shutdown a statewidevoucher program began Wednesday.A state judge heard more than eight hours of complex testimony in...
View ArticleVoucher Trial Heads to Closing Arguments
Follow WRKF on Twitter from real-time updates from the trial. Lawyers on both sides of the lawsuit challenging the state's private school voucher program are slated to deliver closing arguments today...
View ArticleJudge to Rule on Vouchers
Follow WRKF on Twitter from real-time updates from the trial. Judge Tim Kelley will deliver a decision in 19th District Court Friday afternoon in the lawsuit challenging Louisiana's private school...
View ArticleVoucher Ruling is In
State Judge Tim Kelley declared today that the way Louisiana lawmakers created the statewide private school voucher program was constitutional, but the way it was funded was not.
View ArticleJudge: Vouchers Can't Be Paid for in Formula for Public School Support
Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to appeal a court ruling against his school voucher program. Teachers unions and local school boards filed suit to stop them.
View ArticleVoucher Program Set to Grow Despite Court Battle
Applications for vouchers are available for the upcoming school year. The statewide program is continuing into its second year.A district court judge ruled in November that the voucher program could...
View ArticleFact Check: Completing Nichols' Numbers
On the Jim Engster Show Thursday morning, Division of Administration Commissioner Kristy Nichols relied on talking points that have been repeated by officials in the Jindal administration. The...
View ArticleState Supt. Aims for Vouchers, With or Without School Funding Formula
The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is slated to approve the school funding formula next week. The new proposal, released Thursday, still pays for the voucher program with dollars...
View ArticlePublic School Funding Plan Rejected Twice
Next year’s method for funding for public schools is a bit up in the air after the Senate Education Committee rejected the proposed formula from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The...
View ArticleAudit: Student Counts Intended to Cause Shortfalls
Why do Louisiana’s student counts keep coming up so woefully short, requiring the state to come up with more money for K-12 education each spring?House Appropriations chairman Jim Fannin led the effort...
View ArticleThey Said “More Cuts” and Meant It
Louisiana’s House Republicans have been insisting the Governor needs to make more budget cuts before they’ll consider raising revenue. With the full House considering the tax hike bills tomorrow, they...
View ArticleFound: $7-Million For Public Schools
While most of the attention this session has been on the $600-million hole in the upcoming budget, earlier today, the full Senate did their part to balance the current year’s budget, which ends June...
View Article$7-Million ‘You-Know-What-Kind-of-Match’ Continues
The House took up the Senate amendments to the current year Supplemental Appropriations bill today – the amendments that yesterday took 7 million dollars from an escrow account in the Attorney...
View ArticleWhich Level Of Education To Fund First?
The Senate Finance committee met Wednesday to amend the supplemental appropriations bill, which allocates the money raised during this special session. The session must end no later than midnight...
View ArticleFunding Formula, Legislative Process Focus of Voucher Trial's First Day
The trial in the lawsuit from teacher unions and local school boards seeking to shutdown a statewide voucher program began Wednesday. A state judge heard more than eight hours of complex testimony in...
View ArticleVoucher Trial Heads to Closing Arguments
Follow WRKF on Twitter from real-time updates from the trial. Lawyers on both sides of the lawsuit challenging the state's private school voucher program are slated to deliver closing arguments today...
View ArticleJudge to Rule on Vouchers
Follow WRKF on Twitter from real-time updates from the trial. Judge Tim Kelley will deliver a decision in 19th District Court Friday afternoon in the lawsuit challenging Louisiana's private school...
View ArticleVoucher Ruling is In
State Judge Tim Kelley declared today that the way Louisiana lawmakers created the statewide private school voucher program was constitutional, but the way it was funded was not. Kelley said the case...
View ArticleJudge: Vouchers Can't Be Paid for in Formula for Public School Support
Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to appeal a court ruling against his school voucher program. Teachers unions and local school boards filed suit to stop them.
View ArticleVoucher Program Set to Grow Despite Court Battle
Applications for vouchers are available for the upcoming school year. The statewide program is continuing into its second year. A district court judge ruled in November that the voucher program could...
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