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The eligibility criteria are now a 2.5 GPA or higher on the TOPS core high school curriculum, a score of 20 or higher on the composite ACT, and completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid application. In addition, students must have graduated from a high school in Louisiana, and their parents must live in the state. [4]
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 ...
Louisiana students this year achieved the highest scores under the current 150-point system. The 2024 school performance score of 80.2 improved by nearly two points from the previous year, a 78.5 ...
In 1868, Louisiana ratified a new Constitution that added language to include "Black Men" in the understanding of "all men created" equal. [6] The state constitution included Article 135, which required Louisiana to provide free public education to all students. It also outlawed racially-segregated schools. [7]
In communities where many or most white students are sent to these private schools, the percentages of African-American students in tuition-free public schools are correspondingly elevated. For example, in Clarksdale, Mississippi , in 2010, 92% of the students at Lee Academy were white, while 92% of the students at Clarksdale High School were ...
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 could begin paying for any student, rich or poor, to attend private schools as momentum for legislation creating education savings accounts builds in both the state House and Senate to ...
They perceive little correlation between racial diversity in the classroom and the performance of minority students in schools in existing data. [15] Historian and affirmative action opponent Stephan Thernstrom says mandatory racial diversity can cause harm, including immoral use of race-based student assignments and white flight in public schools.