Lawmakers pass $51B budget without Gov. Landry’s proposed LA GATOR voucher plan, redirecting funds to tutoring and local ...

School vouchers were supposed to be an academic lifeline for Louisiana’s neediest children. Under a 2012 law, the state would pay for poor students in struggling public schools to attend private ...

Louisiana used school vouchers in the 1960s to help White families escape integration. Now, critics say a new "school choice" law could exclude some students.

RELATED: School-Voucher Rules Trip Up Student Success in Louisiana So parents of scholarship students are furious that Edwards is considering breaking his promise. The Louisiana Federation for ...

In the final stretch of Louisiana's legislative session, lawmakers approved a state budget that includes less than half the ...

The legal battle over Louisiana’s controversial school voucher program is getting its day in court. Judge Tim Kelly began hearing arguments Wednesday in a state district court in Baton Rouge on ...

In states that have reported data on the question–Indiana, Louisiana, and Wisconsin—roughly 20% of students leave voucher programs each year, either because they give up the payment or because ...

Thursday to approve a $53.5 billion budget without objecting to any of the major changes the Senate had made earlier this week.

Despite clearing the House with little resistance, two key tax bills were effectively shelved by the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee.

Louisiana used school vouchers in the 1960s to help White families escape integration. Now, critics say a new "school choice" law could exclude some students.

School vouchers were supposed to be an academic lifeline for Louisiana’s neediest children. Under a 2012 law, the state would pay for poor students in struggling public schools to attend private ...

LA GATOR applicants: More than 39,000 Louisiana students apply for LA GATOR program, Education Department reports The increase would have nearly doubled the number of students receiving vouchers ...