Legislation allowing school nurses to administer medical marijuana is halfway to final passage after clearing the House. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Ahe average composite ACT score for graduating seniors in Louisiana continues to fall. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The City of New Orleans will now host the Super Bowl in 2025 instead of 2024. Brooke Thorington explains
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A strong majority of House members vote to allow school nurses to administer medical marijuana to students with referrals for the treatment.
Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley brought the bill and says it will save a lot of time for students who need the treatment to function.
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Bagley says the treatment must be delivered by the parents to the school nurse and administered only by authorized school personnel.
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Schools that do not want to participate in the program are allowed to opt-out by informing parents.
Shreveport Representative Thomas Pressly voted against the bill saying school zones are currently federal drug-free zones, but Bagley says the treatments are not illegal in Louisiana…
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AARP releases a COVID-19 Nursing Home Dashboard showing the positivity rate among nursing home residents in Louisiana for August 24th thru September 20th at 2-point-7 cases per 100 residents AARP State Director Denise Botcher…
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The data also shows point six percent of all nursing home residents in Louisiana died of COVID during that roughly one month time period.
Botcher says the COVID positive infection rate for staff during that period is 2-point-6 for every 100 workers, which correlates directly with another disturbing trend, the lack of adequate PPE.
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Botcher says the lack of PPE and an increasing rate of infected workers is leading to staffing shortages in 40 percent of Louisiana facilities.
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Botcher hopes the data will encourage lawmakers to provide funding for adequate testing, PPE and ensure adequate staffing of qualified workers.
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Louisiana’s high school class of 2020 scored an average ACT composite score of only 18.7, the third year in a row the state has seen a drop in scores.
State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says that number is an all-time low since the state began requiring all students to take the exam in 2013.
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Amongst Economical Disadvantaged students, the composite average is down to 17.1.
Brumley has been on the job for about five months now after replacing John White who held the position since 2012. He says reversing this trend is incredibly important.
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To get into LSU you need at least a 22 composite score on the ACT, for TOPS Opportunity aid you need at least a 20.
Brumley says the Louisiana Department of Education will be working with schools to review and potentially realign curriculum to make sure students are ready to take this exam.
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Haynes Academy, a Jefferson Parish magnet school, had the highest average at 29.9.
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NFL owners approve New Orleans’s revised plan to host the Super Bowl in 2025 instead of 2024. The NFL’s regular season is set to expand by one week to 17 games, beginning 2021. Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation CEO Jay Cicero says that extra week clashes with Carnival Season in 2024.
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Cicero says he’s thankful the NFL agreed to the contingency plan and is allowing New Orleans to have Super Bowl 59 instead. Cicero says the availability of hotels to host simultaneous events would be practically impossible and…
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Cicero says while the City of New Orleans loves a Super Bowl and a good party, combining the two events is just not feasible.
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Fat Tuesday in 2024 is February 13th and in 2025 the date is March 4th.
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The Saints head into the bye weekend with a 3-2 record and tied for first place in the NFC South with Tampa Bay and Carolina. Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins says the best is yet to come with this team
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The Saints next game will be October 25th against Carolina. It’s a home game for the Black and Gold, who may play future home games at LSU’s Tiger Stadium, because fans are allowed there and not the Superdome. Rankins says the biggest difference is that weather could be a factor in Baton Rouge
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