Requiring Louisiana TOPS Opportunity and TOPS Performance recipients to repay their scholarship if they drop or flunk out of college without a good reason, passes out of the House Education Committee on a six to five vote. Laplace Representative Sylvia Taylor asked the bill’s author, Dennis Bamberg, if L-A Gator Scholarship recipients should also be subject to repaying the state…
Also heading to the House floor is a measure that would shield the revenue share dollars student athletes receive from a public university. Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain says that financial information should stay private to protect the student…
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But opponents say revenue share deals are public dollars and should not be exempted from the state’s public records law.
Should Louisiana drivers have to pass a driver’s knowledge test every six years to renew their license? That is a proposal Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin brought before the House Transportation Committee. McMakin says Louisiana has its share of bad drivers and requiring regular driving tests can result in fewer crashes…
Several House Transportation members have reservations about the proposed legislation. Lawmakers are for safer roads, but Monroe Representative Pat Moore says requiring drivers to take a test every six years is too much…
McMakin tabled his bill but might bring it up for another vote at a later date.