There are differing opinions on how to fund education in Louisiana among Lawmakers. The House wants to give teachers a thousand-two hundred dollar raise and the Senate wants only a thousand for teachers and five-hundred for support personnel. As for the remaining 39-million to go towards schools it was opposed by one Senator who thinks it should be spent elsewhere. Since Louisiana already has the highest per pupil spending of any southern state Metairie Senator Conard Appel voted against it
A House approved bill by Belle Chase Representative Chris Leopold that would allow grocery and liquor stores to delivery factory sealed alcohol is on its way to the Senate floor. Drizly alcohol delivery spokesperson Alton Ashy…
Cut 10 (08) “…the entire transaction.”
Delivery would be prohibited on college campuses.
Lawmakers are working on creating a statewide registry of animal abusers in Louisiana. Humane Society of Louisiana Director Jeff Dorson says it would help them with repeat offender cases and it also bans animal ownership for anyone who appears on the registry in two different tiers.
Cut 5 (08) “…really important provisions.”
Educators in Louisiana are not only celebrating the end of the school year this month but they’ve reached a milestone. Superintendent of Education John White says the state four-year graduation rate is now at 81-percent and the state also set a record for graduation rates for African American students.
The graduation rate for African American students is now 78-percent.
In baseball LSU begins their last series of the regular season tonight against Auburn.