While the State Health Department and CDC recommend unvaccinated students and teachers mask up while at school, Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says that decision will be left to the individual districts. Children 12 and older are eligible to receive a COVID vaccine but Brumley says students will not be required to take the shot before returning to school in the fall.
Students will be required to wear masks on school buses per federal guidelines.
A recent surge in COVID cases has health officials on alert. Senator and Physician Bill Cassidy encourages more people to get vaccinated and says the CDC recommends students return to the classroom.
Cassidy says only students with compromising health conditions should seek alternative learning.
Tomorrow is the deadline for lawmakers to turn in ballots to cancel the upcoming veto override session. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says it appears likely that less than half of both the House and Senate will turn in ballots, meaning the override session will begin July 20th.
The city of Ruston is offering $10,000 to LA Tech and Grambling University graduates if they choose to return to the community. Mayor Ronny Walker says immediate graduates are not excluded from the initiative…
Walker says so far, they’ve received 25 applications and they plan to award 25 graduates this year and 50 in 2022.