Louisiana adopts the state’s first accountability plan to measure progress in K through second grade. Brooke Thorington has more.
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According to Education Data Initiative, over 650-thousand Louisiana residents are carrying a combined 22-billion dollars in student loan debt. For those with incomes less than 125-thousand or household incomes of less than 250-thousand they could see their student loan debt eliminated or at least reduced under President Biden’s student loan relief plan.

Louisiana high school students who want to attend college but don’t quite meet the current requirements now have another way to get in. The Board of Regents decided that if a student’s GPA or ACT score is not high enough they can still meet admission standards if they pass college-level courses in high school. Higher Education Deputy Commissioner Tristan Denley says getting more kids to college is a priority…
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The change takes effect in the Fall of 2023.

The first set of Isle de Jean Charles residents who were living on an island that was vanishing as a result of rising sea levels has relocated to The New Isle resettlement community near Schriever in Terrebonne Parish. Pat Forbes with the Office of Community Development says 12 of the 37 families who’ve agreed to relocate moved into their new homes Wednesday.
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Nearly 100 residents will relocate to New Isle by the end of the year.