LSU’S one point five billion dollar fundraising campaign has surpassed its goal—and done so three years early. The Fierce for the Future campaign received donations for every LSU campus. LSU Foundation President Rob Stuart says donations to the previous campaign were split evenly between academics and athletics. But this time two-thirds of the money went to academics.
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Stuart says four hundred million dollars has been raised in the year since President William F. Tate IV arrived.

The Board of Regents has revised its admission standards allowing students who passed college courses in high school to be admitted into a university, even if they don’t have the required GPA or ACT score. Deputy Higher Ed Commissioner Tristan Denly says the policy change supports the state’s Master Plan goal of doubling the number of credentials awarded annually by 2030…
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Twelve families who lived on the Isle de Jean Charles island have moved into new homes in Terrebonne Parish as part of a 48-million dollar federal resettlement plan, because the Island is washing away into the Gulf of Mexico….
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Pat Forbes with the State Office of Community Development says they expect another two dozen families to re-locate to the new neighborhood by the end of the year.

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved the state’s first accountability plan for kindergarten through second grade. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says it’s a literacy focused-plan and students will begin taking a literacy indicator during the 2024-25 school year. He says they have several ideas on how to ensure students can read at grade level once they reach the third grade…
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