Legislation is heading to the governor’s desk that curbs the cost of the TOPS scholarship program, but it will likely mean recipients will have to pay a portion of their tuition. The taxpayer funded scholarship program costs the state nearly 300-million dollars and Lafayette Representative Nancy Landry says the legislature must do something to rein in its costs…
The measure passed on a 74-20 vote and heads to the governor’s desk\
Louisiana’s high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, as 78-percent of the Class of 2015 received their diplomas. State Education Superintendent John White, says that’s almost a 3-percent increase over the previous year, which is the second largest annual gain in 10 years. He believes more students are graduating, because educators raised the bar.
Officials in St. Tammany announce the start of a program that would let drug addicts turn in their drugs to police and get help instead of being arrested. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A school crossing guard is recovering after he was intentionally struck by a vehicle this morning. 33-year-old Francis Gras engaged in an altercation with the crossing guard at Abney Elementary. When the guard told Gras he would call the police, Gras put his vehicle in reverse, squealed the tires, the accelerated forward, striking the crossing guard. The guard is expected to make a full recovery, and Gras is being held at the Slidell City Jail.