Louisiana colleges at lowest funding level since 1950s
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Education
New Audio/Visual Presentations from LBP
View “Payday Lending in Louisiana” where LBP analyst Tim Mathis examinesthe predatory loan industry shares his findings on how it impacts Louisiana’s working poor.
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Accountability Takes a Beating in Round One
The first week of the 2012 Legislature was unlike any opening weeks that had come before. In the span of two days of marathon hearings, the education committees in the House and Senate approved a massive overhaul of Louisiana’s K-12 public education system by lopsided margins.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal’s School Voucher Plan Gets An ‘F’ For Accountability
A new report by the Louisiana Budget Project finds that Gov . Bobby Jindal’s plan to dramatically expand the state’s private school voucher program is lacking the strong accountability and transparency requirements that parents need to make informed decisions about their children’s educational needs.
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