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A bill that would create “education savings accounts,” or ESAs, passed the Senate following a last-minute push from Gov. Jeff Landry to pass his signature proposal.
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A bill requiring all public school classrooms in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments is likely to become law after lawmakers in the Senate voted 30-8 to approve the bill.
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Some Louisiana colleges and universities have adjusted their spring semester plans to respond to the omicron variant, though they’re taking varying approaches.
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Louisiana’s public schools will reopen this week largely as planned, many without implementing guidance from the state’s health department meant to slow the omicron variant’s spread.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is moving forward with a Louisiana Department of Health plan to add COVID-19 vaccinations to the list of required immunizations for Louisiana school children, overriding the Republican-controlled state legislative committee that voted against the rule last week.
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Louisiana State University’s Baton Rouge campus lifted its mask mandate Wednesday morning, but will continue requiring monthly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students, according to a statement from LSU President William Tate IV.
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Louisiana, despite being well accustomed to hurricanes, has no policies in place to help public schools recover from a disaster financially.
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Some Louisiana parents will soon have the option to decide whether to send their child back to school or keep them at home following a suspected COVID-19 exposure.
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More than 72,000 K-12 students in Louisiana have not returned to the classroom since Hurricane Ida hit late last month, Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told state legislative members during a Tuesday meeting.
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The new superintendent of schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is facing criticism for a proposal that would bring students and staff back to the classroom two weeks earlier than planned.
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Terrebonne Parish School Board members voted Tuesday night to close Pointe-Aux-Chenes Elementary School.
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By JC Canicosa, Louisiana IlluminatorGov. John Bel Edwards said last week that he wishes he had appointed more women to the LSU Board of Supervisors and…