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Yesterday we looked at state income, as part of Budget 101. Today we’ll look at the outgo.Where does Louisiana spend its $9-billion of State General Fund…
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For decades, lawmakers have complained about how complicated the state school funding formula – the MFP -- is, so we recently asked State Superintendent…
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The annual application period for the state’s school voucher program is now open, despite uncertainty over availability of state funding.Due to a 2013…
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The Senate Finance committee met Wednesday to amend the supplemental appropriations bill, which allocates the money raised during this special session.…
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The House took up the Senate amendments to the current year Supplemental Appropriations bill today – the amendments that yesterday took 7 million dollars…
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While most of the attention this session has been on the $600-million hole in the upcoming budget, earlier today, the full Senate did their part to…
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Louisiana’s House Republicans have been insisting the Governor needs to make more budget cuts before they’ll consider raising revenue. With the full House…
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Why do Louisiana’s student counts keep coming up so woefully short, requiring the state to come up with more money for K-12 education each spring?House…
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Next year’s method for funding for public schools is a bit up in the air after the Senate Education Committee rejected the proposed formula from the Board…
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The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is slated to approve the school funding formula next week. The new proposal, released Thursday,…