School Choice Is Opening Doors, Not Building Walls

By Ben Kilpatrick

07/09/2013

The view from Robert Mann’s ivory tower in Baton Rouge does not offer a clear perspective on the educational successes unfolding in New Orleans and around our state.

TAGS: Education Reform, Louisiana, LSU, Robert Billiot, School choice, Vouchers

Taxing Fun

By Trent Hill

04/06/2009

Louisiana Representative Robert E. Billiot, a Democrat from District 83 in Jefferson Parish, recently withdrew his bill which was designed to imposed a 1-percent sales tax on televisions and video game equipment. That money would have gone toward building playgrounds and fighting childhood obesity. Here is another example of a legislator thinking that he knows...

TAGS: Democrat, Jefferson Parish, Parental Rights, Robert Billiot, Television and Gaming Tax

School Board Spending Transparency

HB38 by Representative Rick Edmonds brings sunlight to local school district spending by adding many school districts to the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website, LouisianaCheckbook.com, and requiring other smaller entities to post enhanced transparency on their websites. It is modeled after both Louisiana Checkbook and an existing project by the Lafayette Parish School Board to post...

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