Louisiana State Legislature
Louisiana Legislature Passes a Budget that Shows Mixed Results for Responsibility
Note: This is the third installment in a series of posts regarding the budget. The Louisiana Legislature [...]
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Louisiana Legislature Passes Education Savings Accounts. What’s Next?
After 4 years and 12 separate bills and legislative resolutions, the Louisiana Legislature has finally [...]
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Is Louisiana’s New Public School Choice Law Working?
In 2014, the Louisiana Legislature passed a law allowing parents and legal guardians of students enrolled [...]
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Audits of safety net programs enable “One Door” to combat poverty in Louisiana
You may not have noticed as other hot-button issues have taken center stage, but over the past few years, [...]
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Lawmakers to Consider Increased K-12 Education Spending
This week the Louisiana Legislature convened the 2023 Regular Session, which will last through early [...]
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Louisiana Legislature Stands Strong for Charter Schools
School choice has definitely been front and center during the 2022 legislative session, but not just [...]
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Legislature Files Education Savings Account (ESA) Bills to Expand Educational Options
The Louisiana Legislature has filed several bills to expand educational choice among its proposals for [...]
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Fiscal Transparency is Critical to Improving our Schools
The Pelican Institute is excited to report that the Louisiana Legislature has passed legislation that [...]
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Pelican Applauds Legislature on Passage of Significant Legal Reform
Today, the Louisiana Legislature passed HB 57 by Speaker Clay Schexnayder, the Civil Justice Reform Act [...]
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