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04.29.2024
Budget Debate Focuses on Education
- Budget and Fiscal Reforms
- Education, K-12
The state budget crafted by the Louisiana House steers new money to public school programs at the expense of early childhood education, while maintaining the governor’s push to grow spending on state prisons and police.
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04.02.2024
PAR Statement on a Proposed Constitutional Convention
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana believes the state needs constitutional reform after years of cluttering Louisiana’s primary governing document with hundreds of amendments and provisions best left to statute.
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03.26.2024
Expanding School Choice
- Budget and Fiscal Reforms
- Education, K-12
Education savings accounts are the newest, most expansive evolution of school choice programs in the United States, already adopted by several states and under consideration in many others, including Louisiana. The programs promise to revolutionize how K-12 education is structured, steering public tax dollars to private educational options for students.