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Dear Superintendent White: (PDF Version)Â Â Thank you for your interest in considering ideas and recommendations as you develop accountability policies for the implementation of Act 2 of the recent legislative session. The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, which has encouraged a number of education reforms and school accountability standards over the past decades, is optimistic […]
Reform of K-12 education was the dominant issue of the 2012 Regular Legislative Session.Elementary, secondary and early childhood education preoccupied lawmakers in the early weeks as the governor and his allies pushed through four major pieces of legislation focused on school choice (House Bill 976/Act 2), teacher tenure (House Bill 974/Act 1), school tuition organizations […]
(PDF Version) Gov. Bobby Jindal made the right move soon after taking office in 2008 when he strengthened the powers of the Office of Inspector General, gave it greater independence, increased its focus on investigations as opposed to audits and helped provide reliable financial support. Highly qualified leadership took charge to restructure the agency and produced […]
Gov. Bobby Jindal has proposed a broad set of K-12 education reform measures that legislators will debate this session. The centerpiece proposal would create school choice options across the state, including state-financed vouchers for private school attendance by low-income students in poorly performing public schools.
The Louisiana Legislature is considering a bill that would reduce the statutory protections that keep many of the governor’s records forever out of public view. Following events in which lawmakers initially were rebuffed in seeking public information about administration policy initiatives and major contracts, the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Senate Bill 57 by […]
The 2011 regular legislative session ended harmoniously with a $25 billion budget compromise despite the pressures of a steep revenue shortfall, sharp disagreements between the governor and lawmakers, sore feeling left over from the redistricting session and looming elections this fall.
(PDF Version) The Louisiana House of Representatives made two important accomplishments last week when it partially cut funding for a privatized Medicaid program proposed by the state health agency. The House’s amendment to the appropriations bill would save scarce dollars in next year’s state budget and slow the implementation of the administration’s proposed Coordinated Care Networks […]