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 ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing a bill that would create education savings accounts for students to use tax dollars to go to the private school of their choice.

Louisiana reduced higher education funding per pupil in 2014, ... combined “with the expected funding from the stimulus plan currently under debate, cover most, if not all, ...

House Bill 5 would require public school systems to give K-12 teachers permanent $2,000 raises using savings expected from the elimination of three state education funding pools.

An influential Republican political donor emailed a rough draft of a proposed new state constitution to Louisiana lawmakers Tuesday that suggests changes to public school funding, the homestead ...

Louisiana’s higher education officials want to financially reward public colleges and universities that help students develop job skills, but first they need more state funding.

In the education sector, major federal programs like Title I and II, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program drive much of the funding.

Advocates for early childhood education in Louisiana are celebrating an unprecedented state budget allocation for their cause, one that Gov. John Bel Edwards prioritized in his spending proposal. But ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – An influential Republican political donor emailed a rough draft of a proposed, new state constitution to Louisiana lawmakers Tuesday that suggests ...