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.

As Louisiana voters prepare to decide on a constitutional rewrite of Article VII in March, legislators are grappling with its potential impact on funding for early childhood education and higher ...

Here’s what you should know about education bills that passed — and failed to pass — at the State Capitol as schools reopen across the state. Reading test, culture wars, school choice ...

The Louisiana Senate Education Committee voted down the state education board’s changes to its funding formula – including raises for teachers and bonuses for teachers in high-needs areas ...

Louisiana is the third most dependent state in the nation on federal funding, with 43% of its total state budget funded by federal dollars in 2023 − up from 36% in 2014.

Trump signed an executive order to end the U.S. Department of Education. Here's how rural, low-income Louisiana schools will be negatively impacted.