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The Louisiana House passed a bill Tuesday to help parents pay for private school — but left questions about its cost unresolved.

Backers of a proposed Louisiana constitutional convention indicated Wednesday they don’t intend to touch the state’s homestead exemption on property taxes or the K-12 public school funding structure if they overhaul the state’s foundational governing document. Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, amended his legislation to call the convention in order to protect Louisiana’s popular homeowner […] The post Constitutional convention wouldn’t alter homestead exemption, school funding, supporters say a

We are in the middle of Louisiana’s 2024 Regular session, which includes significant legislation on various topics, from education freedom to constitutional convention discussions. Naturally, covering every bill in this article is impossible, but we have been closely monitoring a few noteworthy ones.

The Louisiana House unanimously passed multiple bills on Wednesday that take different approaches to discipline for students.

Louisiana moved a step closer Monday to offering all parents thousands of dollars per year to help pay for private school after lawmakers advanced a hotly debated school-choice bill.