Senate Finance Committee slows implementation of education savings accounts
Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, on Monday proposed overhauling the plan he had sponsored through a set of amendments.
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Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, on Monday proposed overhauling the plan he had sponsored through a set of amendments.
(The Center Square) — The Louisiana Senate Finance Committee advanced an amended bill this week to create a universal education savings account program.
A broad survey of K-12 schools and how they use the public resources at their disposal would be undertaken before Louisiana implements a program that would allow families to use state money for private education, including tuition and tutoring, according to legislation advanced Thursday. The Senate Committee on Finance voted 4-3 in favor of Senate […] The post Revised education savings account bill advances with survey requirement appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Amid criticism of the plan's potentially huge cost, lawmakers consider an overhaul.
Some lawmakers fear the proposal will remove all accountability for parents who teach their kids at home.