Senate Finance Committee slows implementation of education savings accounts

Published: May 3,2024

By: Elizabeth White, LSU Manship School News Service

BATON ROUGE – The Senate Finance Committee voted 4-3 Thursday to pass an amended version of the education savings account program backed by Gov. Jeff Landry, slowing down its implementation and possibly setting the stage for it to be smaller than originally envisioned.

The education savings account program, called LA GATOR, would allow families to apply for state funding to send their children to private schools of their choice.

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