The debate was much briefer today, but the end result was the same, as the House refused to approve a constitutional vote on the breakaway school district for southeast Baton Rouge. The vote was 60-35, six less than the vote earlier this week. After two votes, the bill is dead for the session. Despite renewed lobbying, supporters were not able to turn Democrats who voted no or didn’t vote last time, In addition, four Republicans who voted for the bill earlier were absent for today’s vote. “Those people deserved a vote,” the bill’s author, Sen. Bodi White, R-Central, said following the vote. “They worked for over a year on this.”
News alert: Breakaway school district bill fails again
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