Senate committee removes funding to expand LA GATOR program

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Sen. Rick Edmonds authored the original LA GATOR bill that gave parents state money for private-school tuition. An expansion of the program failed Thursday. (Cross Harris/LSU Manship School News Service)

After a 30-minute meeting with no debate, a Senate committee voted 9-0 to advance the state budget Thursday, removing the $43.5 million expansion of the school voucher program that had been includ…


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