Louisiana’s Department of Education says students can now register online for a program enabling 42 organizations to provide classes to public school students. LSU and other universities, as well as private firms as diverse as Acadian Ambulance and Sylvan Learning Center, are among those offering courses online or in other nontraditional settings. The state is going ahead with the Course Choice program despite a judge’s ruling last year that funding the program through the state’s public school financing formula violates the Louisiana Constitution. That ruling is under appeal. Courses are free to students in low-performing public schools. Students in schools with a state ranking of A or B also can take the courses at no cost if they are not offered in the public school the students attend. Complete details and online registration is available here.
Sign-up opens for Course Choice program
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