VIDALIA, La. (AP) — The leader of the Concordia Parish school system says he backs a lawsuit against Louisiana's new private school tuition voucher program.
Paul Nelson, the Concordia schools' interim superintendent, was not onboard when the local school board voted in June to joined 33 other school boards and Louisiana's two major teacher unions in the lawsuit...
State Superintendent of Education John White says 125 schools are participating which will make 5,100 vouchers available to low income students who attend schools with a C, D or F grade.
Governor Jindal has an unlikely ally in his push for sweeping change in how the state educates its poorest students. Sen. Mary Landrieu supports many of the governor's ideas, bucking traditional pro-Democrat unions and suggesting she'll back a statewide voucher program.