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• Budget cuts hit domestic violence programs

  January 4, 2013 11:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La.- Gov. Bobby Jindal's latest round of budget cuts are falling on shelters that take in battered women and other domestic violence prevention providers. The reductions were made to help close a $166 million midyear budget deficit. The Advocate reports that funding for family violence prevention and intervention... more »

• Zachary schools plan not to accept vouchers

  May 8, 2012 10:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE-- Zachary school officials changed their minds and decided not to accept vouchers from thirty students at failing schools. The school board originally voted to allow the students on April 26. A release Monday reversed that decision. News 2's Stephanie Ryan gets answers on the change of... more »

• RSD leader working with EBR board on failing schools Play Video

  December 7, 2011 10:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE- East Baton Rouge Parish School Board members received an olive branch from the state's Recovery School District leader Wednesday. John White offered to work with board members to determine the future of failing schools. He says there are 30 in East Baton Rouge Parish not making the... more »

• Obama focuses on school dropouts

  March 1, 2010 5:13 AM

  President Barack Obama is offering $900 million in grants to states and school districts to turn around low-performing schools and cut the dropout rate. To get a share of the cash, recipients will have to take drastic actions - such as replacing principals, reopening schools as charter schools or closing... more »

• Board weighs how high to set standards

  January 11, 2010 7:54 AM

  Educators says Louisiana's top school board is poised to approve tougher rules for public schools to avoid state takeovers and other sanctions. The panel has scheduled a special meeting Tuesday, in part to tackle the issue. The minimum requirement is now 60 out of about 200. But that minimum requirement... more »