More parents are opting out of school vaccination schedules for common childhood illnesses. Rates among Louisiana kindergartners fell below the threshold for herd immunity against measles.
With confirmations of leases running around 90%, no one wants their daughter or son to lose out in what some see as a musical chairs competition for housing.
Source: The Advocate
The $10,000 Pay It Forward Scholarship gives at-risk students a chance at a brighter future.
Pucci Percussions teaches kids more than how to play musical instruments. It incorporates history and heritage into lessons, and provides tools for personal growth and professional success.
Trosclair will leave her role of four years to become principal at Eunice High School and to oversee other Eunice-area schools for the St. Landry Parish school district.
Edwards said the bill is not an outright ban, as have been passed in other states, and pointed to changes made throughout the process that he felt made the proposal better.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Senate Bill 7, by Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, would require libraries to create a card system so parents could prevent their children from checking out books deemed inappropriate. Libraries would also have to adopt policy language to limit minors’ access to material that describes “sexual conduct,” which the bill defines in five ensuing paragraphs.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
The bill sought to codify an attorney general opinion that library board members could be fired at the will of the governing authority that appointed them.
The bill is much broader than a similar measure passed in Florida and would apply to all K-12 grades, whereas Florida’s law applies only through the third grade. The proposal applies to any school employee or volunteer, and it covers discussions in the classroom and during any extracurricular activity.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Under the proposal, school employees or volunteers would not be allowed to use a student’s preferred pronoun that differs from the gender listed on their birth certificate unless a student’s parent provides written permission. Even if a parent does provide permission, the bill would allow a teacher to ignore it based on religious or moral reasons.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
The goal of the program is to have more qualified, highly-skilled nurses enter the healthcare workforce at a time when Louisiana and the nation are facing a critical shortage, the university said in a release.
Source: The Advertiser
Art students at UL Lafayette are facing potential competition with this emerging technology and how it sources material from existing artworks.
Get it first. Sign up for our free newsletters. Learn more »