One outside estimate puts the program’s eventual cost at more than $500 million a year. The state’s own assessment of the minimum cost is about half of that.

Gov. Jeff Landry opened Louisiana’s regular legislative session Monday with a to-do list for lawmakers. Among the items: Make it easier for parents to send their kids to private schools and fix the state’s insurance market.

Graduating high schoolers will no longer have to apply for college financial aid, starting next year. The move comes at the request of Louisiana’s top education official.

It’s the first time the district has moved to open a direct-run school after two decades of transitioning to an all-charter system.

Tell us what it’s like to live on a teacher’s wage in Louisiana and we might reach out for an interview. The deadline is March 8.

We take a look at the state’s community college transfer rates to 4-year institutions and how to improve them. And we learn about a new study on wetland loss projections.

Louisiana is the only state where students have to pass exams to graduate high school. If they fail, there’s no way to appeal. The kids most likely to miss out are recent immigrants.

The money was supposed to have been allocated in lieu of a permanent raise.

Gov. Jeff Landry doesn’t want to make a public school teacher pay hike from last year permanent, frustrating teachers who have been pushing for the pay bump.

LSU leaders said they would provide paid family leave for all employees starting Jan. 1, but some employees who have requested it have been told the policy hasn’t been approved.