TOPS

The House Education Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to update funding for TOPS college scholarships and create a new award for the highest-scoring students.

The Louisiana Legislature passed a bill that would modify eligibility requirements for Louisiana’s free college tuition program.

Public wouldn’t know how many wealthy families receive tuition assistance

Speaker of the House Taylor Barras (R-New Iberia) agreed Wednesday to approve $119 million dollars in additional state revenue for next fiscal year,...

BATON ROUGE—The House Education Committee on Thursday approved a proposal that provides students at two-year vocational and technical colleges with a path…

The special legislative session is over. A budget deal has been reached. And changes are in store for TOPS, the state's college scholarship…

It happens every session: lawmakers, seeing the quarter of a billion dollar price tag on TOPS, look for ways to tweak the college scholarship program....

“It it’s not broken, let’s don’t try to fix it,” Senator Francis Thompson of Delhi summed up the sentiment of a majority of the Senate regarding TOPS....

The House Education Committee shot down a bill that would change eligibility for Louisiana's TOPS program and require repayment of the free college…