U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (La.) introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA). This bill would help over 1 million students and complement the work states are already doing to support choice by providing up to $10 billion in annual tax credits for corporate and individual donations to non-profit Scholarship Granting Organizations.
Kenneth Campbell is Chief Executive Officer of New Schools for Baton Rouge. Ken discusses the K-12 education landscape in Baton Rouge, the growth of public charter schools and the Center for Research on Education Outcomes report on the city of Baton Rouge’s public school academic performance in May.
Aulston G. Taylor is president of St. Augustine High School, a college preparatory school for young men in New Orleans, La. St. Augustine High School has built a legacy serving as the training ground for leadership through academic excellence, moral values, Christian responsibility, and reasonable, consistent discipline.
Parents participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program overwhelmingly approve of the schools their children attend, according to results of the American Federation for Children Louisiana’s annual Parental Satisfaction Survey.
School choice means everything to me and my family. It means that we actually get a choice at getting the school that I want my children to go to and know that there going to succeed.
School choice has been a game-changer for us. Oh my gosh. My grandparents didn’t get to go to school. They were still on a plantation with my dad. He only received part of a high school education. My mom and I graduated from high school the same year.
I intend for my kids to grow up in this school through second grade. We wouldn’t be able to do that wiould the Lousiana Scholarship Programs. I am thankful that those programs exist to make Weatherford a reality for me and my family.
The truth remains that most low-income families cannot afford to send their kids to pre-school, but scholarships provide them with that opportunity.
