BATON ROUGE—Louisiana, which tops lists for both incarceration and crime, moved Friday toward almost entirely eliminating parole and dramatically shrinking good-behavior sentence reductions.
The House approved the changes sought by Gov. Landry despite droves of opponents who have voiced concerns that the bills would be costly and fail to deter crime.
The state has required all schools to develop an emergency plan since 2001, but some public schools still don’t have one or their plans don’t meet updated requirements.
About one third of public schools in Louisiana do not have complete emergency plans and some schools don’t have a plan at all, according to an informational report prepared by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office.