Most local school systems still weighing mask requirements; here s what they re saying
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BATON ROUGE - School districts in the capital area are still deciding what classes will look like when students return this fall as coronavirus cases are again spiking across the state.
Here s what local school districts said about potential mask requirements as of July 27.
Ascension Parish: No deadline for when schools may adjust guidelines. System plans to keep current guidelines (no masks required in classes, only on buses) in place until state health officials or the La. Department of Education says a change is needed.
Analysis: Lawmakers load Louisiana budget with pet projects
By MELINDA DESLATTEMay 30, 2021 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) With a surprising post-pandemic surge in tax collections, Louisiana lawmakers packed the state’s budget with tens of millions of dollars in pet projects decided by legislative leaders in closed-door negotiations.
The budget sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards for the financial year that begins July 1 contains at least $49 million in earmarks for local parks, museums, cities and towns, athletic complexes, nonprofit agencies and parish roadwork. Another $27 million-plus in unspent tax collections from the current budget year also were steered to similar add-ons.
“There were more resources” this year, said Senate President Page Cortez, a Lafayette Republican. “We were able to put more money into some of the needs and wants that are out there.”
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With a surprising post-pandemic surge in tax collections, Louisiana lawmakers packed the state’s budget with tens of millions of dollars in pet projects decided by