Now, the Algiers Development District will oversee the development in the long term, school leader says.
Enrollment levels are at the heart of a per-pupil state funding cut that appears likely to trim budgets by 4 percent in the remaining months of the school year.
James Baker, an experienced project manager, was selected for his ties to Broadmoor and education.
It's designed to accommodate military and language-immersion schools with students from around the state.
“The will wasn’t there to prolong the agony,” said Rep. Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette, about legislators' decision to table the tax bills.
Also, board members disagreed Thursday over when to hire a new CFO.
A committee meets at noon to choose between Hillard Heintze and SheppardMullin.
ReNEW schools enrolled more students than projected this year, resulting in an increase in per-pupil funding, official says.
The revenue offsets in his initial plan were always completely negotiable as long as they yielded an income tax repeal. That's why it kept changing.
Jindal now seems willing to back a plan — any plan — that repeals the state income tax.