The state’s TOPS scholarship program and state budget formulas handicap less-advantaged students and colleges, and it’s a national trend.
Hurricane Katrina-related repairs are still not complete, principal reports. Funding for the projects has been reduced from $2.4 million to $1 million.
CEO says the first draft represented a "pie in the sky" spending, but that the latest version is more conservative in scope.
The proposal includes an expected deficit of nearly $700,000, according to the budget draft. Meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
The school this year received $600,000 in contributions, up from $418,000. Most of the increase came from corporate donors.
