One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.
After The Lens reported that prosecutors had failed to report how often they used controversial witness warrants, two years after a law requiring the reports took effect, most DA’s offices have submitted the information.
Advocates say the policy also aims to ensure access to school staff and students.
Police can still cite people under state marijuana laws, but DA Jason Williams has said he will refuse minor drug cases.
Students with ‘exceptional circumstances’ can opt out but will be required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing.
Camp J, a former disciplinary facility at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, has been used to quarantine prisoners from across the state, a move that has generated criticism from civil rights groups.
The Cantrell administration said it would ask the City Council in September to increase the 2021 budget by $70 million.
Several venues have recently stopped operating after the city claimed they were out of compliance.
Prisoners have alleged that they have been kept in hot cells for 23 hours per day and abused by prison staff.
Friends of King proposes including Lawless in its school name.
