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• Parents making tough decisions without funding after state expands childcare program Play Video

  October 27, 2022 4:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Some parents who have relied on the Louisiana Department of Education's Child Care Assistance Program tell 2 On Your Side that they are now running into trouble securing that funding. Several of them say they have had to make tough decisions for their family which include... more »

• Local Board of Elementary, Secondary Education leaders to be sworn-in by La Chief Justice

  January 18, 2021 11:33 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) announced Monday (Jan. 18) that its President, Sandy Holloway, its Vice President, Kira Orange Jones, and its Secretary-Treasurer, Ashley Ellis will be sworn in by Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer as Board officers for 2021... more »

• State officials allocate $31m in federal relief aid to schools, childcare facilities

  June 17, 2020 9:55 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) this week approved nearly $31 million in federal relief funding for school systems and early childhood education communities to ensure a strong start for every child, birth through grade 12, as the state rebounds from a months-long closure caused... more »

• Working group creates policy to help graduates seek financial aid

  March 1, 2016 2:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A newly commissioned Financial Aid Working Group came together for the first time in Baton Rouge as they begin developing an action plan to implement the state’s new student financial aid choice policy. The group’s goal is to increase student access to financial aid and to... more »

• School systems concerned about nonprofits authorizing charter schools Play Video

  January 7, 2016 4:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Several school systems in the Baton Rouge region are speaking out against the possibility of a nonprofit having authority to approve charter schools. New Schools for Baton Rouge, a local nonprofit, applied for authority to approve charter schools with the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.... more »

• Common Core supporters hold onto BESE seats

  October 25, 2015 12:56 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Despite outcries from people opposed to Common Core, many members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education who support the standards won back their seats. Six of the eight BESE races went to people who supported Common Core, and two people who lost their seats... more »

• Board approves plan to reopen Istrouma High

  October 15, 2015 7:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Thursday night, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board unanimously agreed to start the ground work of reopening Istrouma High School. Recently, Superintendent Warren Drake said it was his goal to take control of the school back from the Recovery School District and eventually get public... more »