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re: Check in here if you already graduated so you DGAF about this TOPS suspension
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:30 pm to Odinson
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:30 pm to Odinson
Don't recall when it started but the floodgates open in 1997 when income requirements were removed
In 1997, State Representative Charles R. McDonald of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish joined in a bipartisan fashion with Republican Governor Murphy J. Foster, Jr., to procure passage of Act 1375, a plan which opened the TOPS scholarships to all with a 2.5 grade point average and at least a score of 19 on the ACT. Family income was removed as a consideration for eligibility. Those with higher grades received $400 to $800 in extra funding to help meet the costs of other college expenses. McDonald's legislation was approved unanimously in both the House and Senate.
Edit: started in 1989 with a income cap which was removed in 1997
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In 1989, the original Louisiana Taylor Plan became law as a result of Mr. Patrick F. Taylor’s educational initiatives. Governor Roemer signed ACT 789 into law creating the first state-funded, merit-based college tuition program in the country called the Louisiana College Tuition Plan (LCTP). Students were required to earn 17.5 units in the core curriculum, score a minimum 18 composite score on the ACT, and earn a 2.5 grade point average. In 1992, the program was renamed the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) by ACT 887 and ACT 718. Both programs had an income cap.
In 1997, Governor Foster signed into law ACT 1375 and ACT 287 changing TAP to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS). The income cap was removed, the program was broadened and the core curriculum was adjusted to 16.5 units. With this law, all Louisiana students became eligible for awards based on their academic performance.
In 1997, State Representative Charles R. McDonald of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish joined in a bipartisan fashion with Republican Governor Murphy J. Foster, Jr., to procure passage of Act 1375, a plan which opened the TOPS scholarships to all with a 2.5 grade point average and at least a score of 19 on the ACT. Family income was removed as a consideration for eligibility. Those with higher grades received $400 to $800 in extra funding to help meet the costs of other college expenses. McDonald's legislation was approved unanimously in both the House and Senate.
Edit: started in 1989 with a income cap which was removed in 1997
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In 1989, the original Louisiana Taylor Plan became law as a result of Mr. Patrick F. Taylor’s educational initiatives. Governor Roemer signed ACT 789 into law creating the first state-funded, merit-based college tuition program in the country called the Louisiana College Tuition Plan (LCTP). Students were required to earn 17.5 units in the core curriculum, score a minimum 18 composite score on the ACT, and earn a 2.5 grade point average. In 1992, the program was renamed the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) by ACT 887 and ACT 718. Both programs had an income cap.
In 1997, Governor Foster signed into law ACT 1375 and ACT 287 changing TAP to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS). The income cap was removed, the program was broadened and the core curriculum was adjusted to 16.5 units. With this law, all Louisiana students became eligible for awards based on their academic performance.
This post was edited on 2/11/16 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:30 pm to snake23
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Is LSU just gonna take the loss on this semester? That would blow if they made you pay for this semester
They sure as hell aren't letting students go tuition-free.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:31 pm to Carson123987
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Don't know, don't care. Won't pay even if they do.
They won't give you your degree.
This post was edited on 2/11/16 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:34 pm to snake23
I didn't go to college. I'm the taxpayer that paid for your college.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:34 pm to LordSaintly
I doubt anything will come of it tbh. Political bluff
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:35 pm to snake23
I had bank of mom and dad, and a little scholarship help...
This post was edited on 2/11/16 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:35 pm to snake23
frick collage it aint impotent.
No body needs it any way
No body needs it any way
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:37 pm to snake23
From Texas, have always thought it was a joke.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:51 pm to snake23
greedy like a street animal huh? nice.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:16 pm to snake23
There was no such thing as TOPS when I went to college. TOPS needs to be totally revamped, the standards are too low.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:20 pm to double d
I used mine. Feel bad for the others using it now
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:26 pm to snake23
I got privately funded LSU scholarships to pay for my education, and I feel sort of guilty now. I'd probably go into six figure debt for a good school if I could do it over again.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 8:54 pm to snake23
I graduated a couple of years before TOPS, but I got an actual scholarship to mess up anyway. My daughter is a freshman but TOPS barely knocked a dent in her school's tuition. Good thing she got a pretty decent scholarship. Tops never helped me except for the ~8% of my daughter's tuition that was paid this year.
That being said, I think TOPS is a great program and stopping it is political suicide. He's fresh in office and there's plenty of time to fix the mess he was left with, but this is as bad a start as I could imagine for him.
That being said, I think TOPS is a great program and stopping it is political suicide. He's fresh in office and there's plenty of time to fix the mess he was left with, but this is as bad a start as I could imagine for him.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 8:58 pm to danilo
I had no idea the basis of TOPS was that old. I missed the income requirement disappearing by a year.
Posted on 2/12/16 at 12:37 am to BigPerm30
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Well if he's that smart then he could easily get an academic scholarship. And let's not inflate the GPA with that 5 PT honors scale. So he got a 33 and a 3.8.
He is that smart. Also had 26 hours of AP and dual credit. Scholarships have changed, maybe because of tops. LSU has very few academic scholarship anymore. You can't even apply for specific ones. They tell that all students are in he pot, and no explainaion who gets what, except for your Income. We are not poor, but certainly don't have the means to shell out $20,000 a year.
This post was edited on 2/12/16 at 12:39 am
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