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re: Louisiana should eliminate TOPS, Free up Budget
Posted on 2/16/16 at 11:58 am to LSURussian
Posted on 2/16/16 at 11:58 am to LSURussian
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Do you not know the history of why TOPS was started by the Taylor family? It was because Louisiana saw a huge outflow of its better students leaving the state to go to college because other states have much greater scholarship endowment funds than Louisiana.
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The original 1989 “Taylor Plan” required that students earn a 2.5 GPA in a 17.5 unit college prep curriculum and score of 18 on the ACT. Because the program was implemented initially for low and moderate-income students, the legislature capped the family income requirement at $25,000 for families with one dependent child, increasing it by $5,000 for each additional child, up to a maximum of $35,000. The “Taylor Plan” awarded qualified students with tuition and fees at any 4-year public college or university in Louisiana.
It was for poor people. Not to retain talent. TOPS expansion was for retaining Louisiana graduates but that was NEVER the original purpose.
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Posted on 2/16/16 at 12:04 pm to torrey225
TOPS purpose is to provide public funding for schools in an indirect manner. Instead of providing the school with the funding directly, its a voucher of sorts. It's propping up tuition prices while simultaneously discouraging students who don't belong in school from going due to the higher tuition prices.
The reason that such a low portion of these colleges budgets are government funded is because its indirect through TOPS.
The reason that such a low portion of these colleges budgets are government funded is because its indirect through TOPS.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 12:10 pm to torrey225
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It was for poor people. Not to retain talent. TOPS expansion was for retaining Louisiana graduates but that was NEVER the original purpose.
We're not talking about the 1989 program (TAP). We're talking about its transformation into a change-making power house when it was completely remade in 1998 as TOPS. That's exactly what the purpose of TOPS was.
This post was edited on 2/16/16 at 12:13 pm
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