re: Louisiana should eliminate TOPS, Free up Budget

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The state of Louisiana has become very blind to what is going on. TOPS "may" have been designed to keep the best and brightest at home, but it is rewarding the very average as well.

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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.

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