re: LA Higher Ed board troubled by number of TOPS recipients from millionaire households

“ 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.”

I remember my dad complaining about the original plan….and years later when the politicians lowered the academic requirements and increased the income so most people could qualify…thus buying votes

He paid for my college with his savings…then spent the rest of his life paying for other kids college with his taxes…