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re: Lawmakers advance bill requiring TOPS repayment for students who lose scholarships
Posted on 4/15/26 at 11:40 am to Clark W Griswold
Posted on 4/15/26 at 11:40 am to Clark W Griswold
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TOPS should be treated like a loan. If you graduate your loan is paid off in full. If you drop out for stupid reasons or can’t make grades then you must pay it back.
Why not implement this on ALL gov assistance? why just affect students. I'm not taking the time to look it up, but i bet the majority of students that receive TOPS are decent students, and continue to keep tops throughout their college career. I know there's a much higher number of people that are on gov living assistance that are taking advantage of it, cannot pass a drug test, not even trying to work, not doing anything for society at all. IMO thats far worse than some kid who decided to party a little too hard one semester.
I'm also for raising the requirements for both TOPS and admission into LSU. This would reduce number of students that may have barely gotten tops, and end up losing it.
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Posted on 4/15/26 at 11:45 am to DrrTiger
Does the State actually give universities money for the scholarship or just waive the tuition?
Coincidentally enough, fees have risen from being basically nothing to the equivalent to tuition since TOPS became a thing. I always figured it was just an underhanded way for schools to still charge tuition without charging for tuition.
Coincidentally enough, fees have risen from being basically nothing to the equivalent to tuition since TOPS became a thing. I always figured it was just an underhanded way for schools to still charge tuition without charging for tuition.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 11:58 am to KamaCausey_LSU
If they're looking to recoup 10-20% of the TOPS awards; they would be much better off simply awarding 10% fewer scholarships. Especially considering they would probably need to double LOSFA staff to keep up with the paybacks vs not doing that.
Plot the population curve of GPA/ACT and cut the bottom 10% (or whichever number they are targeting).
Plot the population curve of GPA/ACT and cut the bottom 10% (or whichever number they are targeting).
Posted on 4/15/26 at 11:59 am to PP7 for heisman
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For the GI bill - You only have to pay back what you used for the semester in which you dropped out. You don't have to pay backpay for completed semesters.
That rule would be fine for TOPS. What isn't fine is requiring years of backpay because you had one bad semester.
This is much better than what they're proposing. But like another poster said, they're making it too complicated. Just raise the standards and you will get similar results.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 1:27 pm to DrrTiger
God...I hope this passes..the riff raff that get TOPS after attending crappy high schools with no decent grading policies, then flunk out after a year of college partying is multiplying..
Not everyone is college material.
Not everyone is college material.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 1:28 pm to Tigahs24Seven
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Not everyone is college material.
you said it, Bluto
Posted on 4/21/26 at 3:00 pm to DrrTiger
HB 385 fails the House; 34-60.
I don't agree with this bill and think there are better ways to reduce the costs of the TOPS program. And, I think most of the people at least on this board are in favor or increasing the qualifications as a start. But this vote goes to show that TOPS is another issue that most of our legislators are afraid to cut.
I don't agree with this bill and think there are better ways to reduce the costs of the TOPS program. And, I think most of the people at least on this board are in favor or increasing the qualifications as a start. But this vote goes to show that TOPS is another issue that most of our legislators are afraid to cut.
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 4/21/26 at 6:47 pm to fightin tigers
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Or leave the state within 5 years?
this is the one they really need to do something about... all too often you have a student get a state funded free ride, albeit that they earned, but then leave the state immediately after school... we don't keep the talent that we pay for, so it's a bad investment
Posted on 4/21/26 at 6:49 pm to Scruffy
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They've earned it by meeting the requirements. And now you're going to punish the young adult (or more likely their parents) because they did not do well in college?
If you do not want the stipulations, do not accept TOPS.
Apply for a scholarship that doesn’t have that stipulation.
exactly this...
no one is FORCING these students to take TOPS... they do it on their own volition, willingly...
Posted on 4/21/26 at 6:57 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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This post was edited on 4/25/26 at 3:00 pm
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