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re: Louisiana legislators compromise to fully fund TOPS
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:34 pm to Barbellthor
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:34 pm to Barbellthor
Maybe 1/3 of the people I went to HS with moved to Texas for work. Almost all stayed
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:37 pm to yellowfin
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1998 was the first year
I thought it was a few years after me. I was lucky enough to have a dad that just wrote a check for my tuition. Granted it was $1000-1800 in my 7 years at LSU
I have 2 degrees
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:43 pm to I B Freeman
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I B Freeman
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There is no spending you do not like.
As usual. You're lying. I guess the whole part about reversing the Medicaid Expansion via gutting LDH is some sort've spending expansion, right? LOL.
My suggestion would potentially save the state hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars seeing as how LDH is responsible for 40% of the spending in a 33 Billion dollar budget.
Yours would tackle almost an entire percent of the budget. Almost.
Like I said...F*ck outta here with your idiocy. You remind me of how Tip O'Neil in the House of Representatives in DC once described Buddy Roemer.
"Often wrong but never in doubt."
This post was edited on 6/26/18 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:45 pm to yellowfin
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1998 was the first year
1998 was the first year it went under the name TOPS, but it started in 1989 as the Louisiana College Tuition Plan. Changed to the Tuition Assistance plan in 1992. Renamed TOPS in 1997 for the 1998 year.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:47 pm to slackster
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but it started in 1989 as the Louisiana College Tuition Plan. Changed to the Tuition Assistance plan in 1992.
I was in college back then and I dont ever remember anyone including myself knowing about this
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:50 pm to tgrbaitn08
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was in college back then and I dont ever remember anyone including myself knowing about this
I can remember talking with my guidance counselor about things I could look for to qualify for college money. Seems like she would have mentioned this to me if this was really an option.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:50 pm to Jake88
Yea, they get to keep their handout.
Tops is a good thing for real students trying to better themselves. Otherwise, our kids will be paying off student loans for the rest of their lives. However, they definitely need different requirements/stipulations. If you don't graduate with the help of the so called handout, you should have to pay it back!
Tops is a good thing for real students trying to better themselves. Otherwise, our kids will be paying off student loans for the rest of their lives. However, they definitely need different requirements/stipulations. If you don't graduate with the help of the so called handout, you should have to pay it back!
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:51 pm to slackster
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What is known today as the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, began as one man’s vision. Patrick F. Taylor believed that all academically-qualified students deserved the opportunity to attend college, regardless of their families’ financial situations. With this belief, the Taylor Plan took shape as a contract between students and states.
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After a fierce battle with the Louisiana Legislature, Taylor’s vision was signed into law in 1989 as TAP (Tuition Assistance Program) in Louisiana. In 1997, all academic award programs were combined under TOPS (Tuition Opportunity Program for Students). By the time of Mr. Taylor’s passing in 2004, through the efforts of the Foundation, more than 20 other states had adopted versions of the Taylor Plan, and four years later, the Louisiana legislature renamed TOPS the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students in his honor.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:52 pm to Hammertime
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Maybe 1/3 of the people I went to HS with moved to Texas for work. Almost all stayed
There is reason the T in TOPS stands for Texas.
10% of all people born in Louisiana eventually move to TX.
Just look at all the prominent OT posters from 7-8 years ago and further back and where they reside now.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:52 pm to Mudminnow
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10% of all people born in Louisiana eventually move to TX.
*Raises hand*
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:55 pm to Tigerdad2001
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If you don't graduate with the help of the so called handout, you should have to pay it back!
This! Or another option is to pay the amount after the semester. So yes they will have to pay out of pocket for the first semester (or take a loan) but the money is reimbursed as long as the grades are in acceptable levels. If it falls below, they get 1 warning semester and they only get 50% of the money. If they fail to meet requirements again, they lose it all together.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:55 pm to 50_Tiger
Surprised it’s only 10%.
It’s 75% of my family currently.
It’s 75% of my family currently.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 1:56 pm to Mudminnow
I gave myself 3 months as a time limit to start a suitable career in LA. If it doesn't happen, I'm gonna be forced to leave.
Eta: I absolutely do not want to leave. Not a single person in my entire family (even distant relatives) lives outside of Louisiana. But, if that's my only option, I've got to take it
Eta: I absolutely do not want to leave. Not a single person in my entire family (even distant relatives) lives outside of Louisiana. But, if that's my only option, I've got to take it
This post was edited on 6/26/18 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 6/26/18 at 2:00 pm to Mudminnow
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Just look at all the prominent OT posters from 7-8 years ago and further back and where they reside now.
Prominent OT posters?
Posted on 6/26/18 at 2:20 pm to yellowfin
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Prominent OT posters?
TTP
LSUDAD
LSUDaughter
Lithium
Jrod
Powerman
Rouge
and several others there screen names escape me at the moment.
But seems like 1/2 of Houston is from Louisiana or so it seems. Doesn't matter who comes to the door for various contractors and see my LSU shirt and ask if I'm from Louisiana, but say no, but lived in Baton Rouge for 13 years before moving to Houston.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:18 pm to lsunurse
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I can remember talking with my guidance counselor about things I could look for to qualify for college money. Seems like she would have
You may not have qualified depending on your family income situation.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:51 pm to Mudminnow
Those are some VERY prominent posters right there
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:54 pm to Mudminnow
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But seems like 1/2 of Houston is from Louisiana or so it seems.
Does it seem that way?
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:56 pm to Mudminnow
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TTP
LSUDAD
LSUDaughter
Lithium
Jrod
Powerman
Rouge
These are the only two I recognise.
And they're both assholes.
This post was edited on 6/26/18 at 3:58 pm
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