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Louisiana State Budget & TOPS
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:39 am
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:39 am
With everything shut down and all the money being directed to health care, is there any chance TOPS survives the virus?
I can't imagine the State's budget will be in good shape when this is over, and it seems that education may be the only place for the Legislature to cut.
I can't imagine the State's budget will be in good shape when this is over, and it seems that education may be the only place for the Legislature to cut.
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Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:42 am to 385 Tiger
You can be certain of one thing and that is that TOPS will be officially history.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:42 am to 385 Tiger
I liked.
Not that I'm against Tops.
I feel it's good program that needs tougher requirements.
But, sadly it will be first to go.
Not that I'm against Tops.
I feel it's good program that needs tougher requirements.
But, sadly it will be first to go.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:42 am to 385 Tiger
Hopefully they shut down the local shite schools and keep tips for those who can get into the larger more accredited schools
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:43 am to 385 Tiger
And this is why we NEED a constitutional convention and need to revoke the protected spending rules.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:44 am to Tshiz
I agree that the state has too many four year institutions to support, but I think there is no chance any of them will get the ax. To much politics involved.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:45 am to Oilfieldbiology
I agree, but the Legislature will never allow it with a democrat in the Governor's seat.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:45 am to MrLSU
quote:
You can be certain of one thing and that is that TOPS will be officially history.
All the fake arse "conservatives" in this state are going to lose their minds.
ETA: the responses to this statement prove my point. By all means, let’s keep funding our own brain drain while bitching and moaning about all that other waste, though.
This post was edited on 4/21/20 at 11:03 am
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:45 am to Privateer 2007
The requirements were supposed to get tougher next year. I don’t think it survives at all though. Sucks because I have a senior next year.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:46 am to 385 Tiger
Why do you say that? Do you think they wouldn’t give the governor a win?
If he was a first term governor yes. But he’s a lame duck
If he was a first term governor yes. But he’s a lame duck
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:46 am to TDsngumbo
God forbid there be a single program that tax payers actually benefit from.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:46 am to 385 Tiger
quote:
is there any chance TOPS survives the virus?
TOPS isn't going away.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:47 am to 385 Tiger
Since I have been paying my taxes for years and I now have a child set to enroll in college, in August, and set to receive full TOPS money . . . it is almost a guarantee that it will be gone. That’s the way my luck rolls 
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:48 am to Oilfieldbiology
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And this is why we NEED a constitutional convention and need to revoke the protected spending rules.
Every time you guys bring this up I ask for specific examples of cuts you'd make if it weren't for the constitution, with dollar amounts listed.
Yet every time it's crickets.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:48 am to BeepNode
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TOPS isn't going away.
It absolutely is in it's current form.....it is unsustainable....especially in the world we have come to live in the last 6 weeks.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:48 am to OldSouth
I feel your pain. I can't help but wonder if cutting TOPS will be sufficient. I could realistically see the cuts running deeper, but I don't know what that might entail.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:49 am to 385 Tiger
sounds about right. i started college 5 years before TOPS was created and now my child is graduating and is TOPS eligible and won't get to see it
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:49 am to 385 Tiger
Oh crap, if TOPS goes away,who will pay to educate other states workforces?
This post was edited on 4/21/20 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/21/20 at 10:50 am to TDsngumbo
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All the fake arse "conservatives" in this state are going to lose their minds.
Hey jackass, with the way this state spends money on people that don’t deserve it, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to participate in a program that helps kids who DO deserve it. I’m all for raising the standards and cutting the fat but sadly I think the whole program gets the ax.
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