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re: should TOPs recipients be required to stay in LA for a set # of years after graduation?
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:02 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:02 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Not as far as the info online.
i thought they raised it to 3.0 and 26 (or something close to that) last year?
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Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:02 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Why would they leave? Louisiana is the shite. Can't find another state with cheap gas/cigarettes/crawfish. Don't even get me started on the creel limits.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:02 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
End the program and it's a moot point.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:04 pm to tigersownall
Cigarettes are $8 a pack baw! that ain't cheap.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:09 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Don't go to the rouses. It's murder. I buy mine from my homies at the shell. 6.50. It actually blows my mind that cigarettes at rouses are more expensive there than my go to bar.
This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:13 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
When this conversation inevitably comes up every year, the same solution comes to my mind. Make TOPS a loan that is forgiven once you graduate. I'm sure we would frick up the process of having loans paid back and such, but I think it would be a solid start.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:15 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Maybe work towards making LA more appealing for college graduates to stay in voluntarily rather than trying to force them.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:15 pm to PorkChops
quote:i can absolutely get on board with this. i don't see any potential downside.
When this conversation inevitably comes up every year, the same solution comes to my mind. Make TOPS a loan that is forgiven once you graduate
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Not sure if the proposed bill was the best solution but there ought to be some incentives tied to TOPS that involve staying in state after graduation. Maybe TOPS covers half your tuition and you get reimbursed for the other half after working in the state for a minimum of five years.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:36 pm to urinetrouble
One time deferment of 4 years to cover whatever grad school you want to do.
After that, move back or pay...with interest.
I just wonder the means available to recoup the money. 3rd party?
After that, move back or pay...with interest.
I just wonder the means available to recoup the money. 3rd party?
This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:37 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
I am definitely cool with that.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:40 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
So force them to stay here and be under employed or unemployed? You guys are fricking geniuses I tell ya.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:41 pm to DCtiger1
quote:it's not forcing anyone to do anything.
So force them to stay here and be under employed or unemployed? You guys are fricking geniuses I tell ya.
if they decide to move to another state, they would have to pay back TOPs.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:41 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
No. Make them pay for the first year and fully reimburse them during that first summer if all requirements are met. I would only do this for the first year as my guess is that's where the drain is on the system.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:42 pm to DCtiger1
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So force them to stay here and be under employed or unemployed? You guys are fricking geniuses I tell ya.
No one is forcing them to take the money
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:42 pm to fightin tigers
quote:that too
No one is forcing them to take the money
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Ther shouldn't be a tops to begin with.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:45 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Why? Is it their fault that the economy in LA is terrible? So we don't want to pay to educate our college students unless they stay in shitty Louisiana?
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:48 pm to DCtiger1
quote:because the taxpayers are getting no ROI when everyone moves to another state.
Why?
why should the louisiana taxpayers subsidize the education of texas' workforce?
This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:51 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Change the eligibility requirements. Work on bringing other companies to the state outside of O&G. What ROI would they provide if the only jobs they can get are shite compared to Texas or other southern states?
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