Representatives of the central office from the Lafayette Parish School System are expected to be at the Capitol Tuesday morning during a joint House-Senate Education Committee meeting as the LPSS seeks to secure roughly $750,000 in grant money state Rep. Rickey Hardy, D-Lafayette, blocked at a meeting of the same legislative body last month. Hardy blocked the funding because he was upset that the school system had not contacted him ahead of time to express its interest in obtaining the grant. School system officials, meanwhile, say they were unaware that a request needed to be submitted. The funding is part of millions of dollars from the Louisiana Educational Excellence Fund derived from the 1998 tobacco settlement and distributed annually by state lawmakers to parish school systems, primarily for dropout prevention programs.
A Hardy staff member says it’s not a forgone conclusion that the first-term represenative, himself a former member of the Lafayette Parish School Board, will approve the funding. Expected at the meeting in Baton Rouge are Director of Curriculum and Instruction Louise Chargois and Chief Financial Officer Billy Guidry.
The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and can be viewed on-line at http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Video/2009/Nov2009.htm.
... written by just sayin , December 07, 2009 - 01:05 pm
this is so much b.s. who appointed hardy king of the planet? if he thinks that he can block this money (which is constitutionally allocated) he's crazier than his assistant, JPS!!!!
funny thing is, before this happened not much buzz in the community about opposition to hardy in next election. now, buzz is LOUD!!!
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN : , December 07, 2009 - 02:53 pm
Just saying, *The locals will surprise you, they'll vote him in again! : LOOK at NAGIN $ DOLLAR BILL, the peeps care not a lick, its called COLOR BLINDNESS !!!!!! The beauty of this fiasco, defines the lack of regard for a professional manner (MAY ? HE'LL GET THIS) dis COUILLION adheres to while he represents a class of people who don blinders when one of their peeps slides thru life *JUST LIKE RE ELECTING DOLLAR BILL JEFFERSON $ NAGIN ""A CHOCOLATE CITY, HUMMMP! JUST WHO, IS GOING TO FURNISH THE ICING. SURE NOT GADABOUT NAGIN, HOW $ WHY DO THESE PEEPS KEEP DOING THIS TO THEMSELVES ? RAPARTARATION "THEY DONT GET IT".HUH?
... written by justwundering , December 07, 2009 - 04:22 pm
LPSS might want to reflect on the "negotiated" settlement with CajunDome in which it forgave $1,400,000 in taxes due for $355,000 worth of use of the dome for school activities.
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN : , December 07, 2009 - 04:59 pm
THANKS FOR THE POSTIN! TAX PAYERS ARE more than appreciative for the ALPO BITS the government doles out. The working class tax payer is the bedrock of these UNITED STATES, any one in business has multiple means of incurring/devising deductions. The workingman has special interests such as family-life quality, potless roads, quality schooling,etc. so we pay taxes. More than our dutiful share, due to the ingenious methods of the elite in escaping their dutiful share.
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who appointed hardy king of the planet? if he thinks that he can block this money (which is constitutionally allocated) he's crazier than his assistant, JPS!!!!
funny thing is, before this happened not much buzz in the community about opposition to hardy in next election. now, buzz is LOUD!!!