The House Education Committee unanimously killed a bill Wednesday to allow students with disabilities who do not pass a graduate exit exam or a final course test but met all the other requirements retroactively could apply for a high school diploma.
Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, looks dejected as his bill to merge all existing higher education governing boards into a new single, reorganized and powerful Board of Regents failed Wednesday in the House Education Committee. Credit: Quint Forgey
A measure aimed at streamlining the governance of Louisiana’s higher education by merging its four management boards and the overarching Board of Regents into one new governing body – the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees – was effectively killed by one vote in the House Educati
