The French President’s schedule includes a meeting with the Governor, a speech on Louisiana’s French language, and strolls around the French Quarter and Frenchmen Street.
SB191 would allow computer science to replace the language requirement in TOPS for students graduating after 2026, but the law could still be vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards.
Approved Tuesday in the Senate, HB 261 will allow École Pointe-au-Chien to begin serving students from Indian French and Cajun families in Terrebonne and Lafourche in August 2023.
Louisiana’s legislators must act to protect heritage language education endangered by the current version of SB 261, writes French immersion educator Lindsay Smythe.
The debt ceiling bill includes changes to federal law after an effort by local leaders, which will facilitate coastal restoration without increasing Louisiana’s share of offshore revenues.
Construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is set to begin this year to restore wetlands, but the project will have adverse impacts on the region’s fisheries used by fishermen like Jason Pitre, a member of the United Houma Nation.
