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.
Louisiana’s legislators must act to protect heritage language education endangered by the current version of SB 261, writes French immersion educator Lindsay Smythe.
In a complaint filed Friday with the Eastern District of Louisiana, the parents argue the school closure is arbitrary, discriminatory on the basis of race, language, and national origin, and thus unlawful.
Despite an outcry of complaints from the PAC Tribe, community, and their allies and no specific justification for the decision, the School Board voted 6-3 to close the School.
Community members have mobilized to protest the move, arguing that closure will harm students as well as the unique culture, community, and economic livelihood of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and broader Pointe-Aux-Chênes community.
