Budget
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Meanwhile, without additional dollars, the LSU privatization deals are short of what the hospital operators say they need to continue providing the current level of services to the poor and uninsured who rely on the facilities. The estimated price tag to fill the gap is $61 million in state money, to draw down millions more in federal Medicaid financing. In addition, LSU’s medical schools in New Orleans and Shreveport would be left with millions of dollars in insurance and retiree costs from the privatization deals. Medical school leaders say the $56 million in “legacy costs” could jeopardize their ability to educate students. Lawmakers on the committee did add dollars to reverse Jindal’s plans to shutter a program that cares for newborn and premature babies with severe medical conditions. “This is the difference between life and death for many critically ill babies across the state,” said Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, who successfully proposed hurricane recovery money pay for the services. Committee members also restored $21 million for a New Orleans area community clinic program, started after Hurricane Katrina, that pays for services to low-income families at 41 sites across four parishes. They added dollars for programs that help families of disabled children and provide assistive technology for people with disabilities. They shuffled small sums to a youth suicide prevention initiative and to the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. The secretary of state’s office was given more than $3 million to hold a presidential primary election in 2016, money Jindal didn’t propose in his budget recommendations. To make the numbers work, dollars for the state’s private school voucher program were trimmed to match student projections, the opening of a juvenile detention facility would be delayed and the governor’s administration would have to cut contracts across agencies.
Aviation
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The EAA are dedicated to spreading education in aviation and intend to hold an event at each of the Lafourche Parish public airports this school year. Rochel says that they are ready with a program along with people who will donate classrooms and aircraft if Lafourche Parish decides to adopt the program. The EAA’s chapter here is part of a national organization. They are a nonprofit organization whose mission is the promotion of aviation activities and to educate the public about aviation. “You go to an EAA member and ask them why they’re here and the answer is they love airplanes and that’s it. I think it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread myself,” said Rochel. The local EAA chapter holds regular meetings on the first Tuesday of every
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They would prohibit BESE members and the state superintendent from membership in nongovernment organizations that requires adoption of certain education standards or policies, unless lawmakers have approved those standards or policies. And they would add new restrictions on BESE members, the superintendent and their family members having connections to entities that can get contracts or do work with the board or education department. Jindal didn’t name anyone when describing his support for the legislation, calling the bills “common sense.” He said he and others have had concerns about “inappropriate influence” in states that have adopted Common Core, without mentioning that he signed onto the standards when White wasn’t yet superintendent. The Republican governor, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, said the bills would make sure Louisiana’s education leaders don’t have conflicting loyalties because of affiliations with outside education groups that push certain standards or testing. “It’s good to know the people making these decisions for our classrooms are completely focused on Louisiana parents, Louisiana families, Louisiana classrooms,” Jindal said. The Common Core standards have been adopted by more than 40 states as a way to better prepare students for college and careers. Opponents say the standards are developmentally inappropriate and part of federal efforts to nationalize education. Jindal is asking lawmakers to strip Common Core from Louisiana classrooms, but in prior years, lawmakers have refused to do so. White and the state education board also have rejected attempts to jettison the multistate standards. Proposals to scrap the standards are scheduled to be heard Wednesday in the House Education Committee.
month. You can visit their website at www.513.EAAChapter.org. Rochel expressed that they are very welcoming to anyone interested in joining. “You have to be breathing. I mean we’re here to promote aviation not limit it.” A second program that the EAA will be holding is their Annual Cajun Fly-In event. It will be a family friendly open house at the airport open to the public and free to attend. This event will also take place at the Houma airport this fall, on Saturday, October 17, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Visitors will be able to help themselves to free food while they learn about aviation and walk among the various aircrafts on display such as airplanes, helicopters, and jets. “It’s like a car show for airplanes,” said Rochel. One particular sight that will be sure to amaze the visitors will be a remade F-16 military jet that the EAA has acquired. The F16 had come to them dismantled six years ago. Donors have provided the funds to get it here from Arizona and a local engineering company, T. Baker Smith, has provided the engineering for the assembly. Their goal is to place the F16 on a pedestal on Main St. next to their new office. It has been one of their longest and proudest projects.
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Core — announced his opposition to the standards a year ago. By switching positions, Jindal broke with White, his hand-picked education superintendent, and education board members who had once been the governor’s key allies. Ethics complaints have been filed against White and members of his education department, and Common Core critics have repeatedly accused the superintendent and his supporters on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, known as BESE, of conflicts of interest and questionable behavior. “This is a political assault is what this is, period,” said BESE Chairman Chas Roemer, a Common Core supporter, blaming the Jindal administration for what he called an attack on White’s integrity. Jindal administration officials deny any orchestrated effort against the superintendent. But, among other things, the bills pushed by Jindal — sponsored by Reps. Bob Hensgens, RAbbeville, and Barry Ivey, R-Baton Rouge — seek to target affiliations White has with outside education organizations.
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Sheriff’s Office hosting defense courses for kids
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office will host radKIDS® Defense Courses for children in Thibodaux, Raceland and Galliano this summer. These courses are designed for children 5 to 12 years of age and provide hands-on techniques giving children the tools they need to identify, avoid and if necessary, respond to danger. This is the 16th year the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office has offered these courses. The schedule for the summer courses include: - LPSO Range Facility, 3451 Hwy. 182, Raceland: Monday, June 8 through
Thursday, June 11. Deadline to Register Friday, June 5. - LPSO Law Enforcement Complex 1300 Lynn Street, Thibodaux: Monday, July 13 through Thursday, July 16. Deadline to register is July 10. - The Learning Center at Lady of the Sea Hospital, 200 West 134th Place, Cut Off: Monday, July 20 through Thursday, July 23. Deadline to register is Friday, July 17. Children ages 5-7 attend daily morning sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and an afternoon session is held from 1 p.m. to 3
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p.m. for children ages 8-12. Parents can elect to drop their child(ren) off or stay for the two-hour program each day. Children are urged to wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes. Cost is $10 per child (for course materials). Class size is limited, so advance registration is required. Send a $10 check (made payable to Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office) to: Sergeant Carla Landry 1156 Hwy. 90 East, Raceland, LA 70394. For more information, contact: Sergeant Landry at (985) 537-9652 carlalandry@lpso.net.
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