Meeting after an unprecedented political quagmire, a 21-member education funding task force said Wednesday it will not fundamentally reexamine how Louisiana pays for elementary and secondary public schools or look for more money. Instead, the group will analyze the nitty-gritty of how to parcel out more than $3 billion of state money. Recommendations are due in December.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is constitutionally required to come up with an annual formula that calculates the cost of a "minimum foundation program" of education.