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Senate reviews FY26 budgets for special‑education and state‑sponsored schools; LSMSA seeks salary‑schedule funding
Summary
Senate Fiscal and leaders from the Special School District, LSMSA, Thrive Academy, Ecole Pointe‑au‑Chien and NOCA presented FY26 budget details and program updates to the Senate Committee on Finance on May 21.
Senate Fiscal Services and representatives from the Special School District and state‑sponsored schools briefed the Senate Committee on Finance on FY26 budget requests and program performance on May 21. May Hsu of Senate Fiscal delivered the department‑level overview; leaders from each school described operational results and specific needs.
May Hsu summarized FY26 recommendations for the department that houses the Special School District and five special schools: the Special School District (Louisiana School for the Deaf, Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, special‑schools programs), the Jimmy D. Long Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts (LSMSA), Thrive Academy, Ecole Pointe‑au‑Chien, Louisiana Educational Television Authority (LPB) and the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCA). Hsu noted that the department's FY26 budget is largely general‑funded…
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