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Board approves $90,000 LDOE work-based learning grant to pilot paid internships at BIPSTL
Summary
The school board approved a $90,000 Louisiana Department of Education grant to support a paid, on-site work-based learning pilot at the Bossier Parish School for Technology and Innovative Learning (BIPSTL). The pilot will start with four students paid $9.50 per hour and aims to expand into career-technical pathways.
The Bossier Parish School Board voted Sept. 4 to accept a $90,000 Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) work-based learning grant to pilot paid, on-site internships at the Bossier Parish School for Technology and Innovative Learning (BIPSTL).
Assistant Superintendent Wayland Bates told the board the LDOE-funded pilot will initially place four students on-site at BIPSTL as part of a Carnegie-unit career-technical education course (CTE I) and pay participating students $9.50 per hour. Bates said the program is intended to expand over time into additional workforce areas — including custodial and maintenance, transportation, food service and technical…
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