Louisiana, Mississippi Lawmakers to Weigh Revenue Needs
Mississippi legislators were scheduled to convene in a special session this week, and their Louisiana counterparts are expected to do so in the next month or so, as both states focus on issues of economic recovery and aid for coastal school districts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana lawmakers face the problem of helping some flood-ravaged districts survive financially. The New Orleans school system, which enrolled 60,000 students before the storm forced mass evacuations, is no longer paying its teachers.
State Rep. Carl N. Crane, the Republican who chairs the education committee of the Democratic-controlled Louisiana House, said he and other state officials fear that Louisiana could lose many well-qualified teachers to neighboring states unless...
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