Extractions: 07/25/02, U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. ruled on July 25 that the state illegally allocated federal money to promote religion in its abstinence-only sex education programs, whose only mention of contraception is the failure rate of condoms. The ACLU had filed the lawsuit in May, and was able to prove that the money was being used to distribute Bibles, stage prayer rallies outside abortion clinics, and preach Christianity. Meanwhile, President Bush has asked that more federal funds be used for abstinence-only programs. 04/02, U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily blocking the Louisiana Revenue and Taxation department from enforcing: · A 1996 Louisiana law that exempts all churches and synagogues from paying sales taxes on the "purchases of Bibles, song books or literature used for religious instruction classes." · A 1998 legislative amendment that grants sales tax exemptions to nonprofit religious groups who own and operate camp and retreat facilities and use the revenue for religious purposes. · Another 1998 legislative amendment that grants a sales tax exemption on all purchases made by the Catholic Church-affiliated Society of the Little Sisters of the Poor in New Orleans. "In the absence of any controverting evidence, the clear text of the challenged statutory exemptions benefits only religious (groups), which provides a purpose and effect deemed unconstitutional..." Berrigan wrote. (See item below)
Religious Action Center - Reform Jewish Movement Criticizes In approving direct government assistance to parochial schools of equipment Helms was brought 14 years ago by louisiana parents who challenged several http://rac.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=698&pge_prg_id=4368
LA Department Of Economic Development A diamondshaped area of south-central louisiana, the Bayou Region encompasses and parochial schools offering kindergarten to high school education. http://www.lded.state.la.us/businessretention/mapbayou.aspx
Extractions: E-mail: perry@la.gov Centrally located 60 miles from New Orleans and 100 miles to Baton Rouge and Lafayette, the Bayou region has prospered because of its people, its location and its natural resources the building blocks of many successful businesses. First settled in the 1720s by French and German farmers and tradesmen, South Louisiana welcomed the Acadians (Cajuns) exiled from Nova Scotia forty years later. Over the past 200 years, these Cajuns have in turn welcomed into their ranks many neighbors from surrounding states and other countries. Today a young labor pool of skilled and unskilled hard-working people live in the region, where the population exceeds 160,000. As a "Right-to-Work" state, Louisiana enjoys excellent labor-management relations and low unionization in the manufacturing sector. With a civilian labor force of approximately 94,000, the Bayou Region offers an abundant labor supply. Two public ports and several private ports are located on or are linked to the Intracoastal Canal, which cuts through the Bayou Region. These ports offer various facility sites complete with utilities and access to low cost shipping on the canal. Five million to seven million tons of freight are shipped annually on the Intracoastal Canal through South Louisiana, destined for ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, and major U.S. and foreign destinations.
:: Jindal For Congress :: Www.BobbyJindal.com :: And my wife and I both graduated from louisiana public schools. for theirchildren, including private schools, parochial schools, or home school. http://www.bobbyjindal.com/jindal_for_congress/policy_education.html
Extractions: 1st District Issues Increase our Childrens Academic Achievement by Providing Parents with More Flexibility, Accountability, and Choice in Education Anyone who is satisfied with the current state of education in Louisiana is not serious about creating better jobs and better opportunities for our state, our kids, and our grandkids. We must dramatically improve our system of education and we cannot wait a generation to do so. Kids only grow up oncethey dont get a second chance to go to grade school. Families with children in failing schools cannot be told to simply wait while we tinker around the edges of reform. Ive seen firsthand how a good education can change livesin a single generation. My father was the only one of nine children to even go to high school, much less complete college. He worked hard in school, earned an engineering degree, and eventually got a job at the Exxon plant in Baton Rouge. Starting with nothing, my mother and father were able to create a wonderful family life for my brother and me, right here in Louisiana. And my wife and I both graduated from Louisiana public schools. My parent's story is a great example of one of our countrys most powerful and inspiring ideasthat anyone can be successful here if they are willing to work hard enough.
ACLU Opposes Louisiana state and having public funds diverted to private and parochial schools. To our knowledge, in louisiana every school that receives TANF money is a http://www.laaclu.org/News/2004/April29VoucherSchemes.htm
Extractions: ACLU Opposes Louisianas Voucher Schemes Unfair, Unaccountable and Un-American For immediate release April 29, 2004 BATON ROUGE The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana opposes all of the school voucher schemes sometimes misleadingly referred to as school choice. They finance discrimination and force all taxpayers to support religious beliefs with which they may strongly disagree. Funds must not be diverted to vouchers that help only a few students and siphon dollars from starved public schools. As Thomas Jefferson recognized at our nations founding, a uniform system of schools that is equally open to all is essential to the preservation of a free government. Vouchers finance discrimination in education. Public schools must accept and educate all students, including those from diverse backgrounds, learning levels and abilities. Religious and private schools, on the other hand, are allowed flexibility to pick and choose which students they admit. Further, religious schools are not required to comply with many federal civil rights laws and can exclude students based on their religion, gender or learning or physical disabilities. Private schools can discriminate against special needs students. SB-220 explicitly allows nonpublic schools to limit admission of students who require special education services to the extent of the schools ability to provide such services.
Louisiana 5) Teachers and school personnel Private schools that accept voucher In Cleveland, 96% of the students in the program attended parochial schools that http://www.laaclu.org/News/2003/April 11 Vouchers.htm
Extractions: Louisianas Voucher Schemes Unfair, Unaccountable and Un-American BATON ROUGE, April 11, 2003 The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana opposes all of the voucher program proposals that have been introduced in the 2003 General Legislative Session. We oppose voucher schemes both because of our commitment to fairness in defending the constitutional principles afforded all persons in our state and our longstanding allegiance to the principles of a strong, secular public education. A quality public education program throughout this state and the nation provides the foundation on which we rest the security of our democracy. Vouchers chip away at that foundation and indicate the vulnerability of our government to the lobbying efforts of the private school system. Of course, first and foremost we must address the most pressing concern: the high number of defective schools and failing students, especially in Orleans parish. The ACLU recognizes the crisis and need for remedies that BESE and local school boards are proposing without resorting to vouchers. A lack of oversight and accountability at all levels within the system, inadequate funding, uncertified teachers, a high poverty rate contributing to low parental involvement, dilapidated buildings and a shortage of basic supplies and equipment have all contributed to the issue at hand. Vouchers, however, do not and will not solve those problems.
Mitchell V. Helms In the state of louisiana, approximately 70 percent of the funds are used Parents of children attending parochial schools appealed to the United State http://www.streetlaw.org/mitchellvhelms.html
Extractions: In 1984, parents of public school children in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana discovered that close to $18 million in state funds were being used by private and parochial schools to fund bus transportation, textbooks, overhead projectors, library books and computers. Mary Helms, a parent of public school children, was outraged at this discovery and brought suit claiming that this use of the Title I funds by parochial schools was a violation of the separation of church and state under the First Amendment's Establishment's Clause. After five years of research, the District Court initially found that the use of public funds by parochial schools was a violation of the separation of church and state. The original trial judge distinguished between the lending of textbooks to parochial schools and the use of instructional materials. The trial judge concluded that the use of textbooks was permissible because they could be monitored and screened to make sure they were not biased and did not promote religious beliefs. The use of instructional materials (i.e., computers, maps and projectors), however, was an invalid use of state funds because they could be used in a variety of unmonitored ways to promote religion in the classroom.
Extractions: Dr. Thomas Ray Landry Dr. Thomas Ray Landry, a native of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, was born August 13, 1909, the son of Thomas Belizaire Landry and Eleonora Marionneaux. He is a 1926 graduate of Plaquamine High School as well as receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, in 1931. He furthered his education by receiving a Master of Arts degree in History from Louisiana State University in 1939 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education in 1956. Dr. Landry married Bernadine Cora Haydell of Plaquamine, Louisiana, on August 7, 1934 in Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plaquamine. They are the parents of two daughters, Beverly Landry Crochet of Kennesaw, Georgia and Diane Landry Zimmer of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Dr. Landry was affiliated with many professional educational organizations from national to state level. To mention a few would include: The National Council of State Consultants in Elementary Education, serving as Vice-President in 1954-1956 and President in 1957-1958 at the meeting in Seattle, Washington. First Chairman of the Commission on Elementary Schools in Atlanta, Georgia in 1966-1967.
Extractions: Hospital Services HOSPITAL THE COMMUNITY RECREATION Chicot State Park features nearly 6,000 acres of rolling woodlands around a 2,000-acre artificial lake stocked with bream, bass and crappie. Families enjoy swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, picnicking, camping and more. The great Atchafalaya Basin Wildlife Area is one of the great ecological wonders of the United States. The basin, which abounds in all types of wildlife, extends north from Morgan City to past Lafayette. It is comprised of a maze of bayous, lakes, ponds and cypress swamps. Avid birders and photographers may spot over 300 known species of birds. Return to Province Healthcare Home Page comments@practicelink.com
Extractions: Increase the proportion of preschool children aged 5 years and under who receive vision screening. Many vision problems begin well before children reach school. Every effort must be made to ensure that, before they reach age 5 years, children receive a screening exam from their health care provider. Early recognition of disease results in more effective treatment that can be sight saving or even life saving. Baseline: 36 percent of children aged 5 years and under had ever had their vision screened in 2002. Target: 52 percent of children aged 5 years and under. Target setting method: Better than the best. Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Operational definition: This is a valuable tool that allows individuals to set measurable Healthy Vision objectives for their own communities. Children age 5 years and under Percentage of People Race and ethnicity American Indian or Alaska Native only DSU Asian or Pacific Islander only DNA Asian only Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only DSU Black or African American only White only 2 or more races American Indian or Alaska Native; White
Extractions: Get an estimate of your home's value. Find our how much any home is worth. Receive a free report of comparable, local home prices and recent nearby sales. More so than in any other section of the state, the Crossroads has a pivotal hub which is the uncontested center of things, Alexandria / Pineville. Louisiana is a land of infinite variety and nowhere is this more evident than at the Crossroads. Here you'll find the hills and the bayous, the prairies and the rich Red River delta, each with its own history and traditions which blend together and yet retain the spice and savor of its origins. Local attractions are abundant, such as, The Kent House, it's the oldest known standing structure in Central Louisiana having been completed in 1800. There is also the Alexandria Zoo, with over 500 animals including 20 endangered species.
Louisiana Challenge -- Vol. 3, No. 1, 1998 -- Pg. 6 Teachers from public and parochial schools in Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St.Bernard, St. Tammany and Plaquemines Parish were introduced to the http://www.challenge.state.la.us/news/sp98/pg6.html
Extractions: Professional Development Opportunites Continue Director to Free-Net Board ... Navigation Bar Riverdale High School offered after school computer training to students, faculty, and the general public throughout the spring semester. Faculty members Jean Curran and Dawn Kalb conducted the sessions. The Rosedale branch of the Jefferson Parish Public Library also assisted the Riverdale High School program by advertising and promoting the classes to its users. Riverdale High School's summer program was also open to faculty, students and the general public. Throughout June participants were able to learn about the Internet, search engines and e-mail. The 1997 - 98 school year brings a new level of excitement to the Jefferson Challenge Grant Schools as faculty and students use their acquired knowledge and skills to integrate the use of technology into the curriculum. Riverdale Middle School used an 8(g) Innovative Professional Development Grant to train faculty and staff after school hours in computer and Internet usage during the spring semester. Kathy Kain, Educational Facilitator, and Betty Bordelon, Librarian, were the trainers for the sessions.
Baton Rouge City Guide: Flags Over Baton Rouge Tourist and visitor information about Baton Rouge and louisiana. 155 publicand parochial schools, a thriving industrial corridor, over 450 churches http://www.baton-rouge.com/BatonRouge/aev2flag.htm
Extractions: WELCOME...AND...GREETINGS! Louisiana's Capital City is the 40th largest city in the United States. Here you will be greeted by 400,000 of the warmest people in the country. We hope our technological linkage to you today will translate to strong business, cultural and educational opportunities tomorrow. Baton Rouge is home to two fine universities, Louisiana State University and Southern University, 155 public and parochial schools, a thriving industrial corridor, over 450 churches representing most major and minor denominations, and a vast array of friendly, neighborhood activities. I encourage you to visit us and enjoy the diversity that our community has to offer. We invite you to enjoy all of the amenities offered in the area from the varied cuisine of our many outstanding restaurants to pleasant shopping opportunities provided by our malls and specialty stores. The arts community is booming with a multitude of weekend choices from theater and ballet to children's arts and science center and tours of Louisiana's Old State Capitol and Rural Life Museum. A half million people each year enjoy the sights and sounds of such major festivals as Baton Rouge Earth Day, FestForAll, July 4th Star Spangled Celebration and Fireworks on the Mississippi, the Baton Rouge Blues Festival and Christmas on the River. Sports fans bring a roar to the stadiums on two of the nation's most beautiful campuses - Louisiana State University, Home of the Fighting Tigers, and Southern University, Den of the Mighty Jaguars.
ALA | Supreme Court Considers Aid To Parochial Schools Aid to parochial schools. The Supreme Court heard arguments December 1 on In the case, a group of louisiana taxpayers challenged the Elementary and http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=december1999&Template=/ContentM
School Board louisiana schools, School Boards, and Systems Winn Parish schoolsystem (Winnfield). Parish Regional parochial Systems Archdiocese of New Orleans http://www.louisiana-parish.com/school_board.htm
New Orleans, Louisiana - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia New Orleans is located in southeastern louisiana along the Mississippi River,just south of Lake Greater New Orleans has around 200 parochial schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana
Extractions: Time zone Central UTC Location ... City website New Orleans (local pronunciations: /nuËËÉɹliËnz/ /nuËËÉɹliËÉnz/ , or /nuËËÉɹlÉnz/ ) is the largest city and a major port city in the U.S. state of Louisiana . It is located in southeastern Louisiana along the Mississippi River , just south of Lake Pontchartrain , and is coextensive with Orleans Parish . The city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 , and the subsequent flooding. As efforts continue to rescue survivors, drain floodwaters, clean up debris, and restore infrastructure, the city remains off limits to most of its residents. In late September 2005, some of the city's residents were allowed to return due to the successful pumping of the floodwaters. However, on September 20, Hurricane Rita reached the Gulf coast, forcing a second evacuation of New Orleans. New Orleans is a Southern city known for its multicultural heritage (especially French Spanish and African American influences) and its
Jonathan Tobin Namely, what will we do about funding our own parochial schools? Helms,concerned the challenge to a louisiana public school districts use of federal http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/tobin070700.asp
Extractions: Separation Anxiety Latest High Court ruling raises the stakes in debate over funding for Jewish education http://www.jewishworldreview.com RECENT DECISIONS by the U.S. Supreme Court may have a huge impact on the future of American education. But the organized Jewish community is just waking up to the fact that the courts decisions may be just as significant to the future of Jewish education. This principle was illustrated by the decision in February of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) to take a stand on the issue of church-state separation in a court case that could affect the future of educational institutions such as Jewish day schools. The group, which is the representative umbrella organization of Jewish community relations councils and affiliated agencies, democratically voted at their annual plenum to oppose plans that would provide taxpayer funds for items such as computers that could be used in private or parochial schools for nonsectarian purposes. The question is, now that the courts have ruled against their side in the case, how will Jewish groups react to this potential sea change in American law? As the courts move away from the liberal ideology embraced by most of the organized Jewish world, there are serious questions that Jewish activists must answer.
