New Orleans (WGNO)–But first, a lot of parents and students are on edge because no one knows how long the state TOPS program will last!
The State Office of Student Financial Aid says the TOPS program will still be there for students through the end of this semester.
But that was after the group that runs the program announced Thursday that TOPS was ending.
It all come down to the Governor’s speech last night when he said the state will continue to fund 80% of the program and then each individual state college and university will have to pick up the remaining 20% to the program going.
But no one knows if TOPS will survive into the next year and that’s part of the huge budget mess the state legislature will have to sort out in the special session that starts on Sunday.
For more, just log on to: http://gov.louisiana.gov/page/meet-the-governor