La Families Want La Gator

🌟 Senator Spotlight 🌟
Today we're spotlighting Jimmy Harris 99!

Senator Harris attended St Augustine High School in New Orleans where he developed the values and work ethic that have carried him throughout his career in public service.

We hope Senator Harris will bring that same dedication to helping fully fund LA GATOR — because every Louisiana child deserves a great education. 💛💙

🌟 Senator Spotlight 🌟
Today we're spotlighting Franklin Foil!

Senator Foil attended University High in Baton Rouge where he developed the values and work ethic that have carried him throughout his career in public service.

We hope Senator Foil will bring that same dedication to helping fully fund LA GATOR — because every Louisiana child deserves a great education. 💛💙

🚨 This is it. The Louisiana budget session is in its final stretch.

If lawmakers don't fully fund LA GATOR NOW, 17,000 families who applied and are waiting will be told to wait another year. Another year of their children in schools that aren't the right fit. Another year of unanswered need.

This is the vote that matters. This is the moment.

Pick up the phone. Send that email. Show up for Louisiana's kids.📣 Find your legislator: https://legis.la.gov

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Important considerations regarding Amendment 3.

Amendment 3: Question & Answer – Louisiana Retired Teachers Association The Louisiana Retired Teachers Association is the voice of the retired education community, representing its interests by monitoring, protecting and improving ...

📊 The data is clear: school choice is good for EVERYONE.Research from EdChoice and the Heritage Foundation consistently shows that school choice programs improve outcomes not just for participating students — but for public school students too. Competition raises the bar for every school in the system.Louisiana's LA GATOR isn't an attack on public education. It's a rising tide that lifts all students.Share the facts — and tell your lawmakers to fund the program.📣 https://legis.la.gov

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Are you going to the capitol to share your testimony today for LA GATOR??

A few of us are meeting at Little Village Downtown for 11:15 before the hearing at 1 pm in room AB.

Feel free to stop by and join us. We can do this!!

Hey Louisiana State Senate and Louisiana Senate Republicans!

Not sure if y'all saw- Louisiana's young families are watching and they have a message! They want LA GATOR! See the Louisiana Young Republicans chairman's op-ed about what the LA GATOR scholarship would mean to his young family.

If you believe in free markets and you believe in parental rights. Let's do the right thing.

ESTIS: Fully Funding LA GATOR Is A Must If Louisiana Is To Grow Editor’s Note: a guest post by Ethan Estis, Chairman of the Louisiana Young Republicans Federation. I grew up in Richland Parish in rural northeast Louisiana. My parish had five public schools and one private school, and for most families I knew, that private school might as well have been in anot...

The Senate Finance Committee will take public comment this Thursday on the proposed state budget (House Bill 1), which includes proposed funding for LA GATOR.

If you support educational choice for Louisiana families, please come testify or email [email protected] to make your voice heard.

Urge Senators to fully fund LA GATOR and expand opportunities for Louisiana’s kids.

The agenda with details is linked below.

If you have questions or aren’t sure where to start, comment below or send us a message—we’re happy to help.

Remember: we’re all parents doing this for our kids. Don’t be afraid to speak up just because you feel like you “don’t know enough.” Your voice matters.

https://legis.la.gov/legis/Agenda.aspx?m=25885

🌟 Education freedom isn't just a policy — it's an investment in Louisiana's future.

When families can choose the right school, the right therapies, the right curriculum for their child, students thrive. And thriving students become the workforce, the leaders, and the community builders Louisiana needs.

LA GATOR isn't a cost. It's a down payment on Louisiana's next generation.

Share this with someone who cares about where Louisiana is headed. 👇
👉 https://lafamiliesfirst.org

LA Families for LA GATOR An advocacy platform dedicated to empowering Louisiana families to support the LA GATOR ESA program and advance school choice initiatives across the state.

🏛️ The opposition to LA GATOR doesn't come from families — it comes from union lobbyists in Baton Rouge.

Every session, union-backed groups fight to limit school choice — because when parents have power, unions lose their grip. But 17,000 Louisiana families applied for LA GATOR this year. That's 17,000 reasons to fight back.

The budget vote is coming. Make sure YOUR voice is louder than the unions'.
📣 Contact your legislator now: https://legis.la.gov

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