BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state streamlining commission is recommending that Louisiana embark on a statewide voucher program that would give out tax breaks for sending children from failing public schools to private schools.
The commission agreed without objection Tuesday to propose the idea to Gov. Bobby Jindal and lawmakers, who have previously defeated other statewide voucher proposals.
The commission’s recommendation was offered by Treasurer John Kennedy.
Under the proposal, parents could get a $4,000 refundable state income tax credit per child, if the parents move the child from a public school deemed “academically unacceptable” to a private school.
The proposal also would give a $4,000 state tax credit to any taxpayer who donates $4,000 to a nonprofit organization that uses the money for scholarships to families who move their children from a failing public school to a private school.
 
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