TOPS recipients could soon keep family income private

Louisiana might soon remove the requirement that recipients of the state’s popular merit-based TOPS college scholarship provide information on their family income. The end of such disclosure in the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) is proposed in Senate Bill 81, authored by Sen. Bodi White, R-Baton Rouge. It received unanimous approval Monday from the Senate without debate. About 58…

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