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Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to deliver a very somber outlook for the state's budget in his remarks to legislators on Tuesday.

So far any changes to Louisiana's TOPS program have failed to make it out of the House Education Committee.

The TOPS scholarship program is likely to undergo some profound changes due to the $750 million dollar budget shortfall, according to Governor John Bel Edwards. "We have a very difficult job ahead of us to allocate these limited dollars across a multitude of priorities and TOPS is one of those.", E...

Nearly a dozen bills have been filed by state lawmakers that would alter the TOPS scholarship program for Louisiana high school students who count on that money to help them gain their education. State Senator Blade Moorish from Jennings said he has filed the bills to help the state deal with the budget shortfall by changing the requirements students must meet to gain the financial help... Read Mo

It doesn't look as if Louisiana's TOPS program is completely dead. However, it's reincarnation could look a whole lot different than the original model.

How can you pay for college without TOPS? There is a way to get it done but it's going to take a lot more effort on your part.

With all of the uproar about the possibility of the elimination of TOPS, Cory and I decided to gather some information that could be helpful to parents of students currently in or going to college.