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Senate committee advances universal education savings account bill

(The Center Square) — Universal education savings accounts for families with schoolchildren could get a vote on the floor of the Louisiana Senate as soon as Monday.

Legislation to create the accounts advanced from the Education Committee in the chamber this week.

Giving All True Opportunity to Rise Scholarship Program, authored by Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, passed 5-2. It would replace an exi…

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