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Louisiana begins overhaul of $4 billion school funding formula

— Louisiana officials began a potentially sweeping rewrite of the state's public school funding formula Thursday, with members of a new task force signaling that teacher pay, declining enrollment and vast differences in local tax bases will be central to the debate.

The Minimum Foundation Program Formula Task Force held its first meeting at the Capitol, beginning a review that could go considerably…

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