Strengthening Our Voice for Louisiana’s Nonpublic Schools As we reflect on another year of dedicated advocacy and collaboration, Citizens for Educational Choice (CEC) is proud to share its 2025 Annual Report — a comprehensive look

Accompanied by Jared Cavalier, Principal of St. Michael’s Catholic School in Baton Rouge, we successfully testified to oppose attempts to make non-public schools adhere to public school testing and accountability.

Overview Citizens for Educational Choice was very active this session promoting the GATOR program, filing legislation to provide support for families with children with disabilities, defeating legislation that would have mandated non-publics follow public schools

Maintained 20 million Non-Public Assistance for Required Services, School Lunch Salary Supplement and Textbooks Facilitated the passage of SB 27 which will allow for stacking of the ESA onto a Tuition Donation Tax Credit from

Funding HB 1 Citizens for Educational Choice testified during public testimony period on the budget. The testimony outlined the principle of parents as first formators and fully funding the Governor’s 93.5 million request for the