Parents can now see how taxpayer dollars are being spent on public education. State Treasurer John Fleming and Baton Rouge Senator Rick Edmonds unveiled the Louisiana K-12 School Transparency Project Portal, a website providing financial data on public and charter schools.
“It has every budget, every expenditure. Whether it’s salary or whether it’s textbooks. I think it’s 119 different systems, including all public charter schools.”
The portal is hosted on the Department of the Treasury website, the portal includes budgets, expenditures, contracts, and salaries, with continuous updates and quarterly reports from schools. The project was mandated by Act 370 from the 2023 Legislation, authored by Edmonds, who emphasized its role in promoting transparency.
“I created this mainly for parents and taxpayers can find out what their systems are spending, what their local schools are doing, and where their dollars are going for their kids to be educated.”
Edmonds noted that the site helps parents compare schools’ financial integrity, supporting school choice.
“This is going to say, this is where your tax dollars go, and this is how that system chooses to spend those tax dollars.”
Louisiana State Senator Rick Edmonds (R-Baton Rouge) said the transparency project “marks the beginning of a new chapter in Louisiana state government and public education. Transparency and efficiency are essential to providing the best educational environment for the teachers and children of Louisiana.”
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