LSP families have priority access to LA GATOR, but must apply when student applications open March 1, 2025.
Important Information for Louisiana Scholarship Program Families and Schools
The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) will continue to be administered through the end of the 2024-2025 school year. The LSP will sunset on June 30, 2025 and all LSP students and nonpublic schools will receive priority access to the LA GATOR Scholarship Program. The Louisiana Department of Education is contacting current LSP families and schools on next steps for the 2025-2026 school year.
If you are a current LSP family or school and have not been in contact with the LDOE and Odyssey about the transition to the LA GATOR Scholarship Program for the 2025-2026 school year, please contact us at 225-422-1538 or help.la@withodyssey.com.
Current LSP Families
Students currently in the Louisiana Scholarship Program will receive priority access into the LA GATOR Scholarship Program. All current LSP students must apply for LA GATOR when the student application opens March 1, 2025. Student applications will be available at lagator.la.gov.
If you have any questions, please contact us at 225-422-1538 or help.la@withodyssey.com.
Watch our informational webinar for LSP families.
Current LSP Schools
Any nonpublic school participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program during the 2024-2025 school year, provided that it has not subsequently been found to be ineligible to participate in the Louisiana Scholarship Program, may participate in the LA GATOR Program during the 2025-2026 school year without undergoing a separate application or approval process. Such a nonpublic school opting to participate in the LA GATOR Program will be required to register and attest to program requirements according to the process outlined by the department. For each school year thereafter, such schools shall comply with the LA GATOR Program requirements with respect to the application process.
If you are a current LSP family or school and have not been in contact with the LDOE and Odyssey about the transition to the LA GATOR Scholarship Program for the 2025-2026 school year, please contact us at 225-422-1538 or help.la@withodyssey.com.
LA GATOR FAQs for LSP Families and Schools
- Will current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) students just roll into LA GATOR or will they have to apply?
- Will the current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) families have to submit any income documents?
- How are current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) families being notified of the changes?
- Will current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) students remain at their current funded amount until completion/graduation from a school?
- What happens if the family of a Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) student’s income is above the 250% poverty level for the 2025-2026 enrollment time? Will they still be eligible as a previous LSP student?
- Will incoming kindergarten students with Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) siblings still get priority over regular incoming kindergarten?
- Will all nonpublic schools that do not participate in the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) be required to participate in the LA GATOR Scholarship Program?
- Will students who currently participate in LSP see their awarded funding amount change in LA GATOR if the LA GATOR funding they are entitled to under their other eligibility criteria is greater than their LSP amount?
LA GATOR FAQs for LSP Families and Schools
Will current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) students just roll into LA GATOR or will they have to apply?
Will the current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) families have to submit any income documents?
How are current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) families being notified of the changes?
- The LDOE & Odyssey will be communicating with LSP schools and students between January and March to provide information ahead of the LA GATOR student application opening on March 1, 2025.
- Communication will continue to families as they complete the LA GATOR application.
Will current Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) students remain at their current funded amount until completion/graduation from a school?
- Students having participated in the Louisiana Scholarship Program during the 2024-2025 school year, subject to the allocation of state funds, shall be awarded an amount equal to the award amount received during the 2024-2025 school year and shall continue to receive this award until the student completes the school’s terminal grade or until the student leaves the school, whichever comes first.
- The terminal grade of the school refers to the highest grade available at the participating school.
What happens if the family of a Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) student’s income is above the 250% poverty level for the 2025-2026 enrollment time? Will they still be eligible as a previous LSP student?
Will incoming kindergarten students with Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) siblings still get priority over regular incoming kindergarten?
Eligible students are prioritized for LA GATOR in the following order:
- Students currently participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program or the LA GATOR Program
- Students from a family with a total income at or below two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty guidelines and students identified as having a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. §1401
- Siblings of students currently participating in the LA GATOR Program (including siblings of Louisiana Scholarship Program [LSP] students OR siblings of students identified as having a disability under IDEA)
- Other eligible students