Guides for Southwest Louisiana families
Longer reads on what is particular to this market: the Catholic grade-9 transition, college courses at McNeese and SOWELA, layering the money, and Fort Polk families.
The ninth-grade question for Lake Charles Catholic families
How the Diocese of Lake Charles's five K-8 schools feed St. Louis Catholic High School, what changes for LA GATOR and STO awards at grade 9, and a two-year time
Read →Dual enrollment at McNeese and SOWELA with a LA GATOR account
How private-school and homeschool students in Southwest Louisiana use dual enrollment at SOWELA and McNeese State, and when the LA GATOR marketplace can pay.
Read →Layering LA GATOR, an STO scholarship and school aid in Lake Charles
How Southwest Louisiana families combine LA GATOR with Tuition Donation Credit scholarships and school aid, and the 8 local schools on the 2024-25 STO list.
Read →Fort Polk and Beauregard Parish families: LA GATOR, residency and moves
How active-duty families near Fort Polk and in Beauregard Parish apply for LA GATOR using orders, the approved school in DeRidder, and what a PCS does to an acc
Read →LA GATOR 101
Amounts, priority groups, spending rules and the waitlist.
Read →The IDEA award and therapy
How the largest award and the marketplace work when there is no specialized school on the local list.
Read →Find out what your child's account would pay for here
A few quick questions. An advisor phones back with your likely award, which Southwest Louisiana schools can take it, and how to cover any balance.