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Fields proposes SB. 1 to establish 2nd majority minority congressional district

BATON ROUGE, LA - Louisiana lawmakers were unable to get anything done in a special session where they were supposed to make a...

Fields pushes transparency of Louisiana State Police

Cleo Fields gets legislature to appropriate $1M to the SUAF to assist in building an alumni center

Southern University System holds the great title of being the only HBCU system in the United States. As a graduate of Southern University...

Lawmakers decide kindergarten will be mandatory in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — All 5-year-old children in Louisiana should receive a kindergarten education, lawmakers decided Wednesday. With...

Kindergarten not required in Louisiana; State lawmaker aims to make change

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana is one of 31 states that does not require parents to send their young children to Kindergarten. It is...

Cleo Fields visits with Louisiana college presidents on infrastructure

Cleo Fields goes on a full week of college tours of Southern University-Shreveport, Louisiana Tech, and Grambling University with...

State Senator Cleo Fields pre-files legislation to make Kindergarten mandatory

Senate Education Committee Chairman Cleo Fields is taking steps to ensure that children are introduced to a learning environment at a...

State Senator Cleo Fields urges governor to include educators in vaccine eligibility

District 14 State Senator Cleo Fields, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, is urging Governor John Bel Edwards to include K-12...

Mandatory kindergarten