With an upcoming budget amendment, New Orleans City Councilmembers plan to send an additional $10 million to NOLA Public Schools, supporting the cash-strapped school district and honoring a purported November settlement torpedoed by Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
All seven council members have signed on to the ordinance, which is expected to be formally approved at the next council meeting on April 10.
Its approval, as an amendment to the city’s 2025 budget, would set up a $10 million payment to the Orleans Parish School Board, on the heels of a $10 million payment ordered by a court last month, for a total of $20 million…