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TOPS suspended due to looming budget cuts

TOPS payments were stopped immediately Thursday because of the uncertainty surrounding Louisiana’s budget crisis.
  
The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance announced this around 3:00 P.M. 
 
The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS)  is a scholarship program. It helps in-state students with tuition, if they meet certain criteria. 
 
We reached out to LSU Director of Media Relations Ernie Ballard. He sent this response:
 
“We received the email today from LOSFA and are unsure of the implications at this time. We should know more through the special session.”