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Panel rejects tougher GPA rules for athletes

“We can’t make any excuses anymore.”

Here is how the committee voted on the motion to shelve the bill:

Yes: Reps. Don Trahan, R-Lafayette, Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, Elton Aubert, D-Vacherie, Walt Leger III, D-New Orleans, James Armes, D-Leesville, Billy Chandler, D-Dry Prong, Herbert Dixon, D-Alexandria, John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, Frank Hoffman, R-West Monroe and Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa.

No: Reps. Hollis Downs, R-Ruston, Rickey Hardy, D-Lafayette, Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge, Bubba Chaney, D-Rayville, Clif Richardson, R-Central and Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge.

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