“Establish and expand the LA GATOR education savings account (school choice) program, phasing in eligibility starting with special-needs students and working up the income ladder toward all families.”
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Both cited sources are reachable and both quotes appear verbatim. The PRIMARY source (Office of Governor Landry, gov.louisiana.gov/news/4552, titled "Governor Landry Signs 'Dream Big' Education Plan into Law") documents establishment of "Governor Landry's Louisiana GATOR (Give All a True Opportunity to Rise)" education savings account / school-choice program and contains the exact quote "Today, we fulfilled our promise to bring drastic reform to our education system and bring common sense back to our classrooms." The REPUTABLE_SECONDARY source (WBRZ) confirms Landry signed the LA GATOR bill (SB 313, carried by Sen. Rick Edmonds) creating ESAs and contains the exact quote, spoken by Landry, "It starts first with parents of children with special needs, and then we work our way up the income ladder," and describes the phase-in ("first...allowing special needs students...The end goal is to afford every student in the state the same opportunity") — matching the promise's special-needs-first, work-up-the-income-ladder-toward-all-families structure. On leadership: this is a governor's promise, and an executive cannot author/sponsor a bill (Sen. Edmonds carried SB 313, as normal). The CHAMPIONED bar is met because the primary source brands the program as Landry's own, casts signing it as fulfilling "our promise," and the secondary source shows Landry personally articulating the phase-in policy — his flagship education initiative that he publicly drove and signed, i.e., leadership beyond a vote or passive support. CHAMPIONED (not FULL) remains appropriate because universal (all-families) eligibility had not yet arrived at the time of rating. Not downgraded to UNRATABLE because nothing is unreachable, fabricated, or overstated relative to what the sources show.
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