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The first college freshman class to receive TOPS awards entered postsecondary education in the fall of 1998.  \nAct 1202 of the 2001 Regular Legislative Session requires the Louisiana Board of Regents (BOR) to provide a report analyzing various aspects of the TOPS Program. Act 227 of the 2015 Regular Legislative Session modified prior law to clarify and specify the data points to be reported without making any substantive changes to the program.  \nIn accordance with Act 227, this report includes:  \n▪ An analysis of the relationship between high school courses taken and the student’s American College Test (ACT) score;  \n▪ The number of high school graduates who are eligible for TOPS and subsequently enroll in college;  \n▪ Persistence (retention) rates of TOPS recipients;  \n▪ The number of, and reasons for students losing award eligibility;  \n▪ Graduation data; and  \n▪ TOPS time-to-degree and degree attainment information.  \nAct 587 of the 2014 Regular Legislative Session added new reporting requirements to the TOPS report, including:  \n▪ Demographic information of program award recipients (race, gender, parents' income);  \n▪ High school GPA and ACT scores of program award recipients grouped by mean; and  \n▪ Average high school GPA and average ACT score of students who lost the award.  \nAct 227 of the 2015 Regular Legislati","cbCaiuTerQkthvHt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuTerQkthvHt","pdf",1031588,44,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Introduction and Background\n## TOPS Legislation\n## Brief History of the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS)\n# Eligibility Criteria, Levels of Awards, Renewal Requirements, Distribution of Awards\n# TOPS Report: Historical Analysis of the TOPS Program, 2014–15 to 2024–25\n## Methodology\n## Preparation\n## Participation\n## Persistence\n## Retaining the TOPS Award\n## Graduation\n## Employment Outcomes\n# Conclusion\n# Appendix A: Act 1202 from the 2001 Regular Legislative Session\n# Appendix B: Act 587 from the 2014 Regular Legislative Session\n# Appendix C: Act 227 from the 2015 Regular Legislative Session\n# Appendix D: TOPS Core Curriculum\n# Appendix E: 2023 High School TOPS Eligible by School and Parish","[{\"question\":\"What legislation governs the annual TOPS program analysis in this report?\",\"answer\":\"The report is required by Act 1202 (2001) to analyze aspects of TOPS. 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