Louisiana parent guide. Updated August 2026.
Coding classes with LA GATOR funds
Louisiana's GATOR scholarship runs on the Odyssey marketplace. For funded families, structured online CS courses are a clean instructional purchase.
The authoritative answer is always your program's current parent handbook. This guide helps you find the right question and category.
The program in brief
LA GATOR (Giving All True Opportunity to Rise) is Louisiana's education savings account program. Demand far outstripped first-year funding — tens of thousands applied for the initial seats — with awards averaging around $7,600 and purchases flowing through the Odyssey marketplace. Funded families spend against listed vendors and products in the portal.
Buying a structured CS course
Purchases run through the Odyssey portal; receipts and syllabi stay attached to the order.
Structured online courses fit instructional categories: sequence, assessment, completion records.
A $179–$229 course is about 3% of a typical award; the $699 Full-Year CS Program about 9%.
Courses that fit
Roblox Game Development Course (Self-Paced)
$229Build and publish real Roblox games in Luau across 25 structured lessons, with progress tracking parents can see.
View the courseMinecraft Engineering Course (Self-Paced)
$199Engineering and logic through Minecraft projects, sequenced from first circuits to complex builds.
View the courseCoding Track — Self-Paced (Semester)
$179A semester of real programming fundamentals, self-paced with auto-scored checkpoints.
View the courseFull-Year Computer Science Program
$699All four courses — Roblox, Minecraft, Coding Track, and AI Skills — as one outcome-named annual program on a single receipt.
View the courseCommon questions
Can LA GATOR funds pay for coding classes?
Structured online instruction fits the instructional categories the program publishes, with purchases flowing through the Odyssey marketplace. The program's current guidance makes the final decision on each purchase.
How much is a GATOR award?
Awards average roughly $7,600 per funded student under current rules. A $229 self-paced course uses about 3% of that; the $699 Full-Year Computer Science Program about 9%.
How do I buy a Pizuki course with GATOR funds?
Through the Odyssey portal: find the listing, purchase with scholarship funds, and the itemized receipt — student, seller, item, amount, delivery method — stays attached to the order for any review.