Lawmakers Approve Budget and Teacher Pay Push as Session Wraps up - American Press

LPSS approves $805M budget; raises teacher pay

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The Lafayette Parish School System has approved an $805 million budget for the upcoming year. This new budget includes a significant raise for first-year teachers, setting their salaries at $50,000, and provides compensation for staff…

Lawmakers approve budget and teacher pay push as session wraps up

BATON ROUGEThe Louisiana House voted 98-1 Thursday to give final legislative approval to $53.5 billion budget package for the upcoming fiscal year without objecting to any of the major changes that the Senate had made earlier this week.With three hours to go in the session, lawmakers also agreed to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment in a new attempt to fund permanent salary raises for K-12 public school teachers and support staff.V…

Louisiana Legislature approves budget, teacher pay push as session wraps up

The House voted 98-1 Thursday to approve a $53.5 billion budget without objecting to any of the major changes the Senate had made earlier this week.

Lawmakers approve budget and teacher pay push as session wraps up - American Press

By Anna Puleo | LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana House voted 98-1 Thursday to give final legislative approval to $53.5 billion budget package for the upcoming fiscal year without objecting to any of the major changes that the Senate had made earlier this week. With three hours to go in the session, lawmakers also agreed to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment in a new attempt to fund permanent salary raises…

Louisiana teachers will get $2,250 permanent pay raises under new law, if voters approve

Louisiana voters will return to the polls to decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment that would permanently raise teacher salaries by $2,250 and support staff salaries by $1,125 under a pair of bills that received final passage in the…

Lawmakers Approve Budget and Teacher Pay Push as Session Wraps Up

Gov. Jeff Landry had mixed success in the spring legislative session By Anna Puleo/LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE—The Louisiana House voted 98-1 Thursday to give final legislative approval to $53.5 billion budget package for the upcoming fiscal year without objecting to any of the major changes that the Senate had made earlier this week. With three hours to go in the session, lawmakers also agreed to ask voters to approve a constitu…