Louisiana Teachers Are Getting a Raise!
In the final vote on the matter, on June 03, 2019, the Louisiana House voted 104:0 to approve the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) proposed 2019-20 Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) funding, which includes an across-the-board, $1000 pay raise for teachers and other certificated personnel, plus 26% for employer contribution to the appropriate retirement system.
Non-certificated personnel will receive a $500 raise plus 29.4% for employer contribution to the appropriate retirement system.
The base per-pupil amount has also been increased from $3,961 to $4,015, or 1.375%.
Details of the approved 2019-20 MFP are in this 31-page copy of the legislation (SCR 3).
In September 2018, Louisiana governor, John Bel Edwards, said he would advocate for the teacher pay raise in Louisiana’s 2019 legislative session.
Though Melinda Deslatte of nola.com describes “weeks of bickering behind the scenes,” the MFP was passed. In Louisiana, BESE’s MFP proposal is a “take it or leave it” piece of legislation for lawmakers; they cannot amend it, and BESE was not willing to amend it.
In the end, SCR 3 had 129 sponsors. While on June 03, 2019, the Louisiana House voted unanimously to pass SCR 3 (140:0), on May 15, 2019, the Senate approved it 37:1. Senator Conrad Appel cast the lone “no” vote.
Apparently no one else wanted to be on the wrong side of this teacher pay raise approval in an election year.
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