Senate Finance Committee restores $33 million for teacher stipends

Published: May 23, 2024

By: Maddie Scott, LSU Manship School News Service

BATON ROUGE–Lawmakers are adding back some of the money for public school teacher stipends next year, and they gave final approval Thursday to bills that would ban gender discussions and COVID-19 vaccines in schools. 

The Senate Finance Committee restored $33 million for teacher stipends Wednesday evening after the House had cut the funds last month. The money was added back into next year’s budget in response to recent projections that tax revenues will increase in fiscal 2025, which starts July 1.

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