Appropriations Committee advances $49.4 billion budget that funds $2,000 teacher stipends, LA GATOR

Published: May 12, 2025

By:  Quinn Marceaux — LSU Manship School News Service

BATON ROUGE (Manship News Service) — The House Appropriations Committee advanced a $49.4 billion state budget Monday that funds $2,000 teacher stipends for next year, closes a nearly $200 million shortfall and balances the books without raising taxes.

To bridge the budget gap, lawmakers pieced together a solution using a mix of cuts, delayed spending and the discovery of unspent or underutilized funds tucked away in various agencies.

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