LAWMAKERS APPROVE BUDGET AND TEACHER PAY PUSH AS SESSION ENDS

Published: June 12, 2025

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 for K-12 public school teachers and support staff.

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