Landry promises teacher stipends but pay raises are a new task force’s job

Published: May 26, 2026

By: Avery White and Gracie Thomas, LSU Manship School News Service

BATON ROUGE – Despite the failure of a constitutional amendment that would have guaranteed Louisiana public school teachers a permanent $2,000 pay raise, Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday he will find the money for stipends.

But he left unclear where the money would come from, as lawmakers had said there was no room in the budget with the legislative session concluding on Monday.

Landry hosted a press conference at the Capitol early Tuesday morning in which he laid out his intent to provide teacher stipends as well as a long-term pay raise with support from the Senate and House.

In recent years, teachers and support staff have received $2,000 and $1,000 stipends, respectively.

However, due to voters’ rejection May 16 of Amendment No. 3, which intended to give teachers a permanent pay raise through the liquidation of three state education funds, the lawmakers had said prospects had dimmed stipends in 2026.