Governor Jeff Landry signed an executive order directing BESE to reallocate 168-million dollars of non-instructional funding in the public school budget to prevent a potential teacher pay cut. School superintendents, however, say they need more money because of rising fuel costs, insurance and other expenses.
Landry says since 1988, Louisiana’s K-through-12 enrollment has dropped by more than 111-thousand students, yet the cost to educate each child has increased 67-percent……
Cut 10 (07) “…priorities problem.”
Former Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany told Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana about his visit to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and observe some of the country’s humanitarian efforts. He says the images we see at home do not tell the whole story.
Leah Long, the state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, says the organization is pleased with how the legislative session went. One bill spurring the sentiment is one that modernizes the state’s workers’ comp system and helps reduce costs for small businesses.
Cut 4 (12) “…employee making money.”
Long says the organization was also playing defense with some bills that it did not agree with, including those which would have imposed new labor mandates and regulatory mandates on small businesses.
The LHSAA announced it would be relocating three State Championships this upcoming school year. The Boys’ Basketball State Championships will return to the CAJUNDOME in Lafayette for the first time since 2011. The Powerlifting State Championships will move to the West Monroe Sports and Events Complex, and the State Wrestling Championships will return to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.