Governor Landry tells public school teachers at a press conference that the state will indeed plan to fund a stipend as part of their salary for the next school year. Landry says as lawmakers will approve a budget in the coming days and once the spending plan hits his desk, they will decide how to pay for the two-thousand dollar stipend for the coming school year.
There’s currently no state funding for the stipend or permanent pay raise, because Constitutional Amendment 3 failed at the ballot box on May 16th.
Landry also announced the formation of a bipartisan MFP permanent pay raise task force.
A proposal to shield the public from seeing the revenue share contracts between universities and their athletes has received approval from the Senate on a 22-13 vote. Baton Rouge Senator Franklin Foil says if other SEC schools know how much LSU is giving to a particular player, it could result in other universities offering that athlete more money to play at their school…
Several senators spoke out against the legislation that’s supported by LSU. Norco Senator Gregory Miller says the state is losing sight of its priorities with this legislation…
Cut 8 (16) “…trying to protect.”
The measure heads back to the House for final legislative approval.