Pay raises for lawmakers are off the table. House Appropriations voted 16 to five against increased salaries of $16,800 to around 39-thousand dollars. Gretna Representative Joe Marino says being a legislator is time-consuming and a higher salary would result in more candidates wanting the job.
A bill to establish the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools under the umbrella of the GOHSEP advances from Senate finance. The center would be a single point for schools to get funding for safety programs, training, and bleeding control kits should the unthinkable happen. Clayton Bathen, who attends high school in Rapides Parish testified to committee members.
The bill heads to the Senate floor.
A bill to establish a partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Louisiana advances from House Appropriations. The bill provides funding for children ages zero to five to receive a free book monthly. New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes applauds the legislation and supports efforts to encourage children and even adults to read more.
Cut 14 (09) “…for kindergarten.”
States that partner with the Dolly Parton program have seen their literacy rates increase. The bill advances to the House floor.
House Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to discuss a bill to allow citizens to carry a concealed weapon without a permit Tuesday. Bill sponsor and Oil City Representative Danny McCormick says his bill won approval from the full House last year before it stalled out in the Senate in the wake of the Uvalde, TX school shooting…: