It’s back to the drawing board for teachers looking for their state funded stipend to become a permanent pay raise. This, after voters reject another plan concocted by state lawmakers to accomplish that goal – this one involving the abolishment of three large education trust funds to use those revenues to pay down teacher retirement debt. Larry Carter, the president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, says it’s now up to lawmakers to come up with a plan “B.”
Cut 10 (11) “…a permanent pay.”
The stipend makes up two-thousand dollars of a teacher’s salary and one-thousand for school support workers. But Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says less revenues are coming into the state’s cofers and they don’t have the money to keep paying the stipend…
Cut 3 (09) “..amendment not passing”
LSU System President Doctor Wade Rousse provided an update on the construction of a new arena on the LSU campus. And the update is, not much is happening as they are still trying to determine how to pay for the 400-million dollar project…
Cut 8 (12) “…so on”
Rousse says a sales tax that the LSU economic development district levied is collecting dollars for the arena, but none of it has been spent.
June 27th is the runoff for the Senate Republican and Democratic primaries. The winner in those two races will face off in the November general election. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says it likely will not matter who wins the Democratic primary…
Cut 15 (12) “…being elected senator”