Governor Jeff Landry tells public school teachers at a press conference that the state plans to fund a two-thousand-dollar stipend that’s part of a teacher’s annual salary. Landry says in the next week, the Legislature will pass a budget for next fiscal year and somewhere inside that spending plan they will come up with the money to pay for the two-thousand-dollar stipend.
There is currently no state funding for the stipend, because the governor and the Legislature were counting on the passage of Constitutional Amendment 3, which failed on May 16th.
President of the Louisiana Association of Educators, D’Shay Oaks, predicts devastating effects for teachers if they lose out on two-thousand dollars as part of their salary…
Cut 15 (10) “…from their families”
At the SEC Spring Meetings, Commissioner Greg Sankey said the league will not take a firm stance this week on expanding the College Football Playoff from 12 to 24 teams. Sankey says instead, they will use the meetings to brief university leaders and coaches on the pros and cons of an expansion…
College football leaders have until December 1st to decide if they want to expand the C-F-P to 24 teams, 16 teams or stay at 12 for the 2027 season.
Southeastern Louisiana has won the honor of best college campus in the state according to a study done Niche, which is a college search website. S-L-U president Doctor Wiliam Wainwright says the school received high marks for its campus food, housing, diversity and social scene and all of that helps a student perform well…
Cut 4 (08) “…and graduation”