Educators in Louisiana are celebrating a milestone. The high school graduation rate is one of the highest ever and also above the national average in African American graduation rates according to Superintendent of Education John White.
There are differing opinions in how much educators should receive in raises among lawmakers.
The Senate passed a 3.8 billion dollar measure for education that includes a 1,000 dollar teacher pay raise, a 500 dollar raise for support personnel and a 39 million dollar block grant to school districts.
Winnfield Senator Gerald Long supports the increase.
However the House passed a one thousand-two-hundred dollar teacher pay raise and wants more money for early childhood education.
A House Bill aims to put convicted animal abusers on the map, or at least in a database similar to sex offenders. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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