BATON ROUGE, La. ( KTAL/KMSS ) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry addressed teachers after voters rejected a key amendment to the state’s education law.
Amendment 2 , which was supported by the Louisiana Federation of Teachers , aimed to permanently increase the salaries of teachers and school staff while also eliminating retirement debt. For the past two years, teachers and support staff received temporary stipends of $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. The proposed amendment would have made these stipends a permanent part of their salaries, but voters overwhelmingly rejected the measure during the election on March 29.
With the additional funding now at risk, Landry said in an open letter he is working to clarify the situation…