(The Center Square) â The Louisiana Senate Education Committee endorsed a $94.7 million spending increase Tuesday to cover raises for teachers and school support staff.
The boost to the stateâs Minimum Foundation Program, which is better known as the MFP and represents the main state contribution to K-12 education funding, is meant to pay for $800 raises for teachers and $400 increases for other staff.
The stateâs Revenue Estimating Conference, which decides how much money state lawmakers have to spend, may raise the stateâs official revenue projection Tuesday, which could allow for bigger raises. Louisiana teachers reportedly make about $4,000 less than the southern average. Gov. John Bel Edwards and many legislators would like to get state teachersâ average salaries closer to that of their peers.
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By Nathan Prewett
LEEDS – Six Leeds High School (LHS) students who scored a 30 or higher on the ACT were recognized at a meeting of the Leeds Board of Education on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Leeds High School tennis coach Jeff Thomas brought his team to the meeting where he thanked the board for their help in expenses for a trip to Mobile. In addition to playing tennis games there, the team spent time at the beaches and toured the U.S.S. Alabama.
From left to right: Joseph Whitcomb, Emma Terry, Hannah Stone, Josie McGuire, and Zachary Flowers.
Afterward, the board recognized the six LHS students. These were: Zachary Flowers, Josie McGuire, Hannah Stone, Emma Terry, Joseph Whitcomb and Jonathan Robbins. Each student was given a plaque and a certificate. Robbins was not in attendance at the meeting.