Governor scores big win as $1,000 teacher pay raises clear crucial committee
Gov. John Bel Edwards' bid to boost teacher pay by $1,000 per year, and ensure the increases are recurring, cleared a pivotal hurdle Sunday when the previously skeptical Louisiana House Appropriations Committee endorsed the plan without objection.
The measure, Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, would also authorize pay raises of $500 for support workers and increase state aid for public schools by $39 million, which would be the second such increase in the past decade.
The plan is the governor's top election-year legislative priority, and Sunday's vote boosts chances it will become reality.
The push has been slowed in the House for months amid concerns by its leaders that the state could not afford both teacher pay raises and a boost in state aid for public schools – $140 million.
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