Gov. Landry Takes to Social Media over Failed Teacher Pay Raise Amendment
Landry said other state raises are off the table unless lawmakers secure permanent teacher pay increases after voters rejected Amendment 3.
- Following the rejection of a key constitutional Amendment 3, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced that no state government employees will receive pay raises if teachers do not secure permanent salary increases this year.
- Voters rejected Amendment 3 by a margin of 42% to 58%, blocking a plan to liquidate 3 education trust funds for K-12 school systems that would have financed permanent $2,000 raises for teachers.
- Recent economic forecasts lowered the amount available for the budget by more than $100 million, leaving lawmakers struggling to find the $200 million necessary to maintain temporary teacher stipends.
- Landry holds line-item veto power and could strip any pay raises from the budget, stating, "nobody in state government gets a pay raise" if teachers do not receive permanent increases.
- Critics say the reliance on temporary stipends rather than permanent raises creates uncertainty for educators, a concern Landry addressed while serving as President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland.
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