Governor Landry announces task force to secure permanent teacher pay raises

BATON ROUGE, La. — Governor Jeff Landry, along with Senate President Cameron Henry and House Speaker Philip Devillier, announced the creation of a bipartisan MFP Pay Raise Task Force focused on delivering permanent pay raises for Louisiana teachers and support staff without raising taxes. The task force will conduct a top-to-bottom review of the state's Minimum Foundation Program to develop a long-term, sustainable funding structure for teacher pay raises. The task force will include legislative leaders, BESE representatives, educators, school systems, and business leaders.

“For too many years, teachers have been promised ‘next year.’ That ends now.” said Governor Landry. “Temporary stipends are not a strategy. Permanent raises must be built into the formula. And we are committed to delivering a permanent raise and fixing the system the right way for our teachers-all while not raising taxes.”