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(The Center Square) – 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 state’s 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 state’s Revenue Estimating Conference, which decides how much money state ...

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved revisions to the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula to increase proposed teacher and support personnel pay raises but is it enough?

Louisiana state school board requests $94.7M spending increase for teacher, staff raises David Jacobs, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner Louisiana’s top school board will ask the Louisiana Legislature for a $94.7 million spending boost to cover raises for teachers and other school staff. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved revisions Wednesday to the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula for the 2021-22 school year, which repr...

BESE revises MFP formula to increase proposed pay raises for La. teachers and support personnel BESE has approved revisions to the MFP formula for the 2021-2022 school year to increase proposed teacher and support personnel pay raises. (Source: Live 5 News/Generic Photo) By WAFB Staff | May 12, 2021 at 2:18 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 2:18 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved revisions to the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP)...

On Wednesday, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved formula revisions to increase proposed teacher and support staff pay raises.

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BESE approves teacher pay raises in 2021-22 education funding formula (Source: Pexels) By Kaitlyn Gibson | March 10, 2021 at 12:05 PM CST - Updated March 14 at 11:46 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) — The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) unanimously approved the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula for the 2021-22 school year, increasing state education funding by an estimated $80 million. Approximately half of the formula will fund an annual pay raise of $400...

Teachers get vaccine; Turner speaks to school board — Caleb Daniel Leader photo by CALEB DANIEL State Rep. Chris Turner (standing) gives an update on legislative activity to the Lincoln Parish School Board at the board’s regular meeting Tuesday. Every public school teacher and support employee who wanted the COVID-19 vaccine will have received at least one dose by week’s end, less than two weeks after school workers became eligible for ...

Lottery drawings produce $10.4 million in winnings in January While scratch-off winners claim $18.9 Million Louisiana Lottery and last updated 2021-02-04 11:54:41-05 BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Lottery Corporation reported more than $10.4 million in winning tickets for its draw-style games during January highlighted by three Easy 5 jackpot-winning tickets totaling $262,920. Also during January, scratch-off players claimed nearly $18.9 million in cash prizes. January’s draw-style game ...