Aubri Juhasz

Both chambers of the Louisiana legislature cleared the two-third majority threshold to approved the plan Wednesday, despite a legal challenge, and a survey showing nearly 70% of teachers oppose it.

Louisiana’s Attorney General filed a joint brief with the Justice Department and the Bossier Parish School Board, asking a judge to dismiss a 1964 desegregation order.

Gov. Jeff Landry made a social media post saying that if teachers do not get a pay raise, then no one in state government will get one. It is a reference to HB1201, which would give the governor and other statewide officials raises

Governor Jeff Landry will ask lawmakers to double the budget for the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program for the 2026-27 academic school year. Last year's budget request was cut in half, in turn, cutting the available scholarships by half.

A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the Ten Commandments must be displayed in public school classrooms in Texas and Louisiana.

Although teachers typically receive better benefits than other professionals, researchers found that advantage wasn’t enough to offset the wage gap, not even by half.

Louisiana’s head of special education says there were no findings of wrongdoing in the audit.

House Bill 5, approved by the Louisiana Senate 39-0, requires public school systems to increase teacher pay by $2,000, and $1,000 for support staff.

According to the nation’s report card, Louisiana 4th graders led the country in reading growth. And economically disadvantaged 4th graders moved from 42nd all the way to 11th.

"If the state wants districts to pay teachers more then they need to send more money to schools." - Dannie Garrett, the Louisiana School Boards Association, (LSBA) executive counsel