re: No raise for teachers & Judges have to retire @ 70 years of age

Base pay for teachers in LA is $50k. They are paid adequately.

CNA’s EMT’s, Bankers, etc. are underpaid professions

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It doesn’t require a state amendment to actually give a raise.

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Correct. It does, however, require funds, which this would have provided.

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It also kills 3 funds that go to important things needed in school that the government does not have in writing how it will continue to provide it.

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More than adequately replaced by the savings that would have gone to debt payments.

In St. Tammany, it would equate to 11 million more per year. Those programs would have been more than covered (and then some).

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After this year the “raise” is not guaranteed since it would ultimately fall back to the local school district.

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Again, districts flush with cash.

In St. Tammany, it would have equated to three raises over time.

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Four frick Landry and his grubby paws trying to give out more money to La Gator.

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So children should be stuck in shitty schools?

Take the money out of the school board administration. Replace so much of it with AI if able. But administrators are making way too much bank.

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Base pay is 50,000.

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Several parishes get paid less than that especially to start.

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they are there just to line their pockets in their new 6 figure role and implement narcissistic tasks so they can feel important in their role.

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In the military this is known as a self-licking ice-cream cone. And our education system is full of them nation wide.

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This is the 2nd consecutive time that people refuse to increase pay for teachers.

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If they would make changes with their unions that allowed shitty teachers to get fired then I might would consider. Half the cars parked out our school board office is teachers that have been removed from the classroom and have do nothing admin jobs because they can’t be fired.

The amendment did appear to be the old “bait and switch”…

All of the Amendments were a little shady, imo…

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They are worried about the State stealing from the retirement fund and the raise is the bait.

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Teachers are stoopid

The raise was coming from constitutionally protected, untouched EDUCATION funds, with that money going to the RETIREMENT fund

The shift in funding mechanism would allow locals to decrease their retirement funding, and have money for raises. Heres your proof

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Louisiana teachers face pay cut after voters reject plan to drain education trust funds

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Amendment 3 would have indirectly financed pay raises by draining the state’s education trust funds. The money would have been used to pay off debt in the state’s teacher retirement system early, and schools would have been required to use the resulting savings to cover raises. The targeted trust funds support education initiatives in the state from early through higher education.

That means educators are facing a pay cut — $2,000 for teachers and $1,000 for support staff

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Now they are going to get a pay cut. Why, you ask? Because the law requires the retirement account to be funded. That money will come from local budgets, who will now have less to pay salaries

It aint rocket surgey

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They’re actually one of the most underpaid professionals in our country.

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Nope. Complete lie. With very few exceptions, they're paid above their market value.

Teachers pay should be based on student performance - both in terms of academic achievement and moral disposition.

Teacher's unions should be criminalized. But if allowed to continue should be dedicated to that states pertinent issues and have no connection to national unions, nor should be allowed to be part of any activity not related directly to the state's educational status. No political affiliation should be tolerated at the union level. No money from any source outside the state should be allowed. No contributions of a state union to any action outside the state lines or for topics directly related to educational improvement within the state should be permitted.

If they want to be teachers make them teach fundamentally important topics as an absolute requirement, before any sort of 'political' item of any kind is even mentioned.

Sort out the lazy and incompetent ones and kick they out - reward good teachers who stick to the topics.

I had great teachers - none of whom would fit into today's collections of 'lets become communists and learn to suck the state tit"

My teachers all inspired me to become a better citizen and shoot for the stars. I recall having only one teacher who did not seem interested in the progression of his students and he only lasted 2 years. But he was real good with a yo-yo.