The state budget crafted by the Louisiana House steers new money to public school programs at the expense of early childhood education, while maintaining the governor's push to grow spending on state prisons and police. Read more here: parlouisiana.org/wp-content/upl…
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Our school districts are being run on unpaid overtime. SB 205 provides additional compensation for teachers for planning and working overtime to help kids thrive. Tell lawmakers to pass it here: actionnetwork.org/letters/fight-… LouisianaFedTeachers #RealSolutions #lalege #laed

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One of the central jobs of everyone who works in education but is not a classroom teacher should be ensuring classroom teachers have enough (time, energy, knowledge, training, resources).

If you nurture and value teachers, you nurture and value the children in front of them.

Rep. Matthew Willard went to bat for teachers today, questioning Education Secretary Cade Brumley about the dire need to raise teacher pay in Louisiana. #LaLege #LaGov #LaEd

Rep. Matthew Willard went to the floor today to fight for teacher pay raises. He shared a personal, moving story from a Louisiana teacher about the harsh realities they face.

Please take a moment and listen to this teacher’s heartbreaking testimony. #LaLege #LaGov #LaEd

Happy #SchoolBusDriversDay to all the skilled & caring school bus drivers who safely shuttle students to and from school, field trips, & afterschool activities.

So when you pick up and drop off at the bus stop today, remember: Thank your school bus driver!

Tell your legislators to send the MFP back to BESE and give educators the raise they deserve!
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Rep. McCormick's amendment that would have allowed teachers to carry firearms in schools fails to pass the House 67-27. #lalege #lagov

Louisiana Rep. Danny McCormick has highjacked a bill about allowing the governor, parish presidents and other statewide elected officials carry guns into areas where others can't.

McCormick is attempting to add an amendment to let teachers carry guns in schools. #lalege #lagov

Already getting to work with my fellow JPDEC Jefferson Parish Democrats members this morning while attending the Feeding The Children summit. We learned there are currently 22,540 kids in Jeff. Parish and 234,000 total children in Louisiana identified as food insecure. #FeedTheChildren

At Xavier Univ. of LA this morning learning about how we can fight back against food insecurity that our children in our communities face.

In a historic victory, an overwhelming majority of Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to join the UAW.

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In #lalege news…

Congrats to all my new and maintained LouisianaNBCTs!including my former coworker Ms. Bennett 👏 💙💛🩶🤍 @

Thanks to Dr. Dolores Cormier-Zenon,NBCT for representing our network so beautifully, especially after some of us couldn’t make the rescheduled date due to the weather last week. National Board

📣 HB721, the bill to arm teachers, has been pulled by Rep. Ventrella so they won’t be hearing it in committee on Wednesday! Thanks to everyone who has been sending thoughtful, courageous, and firm emails to the legislators about this bill. #lalege #lagov #laed