Overview
- Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Tuesday directing the Louisiana Department of Education and BESE to identify non‑instructional MFP allocations so $168 million can fund $2,000 teacher and $1,000 support‑staff stipends for 2026–27.
- The reallocation would require written consent equal to two‑thirds of the Legislature, to be returned by mail, before the MFP reduction can take effect.
- Landry also launched a bipartisan MFP Pay Raise Task Force charged with a top‑to‑bottom review of the funding formula and with recommending permanent pay changes by January 1, 2027.
- The governor urged local school boards to use unassigned district fund balances and to cut non‑instructional administrative spending to absorb the shift, but BESE and districts must still decide where to trim and how to protect services like security, transportation and food.
- The move follows the Legislature leaving session without a funding plan and voters rejecting Amendment 3, and it preserves one more year of stipends while leaving open how a lasting, constitutionally permitted pay fix will be paid for.