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Legislature passes Landry's teacher stipend order

(The Center Square) — The Louisiana legislature has approved Gov. Jeff Landry’s order to shift $168 million in the state’s school funding formula toward one-time educator stipends, according to three lawmakers.

The House vote was 76-8, with one abstention, clearing the two-thirds threshold Landry needs in that chamber. The Senate passed the order 37-1, with Sen. Royce Dupless, D-New Orleans opposed…

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