All Roll Calls
Yes: 386 • No: 1
LouisianaHB 4662025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
TEACHERS/SALARY: Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsored By: Josh Carlson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Permanent raises for Louisiana school employees
The law requires permanent annual base raises of $2,250 for certificated school employees and $1,125 for noncertificated employees, plus related benefits. It covers Louisiana public school systems, including charter schools, that participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana. The raises depend on adoption and effectiveness of the constitutional amendment in HB 473 of the 2025 Regular Session. They start the school year after the salary section takes effect, subject to appropriations and available funding. Systems must use retirement contribution savings caused by the state's payment of certain unfunded retirement debt. Raises must appear in salary schedules, cover employees on approved leave, and cannot replace existing pay or supplements. Covered employees are identified through official staffing data as of October 1 of the school year receiving the increase. Systems must report implementation by December 31 that year; the education department reports to legislative education committees by March 1 afterward.
Limits on leftover school retirement savings
After fully funding required raises and related benefits, school systems can spend leftover retirement savings only on listed uses. These include staff in critical-shortage areas, summer enrichment staff, early childhood programs for at-risk children, school security, and technology. Shortage areas include special education, grades 6–12 math and science, and other areas defined by the state education board. Systems can also provide extra raises, with uniform amounts within each employee group: certificated and noncertificated. Extra raises must include related benefits and employees on approved leave. The law sets no leftover funding amount or required share for each use; spending remains subject to appropriations and funding availability. Systems must report any excess savings spent by December 31 of the year a raise is provided.
Required math training with optional teacher stipends
Louisiana public school math teachers in grades 4–8 must complete an approved numeracy course by August 1, 2025. Kindergarten–grade 3 math teachers must finish by August 1, 2027. Approved courses completed within five years before the applicable deadline count, and teachers must document completion to their school. Grades 4–8 math teachers hired after July 31, 2025, have two years after hiring to document completion. Kindergarten–grade 3 math teachers hired after July 31, 2027, have the same two-year deadline. The law does not extend teachers’ normal workday. Schools can offer stipends for training outside normal hours or combine stipends with training during work time. Stipends are optional, and the law sets no amount. The law sets March 1, 2024, as the deadline for the education department's approved-course list. School boards must report completion numbers and percentages by May 1, 2026, and annually afterward, with data included in school progress profiles. The state education board must adopt implementation rules; allowable state and federal funding remains subject to appropriations and availability.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Josh Carlson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Republican • House
Beryl Amedée
Republican • House
C. Denise Marcelle
Democratic • House
Charles Owen
Republican • House
Daryl Andrew Deshotel
Republican • House
Julie Emerson
Affiliation unavailable
Kathy Edmonston
Republican • House
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson
Republican • House
Ken Brass
Democratic • House
Kim Carver
Republican • House
Laurie Schlegel
Republican • House
Michael Melerine
Republican • House
Michael Robert Bayham Jr.
Republican • House
Pat Moore
Democratic • House
Phillip DeVillier
Republican • House
Raymond J. Crews
Republican • House
Stephanie H. Berault
Republican • House
Tehmi Jahi Chassion
Democratic • House
Tony Bacala
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
Yes: 98 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
Yes: 36 • No: 0
House vote • 6/10/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
Yes: 93 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/9/2025
The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 39 • No: 0
House vote • 5/12/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 95 • No: 1
House vote • 5/6/2025
Reported favorably
Yes: 16 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 366.
6/20/2025HouseEffective date: See Act.
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/13/2025HouseConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
6/12/2025HouseRules suspended.
6/12/2025HouseConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
6/12/2025HouseNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025SenateConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
6/12/2025SenateNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/12/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/12/2025SenateSenate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Jackson-Andrews, and Mizell.
6/11/2025SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
6/11/2025SenateNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
6/11/2025HouseHouse conferees appointed: Carlson, Schlegel, and Emerson.
6/11/2025HouseRead by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
6/10/2025HouseNotice House rejected the Senate amendments.
6/10/2025SenateRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
6/9/2025SenateThe amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/9/2025SenateReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/9/2025HouseScheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
6/8/2025SenateReported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/4/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/4/2025Senate
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