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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 297
BY REPRESENTATIVES JENKINS, BOYD, AND GLOVER
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to recognize
and include increased funding, as provided in House Bill No. 1 of the 2023 Regular
Session, when developing and adopting a minimum foundation program formula for
the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year and in future years.
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 13(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana requires the
State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to develop and adopt, annually,
a formula which is to be used to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program
(MFP) of education in all public elementary and secondary schools; and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2023, BESE adopted such a formula to determine the cost
and allocation of funds for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year, and on March 15, 2023, submitted
it to the legislature; and
WHEREAS, an instrument providing for legislative approval of the formula was
introduced for consideration, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2; and
WHEREAS, the proposed formula includes, among other components, provisions
for: increased funding for pay raises and associated retirement costs, funding for
differentiated compensation, funding for an apprenticeship program, and funding for Ecole
Pointe au Chien; and
WHEREAS, the formula includes an across the board $2,000 pay raise plus the
current year applicable retirement contribution for certificated personnel; and
WHEREAS, the formula also includes an across the board $1,000 pay raise plus the
current year applicable retirement contribution for noncertificated personnel; and
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WHEREAS, in order to provide for funding these components of the formula in an
amount determined by the legislature, the legislature intends to amend House Bill No. 1 of
the 2023 Regular Session in order to provide for this funding outside of the formula by
directing the state Department of Education to allocate such funds in the same manner in
which they would have been allocated pursuant to the MFP formula; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the legislature that this increase in funding, although
provided for outside of the MFP formula for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year, be recognized and
included by the BESE in future years.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education to recognize and include provision for increased funding to provide
the $2,000 pay raise for certificated personnel and $1,000 pay raise for noncertificated
personnel along with related employer retirement contributions as provided in House Bill
No. 1 of the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature when developing and adopting a
minimum foundation program formula for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year and in future years.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
governor, commissioner of administration, president of the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education, and state superintendent of education.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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