Deadline: Pay cuts or Funding cuts 

 Julie O’Donoghue  Louisiana Illuminator 

 Louisiana lawmakers now have deadline to choose between teacher pay cut or school funding reduction 

Louisiana lawmakers have until 5 p.m on June 23 to cast their vote on whether to shift $168 million from public school operations to another year of public school teacher pay stipends. (Photo by Spenser Heaps/Utah News Dispatch) 

Louisiana lawmakers have until 5 p.m June 23 to cast their vote on whether to shift $168 million from public school operations to another year of public school teacher pay stipends. 

The move would help Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and legislators avoid a looming pay cut of $2,000 for teachers and $1,000 for support workers that will otherwise go into effect July 1. 

But it will leave every public school district, including charter schools, with less funding to take care of other costs such as insurance, building maintenance, administrative expenses, grounds upkeep and construction, according to a presentation the Louisiana Department of Education posted online.