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The plan approved by the board retains an effectiveness stipend of $300 for teachers rated highly effective and allocates stipends for coaches and teacher-leaders: $1,500 for instructional coaches not already receiving a stipend, $2,500 for district literacy and numeracy coaches and academic interventionists, and $1,000 per teacher providing school-level leadership, with school distributions scaled by each school’s number of teachers.

District staff summarized the plan and historic stipend amounts, saying the board paid annual teacher-effectiveness stipends from 2013 to 2023 at tiers of $100, $200 and $300 for emerging, proficient and highly effective ratings and increased those amounts in 2023–24. Staff reported the total cost of the teacher-effectiveness stipends for 2024–25 was $1,109,000, with Livingston Parish Public Schools (LPPS) responsible for $638,000 and the remainder charged to differentiated compensation funds. Staff estimated the 2025–26 cost would be roughly the same, with $471,429 charged to differentiated compensation funds and $638,000 charged to LPPS. Staff told the board that if funds remain after the 2025–26 school year they would be used in 2026–27 for additional highly effective teacher stipends and leadership stipends as funds allow.

Richard Baker, representing the Livingston Federation of Teachers and School Employees and the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and School Employees, urged the board to use the funds for a cost-of-living adjustment rather than tying pay increases to performance measures. \"It is hard for educators who are doing their best to be told that they must perform better in order to earn an effectiveness stipend,\" Baker said. \"We would ask the board to consider using these funds instead to provide a cost of living adjustment to all employees.\" Baker also described statewide survey results he collects for the Louisiana Federation of Teachers to underscore concerns about teacher pay and the local impact.

Board member Lee moved to accept the differentiated compensation plan; Rosell seconded. The board voted by voice and the motion carried.

The board's approved plan allocates remaining differentiated compensation funds first to effectiveness stipends and leadership stipends for 2025–26, with any additional balance carried into 2026–27 for the same purposes. The board did not adopt a districtwide cost-of-living adjustment at this meeting.

Board materials and staff remarks indicated the state allotment for differentiated compensation decreased from the previous year by $1,055; staff reported the allotment was released to LPPS on Sept. 12, 2025. Staff also noted the state allows differentiated compensation funds to be spent in four categories: stipends for teachers in state-designated critical shortage areas, stipends for highly effective teachers, stipends for teachers in schools with an 85% or higher economically disadvantaged rate, and stipends for teachers in leadership positions.

The district will proceed to distribute the stipends in 2025–26 as approved; if funds remain they will be used the following school year as described by staff.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","LPPS Budget/Goals Committee Meeting 9/30/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Livingston Parish School Board approved its 2025–26 differentiated compensation distribution plan, keeping a teacher effectiveness stipend and creating leadership stipends. A representative of the Livingston Federation of Teachers urged that the funds instead be used for a districtwide cost-of-living adjustment.","taxTitle","Livingston Parish, School Boards, Louisiana","taxId",14439,"location","Louisiana","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6457541,"Livingston Parish School Board approves sharing 2026 OGB premium increase with employees, sets 5% employee rate rise",567,380020,947735,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5860909-3d1fc6fa74937de9707ff038eb0f79ee&start=380&end=947","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5860909-3d1fc6fa74937de9707ff038eb0f79ee/thumbnail_380020.jpg","/articles/6457541/Louisiana/Livingston-Parish-School-Board-approves-sharing-2026-OGB-premium-increase-with-employees-sets-5-employee-rate-rise","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6457541-2ad29c14b7bbb69fdce17e60775e3e3c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771128927&Signature=eeHLnwwrQWixcOODcWS6e7MhRHWHVG~Dg0j3KCcSwkMVT2XAh2zBXunl7QAtAJi7lJY5dMDpGamUju0E1FzVBvtpE16TYDJKn~8tAEnFHWwUqpMeZpgnpnogpSRnReF46EBAsGW-hoxWhZk~oqq7MSgw2leN2UtDjxw3FBQgmy3YWEqagA88ru9CL2WR-CHOCsGfQX-uo~Mu2Naa3PWyITXNrn5DEs1s615HS~QuDqrr2RhfvrreKZ6ekzI9NL5l2JEg9Oq3aKNS6TGlG~ptBmZghIAZsq5ewMbwjZWUXmMxsJ9nQSnveaTI55VHGcLIp5tyW9ZpDfzNefKzAzuCOA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Livingston Parish School Board voted to apply a 5% increase to employee health insurance premiums for 2026, choosing a middle option the board said balanced district cost pressures and employee affordability.

Business Manager Ashley Hammond presented two options for responding to a 7.7% Office of Group Benefits (OGB) premium increase: a 5% employee premium increase that would raise district costs by an estimated $487,000 (total district cost about $2.7 million) or a 7% employee premium increase that staff estimated would raise district costs by $243,000 (total district cost about $2.5 million). Hammond said since the board began absorbing employee premium increases in 2023, premiums have risen about 25% and the board's additional annual cost has totaled about $4.1 million.

\"We are asking that the board vote to help the employees by keeping the insurance premiums the same as last year,\" said Richard Baker, representing the Livingston Federation of Teachers and School Employees and the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and School Employees, during public comment. Baker cited survey results about salary pressure and second-job rates among Livingston teachers and urged protection of take-home pay.

Hammond said the first option (a 5% increase above current employee rates) would result in sample monthly increases on the Magnolia Local Plus plan of about $9.82 for employee-only coverage, $31.90 for employee-and-spouse, $14.14 for employee-and-children and $34.18 for family coverage. Hammond told the board that because the district had absorbed prior OGB increases, district contributions per family on Magnolia Local Plus had risen by roughly $1,500 annually since 2022–23.

A board member moved to adopt the 5% employee premium increase; another board member seconded. The board voted by voice and the motion carried.

Board members thanked staff for finding a compromise between fully absorbing the OGB increase and passing the full increase to employees. One board member noted the district has absorbed 17.25% in increases over the last three years and said the 5% approach covers most of the current OGB rise while sharing part of the increase with employees.

The board directed staff to implement the 5% adjustment to employee rates beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and to report any further budgetary implications to the board. Individual premium dollar amounts will vary by plan and dependent status; staff provided sample amounts for the Magnolia Local Plus plan during the presentation.","The board voted to increase employee insurance premiums by 5% above current employee rates for 2026, after staff presented two options and union testimony urging premiums be kept flat.","actionData","errors"]

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Livingston Parish School Board approves 2025–26 differentiated compensation plan; union urges cost-of-living increase instead

Livingston Parish School Board approves sharing 2026 OGB premium increase with employees, sets 5% employee rate rise