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Lafayette Parish superintendent outlines plan to raise teacher pay, propose new stipends and bonuses
Summary
Superintendent presented a draft 2025–26 teacher pay and incentive plan proposing a $50,000 starting salary, across‑the‑board increases and new stipends and bonuses; funding would come from district savings and sales tax revenues and the plan remains a draft with school and teacher feedback to be gathered.
Superintendent Touchet presented a draft proposal for the Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) 2025–26 teacher salary scale and incentive plan, saying the plan would raise the starting salary and add stipends and performance bonuses.
Touchet told the school board that the proposal is “a first look” and a draft for board and public feedback. “We increase teacher salaries for every single teacher here in Lafayette Parish and that means we start off with 0 years experience and $50,000 for those teachers,” he said, describing the baseline pay the administration is…
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