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Board gives superintendent discretion to advance LDOE and district stipends after staff survey
Summary
After public comments urging earlier payments, the board moved to allow the superintendent to release both state (LDOE) stipends and district sales-tax stipends earlier than calendar dates if feasible; the board also directed staff to survey employees about timing preferences.
The Committee of the Whole discussed the timing of two staff stipend distributions and moved to give Superintendent Cole discretion to release the funds earlier than the dates listed on the agenda. An online commenter asked the board to move LDOE stipends from Nov. 26 to September or early October so teachers would receive timely support. Board members said neighboring parishes have earlier distributions and asked whether the…
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