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Livingston Parish School Board approves teacher stipends and a 5% employee insurance premium increase
Summary
The Livingston Parish School Board accepted the Budget and Goals Committee report, approving teacher effectiveness and differentiated compensation stipends and a 5% increase to employee health-insurance premiums effective Jan. 1, 2026; committee discussion noted a 7.7% carrier increase this year and roughly 25% increase in premiums since February
The Livingston Parish School Board on Oct. 2025 approved teacher-effectiveness stipends and a differentiated compensation plan and voted to raise the district—s share of employee health-insurance premiums by 5% effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The Budget and Goals Committee report was read to the full board and presented for approval. Business manager Ashley Amy told the committee that "this year's premium increase is 7.7%." The committee report said premiums have risen by approximately 25% since February 2023 and that those increases have cost the district about $4,100,000.
The committee recommended acceptance of the teacher effectiveness stipends and the 2025-26 differentiated compensation stipend plan; the committee vote was…
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