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Committee hears HB 7: constitutional rewrite would refocus rainy‑day funds, pay down pension debt and fund teacher raises
Summary
HB 7 would rewrite Article 7 to move the revenue stabilization fund into statute, free up a $2 billion payment to reduce teachers’ pension UAL and provide resources for permanent teacher pay raises while eliminating local sales tax on prescription drugs; members asked for clearer plans to backfill local revenue and early‑childhood funding.
Representative Emerson and Secretary Nelson outlined HB 7 as an Article 7 rewrite designed to consolidate stability and free up recurring savings for education. The bill would move the state’s revenue stabilization funds into statute (creating a larger, more flexible budget stabilization/rainy‑day fund), apply a $2 billion Millennium Trust payment to Louisiana’s Teachers’ Retirement System unfunded…
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