Red River United

05/27/2026

05/21/2026

🚨 ACTION NEEDED TODAY 🚨

The teacher and school employee stipend was NOT included in HB 1 this morning. While legislators tapped the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund, there is currently NO funding for educator and school employee stipends in any budget bill.

Teachers and school employees cannot afford a pay cut.

We need EVERY member, family member, and community ally to contact legislators TODAY and demand they use the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund money to protect educator pay.

📢 Please take a moment to complete the click-and-send campaign and SHARE it widely through texts, social media, and direct outreach.

✏️ TAKE ACTION HERE:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-legislators-use-the-revenue-stabilization-trust-fund-money-to-prevent-a-pay-cut

Our educators have shown up for Louisiana students every single day. Now it’s time for legislators to show up for them.

Let’s keep the pressure on. 💪

Louisiana teachers and school employees are facing a real pay cut. Legislators should use the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund to prevent the immediate loss while they continue working on a recurring plan for a permanent raise.

05/21/2026

We want to address some misconceptions regarding certified vacancies in the parishes we serve.

If a school district currently has a certified opening, then that means exactly what it says — the district should first seek and prioritize a certified teacher before placing a Temporary Authority to Teach (TAT) teacher into that classroom, even if the TAT teacher is enrolled in a teaching program.

As a union, we know how important it is for boys and girls to have a certified teacher in the classroom. That does not mean individuals working through alternative certification programs cannot be effective educators. Many absolutely can be, and many become outstanding teachers. However, the goal should always be to place a fully certified teacher in front of students whenever possible.

That is the standard we expect in every other profession. We expect lawyers to be licensed. We expect doctors and nurses to be certified. We expect barbers, electricians, and countless other professionals to meet certification and licensing requirements before practicing independently.

Public education should be no different.

The law itself recognizes this by requiring districts to demonstrate that there is “no regularly certified, competent, and suitable person available for the position” before issuing a TAT. That language matters because it reinforces that certified teachers are the preferred and intended standard for our classrooms.

Our students deserve qualified, prepared, and supported educators. And our certified teachers deserve to know that their training, experience, and professional credentials are valued.

05/20/2026

Public schools simply do not run without dedicated bus drivers. Thank you for everything you do for our students, families, and communities every single day! Enjoy your summer! 🚌❤️

05/19/2026

On Wednesday, May 20, at 6 p.m. EDT, join AFT Share My Lesson and Proof Positive, for Practical Strategies to Support Educator Wellness and Student Well-Being, the next session in our 2026 Educator Wellness Webinar Series, a free, for-credit professional learning opportunity designed to support your well-being.

Well-being doesn’t have to be one more thing on your plate. It can be integrated into what you already do. In this interactive webinar, Katie Curran from Proof Positive, shares practical, easy-to-use strategies to support educator wellness and student well-being.

Participants will be introduced to the PERMA+ framework and a selection of evidence-informed skills designed to build positive emotions, strong relationships, engagement, meaning, resilience and overall well-being.

You’ll leave with simple tools you can use right away to support connection, joy and well-being for yourself and the students you serve.

Note: Each webinar in the 2026 Wellness Series is a stand-alone professional development webinar; you can watch one or all and in any particular order that suits your needs.

Register now.

https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMUywbOP3wxdvKZxI_yGOpFFB4feFsKLwsO7r6hMPz5QgxmvJ_HVhu1-A5a9Dw6PFuHqXvcNFzUuU-BkADb82QFJ2-aJfvlSBOTPGRz1uugc7j27_dJYyx4AfLh1q-HjkYbXldGUURC_F3hDjgXf53634dcxY3snKnCG9xepXYlqt1_bX0auTcDzSw6mwUFRNciiHlQdmgA1ISBVuyjwAlyQBEDDhPK3xpdVs3zGmghujDa7yF-nDhnfFVVcAyJSkGS2c4i3zlrqP3cgFbmYWGC8ZBn43T2G6Dq76TaEuePlCGFnCd3GELb5br9UFK-dhqlp3aR-t2mWpfO_I-WGIFkHr4pLfjdY9cBgtaJ7PFByZpvl5o_epXLTixCvwF7fCaQ/4qr/fToEoH70SFemOOseBhdEjw/h3/h001.oqkxhPYLKz3YsymWNkPdBDnze5pLzLSNCZ_x9fF4XDo

Reminders:

This event is free and eligible for continuing education credit and professional development points. Learn how credit works with Share My Lesson.
If you can’t make the time of a live session, register anyway to access this and other webinars on demand with closed captioning in English and Spanish.

05/19/2026

Louisiana teachers and school employees should not face a reduction in pay while the state has resources available to prevent it.

The Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund exists to help Louisiana navigate critical financial needs, and protecting educator pay should be a priority. Teachers and support staff have continued showing up for students every single day, and lawmakers must do the same for them.

Take action today and tell legislators to use Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund dollars to prevent a pay cut for teachers and school employees.

Sign the letter here:

(https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-legislators-use-the-revenue-stabilization-trust-fund-money-to-prevent-a-pay-cut)

Our educators, students, and schools are worth the investment.

05/19/2026

Ready to drive the future and make a difference?

Caddo Schools is NOW HIRING bus drivers and attendants, and we want to meet you at our Transportation Job Fair on May 28!
Join us to learn more about rewarding opportunities to support students and schools every day.

📅 May 28, 2026
⏰ 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
📍 Wanda Gunn PD Center, 3908 Joplin Street

Start your next chapter with Caddo Schools! Learn more at caddoschools.org.

05/18/2026

Do not cut educator pay. Restore the stipend or make it permanent by June 1.

Teachers and school employees showed up to work this morning for students, just as they have always done and just as they will continue to do.

They are doing their jobs.

CA 3 was not a referendum on educators. LFT supported CA 3 after polling our membership because it was the only available path presented to make the current teacher and school employee stipend permanent and prevent a pay cut.

Governor Landry also urged voters to support CA 3 as a way to provide a permanent teacher and school employee pay raise, not another temporary stipend. He recognized that teachers have stood by Louisiana through hurricanes, epidemics, and years of uncertainty.

That commitment should not disappear because voters rejected the mechanism.

CA 3 was complicated. Many voters, including some educators, had concerns about the funding mechanism, the use of constitutionally dedicated education funds, and the confusion surrounding the amendment.

Louisiana’s recent education gains did not happen by accident, and they were not produced by policy alone. They happened because teachers and school employees showed up every day, helped students recover from COVID learning loss, implemented new literacy and numeracy requirements, completed professional development, adapted to new evaluation rubrics, managed increased data and assessment demands, and kept schools running despite rising workloads and discipline challenges.

State leaders can praise the rankings, but they cannot ignore the people who made those rankings possible.

If state leaders are going to celebrate Louisiana’s education gains, the budget should reflect that.

A budget is a statement of priorities. Louisiana continues to protect approximately $7.3 billion in tax incentives while teachers and support staff are facing a pay cut.

Louisiana cannot claim to be serious about attracting businesses that provide livable-wage jobs while cutting the pay of the certified, experienced teachers and school employees who prepare the educated workforce those businesses need.

The legislative session ends June 1. If lawmakers leave Baton Rouge without restoring the stipend or making it permanent, teachers and support staff will receive a pay cut.

No budget should leave the Capitol if it cuts educator pay.

Restore the stipend or make it permanent by June 1.

05/08/2026

Great news for Bossier Parish employees!

At the May 7, 2026 meeting, the Bossier Parish School Board officially approved the “Summer Send-Off” one-time supplement for the 2025–2026 school year.

Supplement amounts approved:
• $2,000 for professional staff
• $1,300 for support staff
• $200 for crossing guards

Eligible full-time employees active on payroll as of May 1, 2026 are expected to receive the supplement via direct deposit on May 20, 2026, according to the approved guidelines.