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Legislation

This fiscal session will be very important for teachers and support staff all across the state and at LFT we will be watching closely. Each week throughout the session we’ll send out updates to keep you informed about what’s going on. This session is only 9 weeks long and we have a lot of work to do in order to protect our rights and ensure teachers and support employees get a raise – we need all hands on deck! 

 
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 With a budget crisis looming over all other issues in the legislative session, lawmakers must still make important decisions about school safety, educator rights, retirement security and other important
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Here are some of the goals of the LFT’s lobbying team in the regular legislative session:

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Here is your source of information about the 2018 Legislative Session. See the LFT's goals for the session, catch up on our Weekly Legislative Digest, and check out the list of bills supported and opposed by the Federation.

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Keep up with the action as Governor John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Legislature try to reconfigure our state’s finances in the 2017 Regular Legislative Session.

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Here is your source for information and action in the 2016 Legislative sessions!

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Click here for information from the 2015 Legislative Session, including the LFT Weekly Legislative Digest

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Fiercely determined. Strongly protective of public education.

After years of attacks on our teachers and our schools, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers brought the fight to reclaim the promise of public education to the Louisiana Legislature.

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Find all things legislative on this Web page. The LFT Weekly Legislative Digest, the Federation’s legislative agenda, bills filed on our behalf and those we are following, and much more.

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Here is your best source of information for all things legislative during the 2013 regular legislative session. On this page you will find the LFT Weekly Legislative Digest, information about the Federation's legislative agenda, a bill chart following important legislation and more. The page will be updated frequently, so please check back often!

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