Act 222 (2025 Regular Session)
Louisiana SOS results portal labels itself "Unofficial Results" generically; data file is complete (3,722/3,722 precincts) and was written 2026-06-14, after the canvass. A separately published certified canvass document was not located.
Official SOS statement (Present Constitution / Proposed Amendment summaries) exists in the summaries PDF; not extracted verbatim because it is a 2-column layout.
GAP-FILL 2026-10-10: fiscal_impact quoted verbatim from Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office, Fiscal Note - HB473 Enrolled (25RS), Expenditure and Revenue Explanation sections (https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425427). Single-sourced (one official document). Five-year expenditure/revenue tables in the note are not reproduced; see URL.
GAP-FILL 2026-10-10: result replaced with official figures from Louisiana Secretary of State election-results data feed (voterportal.sos.la.gov), May 16, 2026, statewide totals; file write time 2026-06-14 (https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/ElectionResults/ElectionResults/Data?blob=20260516/Votes_Multiparish.htm). Previous value: 'Failed — 42% yes / 58% no (rounded %, WRKF; official SOS vote counts not retrieved)'.
Do you support an amendment to fund a $2,250 teacher pay raise and $1,125 support staff pay raise by utilizing the remaining savings from paying down the debt of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana with monies from certain constitutional funds? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(1), (2), and (4), (B), and (C)(1); Adds Article VII, Section 10.17; Repeals Article VII, Sections 10(F)(4)(d), 10.1, 10.8(A)(3) and (C)(3), and 10.16(A)(9))
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Act 222 (2025 Regular Session) - Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(1), (2), and (4), (B), and (C)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to enact Article VII, Section 10.17, and to repeal Article VII, Sections 10(F)(4)(d), 10.1, 10.8(A)(3) and (C)(3), and 10.16(A)(9), relative to monies in the state treasury; to repeal the Education Excellence Fund within the Millennium Trust, the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund, and the Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund; to apply monies held in those funds to liabilities of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana and to require local public school systems to pay a teacher pay raise with savings realized from payment of those retirement system liabilities; to require additional state general fund expenditures for the Minimum Foundation Program relative to such pay raises; to direct the state treasurer to take certain actions with respect to monies in repealed funds; to provide for calculation and transfer of such monies to the Overcollections Fund for use by specified entities pursuant to outlined restrictions; to execute technical changes; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION Proposed legislation dissolves the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund (Permanent Fund), the Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund (Support Fund), and the Education Excellence Fund (EEF), and transfers the balances to the amortization base of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL). The beginning FY 25 balances in the three funds totaled nearly $2 B (Permanent Fund - $1.45 B; Support Fund - $36.2 M; and EEF - $482 M) The elimination of these trust funds as constitutionally protected revenue sources is expected to result in an increase in local fund expenditures to supplant allocations made to educational entities from these funds. While entities with employees enrolled in TRSL will also realize some cost savings, estimated to be $236.2 M for the K-12 plan, actual impacts will not be known until the time the funds are fully liquidated, their balances transferred to TRSL, and the retirement contribution rate of TRSL is re-amortized. The LFO cannot quantify the net gain or loss any individual system may realize. The proposed constitutional amendment removes these dedicated funding streams and transfers the remaining balances of the funds to the TRSL for the purpose of paying down a portion of its unfunded accrued liability (UAL). Concerning monies in the Education Excellent Fund, the Department of Treasury is directed to work with the Department of Education (LDOE) to determine the amounts held to the credit of a political subdivision or school and transfer that amount to the Overcollections Fund, where LDOE will be permitted to draw down money without an appropriation through the end of FY 27. Similarly, monies held in the Permanent Fund and the Support Fund that are held to the credit of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Board of Regents (BoR) are to be transferred to the Overcollections Fund, however expenditures will require an appropriation. Transfer of the remaining balances of all three funds to TRSL is to be completed no later than 5/31/26. Continued on Page Two REVENUE EXPLANATION The combined revenue generated from investments and royalties for the three education funds in FY 24 was approximately $68 M. This recurring source of funding would no longer be available for future appropriation after the funds’ dissolution. Revenues to the TOPS Fund and the Health Excellence Fund are expected to increase as, upon dissolution of the EEF, interest earnings on the Millenium Trust Fund will be deposited evenly between them. Senate x
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Both columns use the same layout. Text is quoted from the official state guide. Views expressed belong to the argument authors.