BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana House advanced two bills that would make pay raises for K-12 public school teachers and staff in the state permanent if approved by the full Legislature. House Bill 5, authored by state Rep. Tony Bacala, R-Prairieville, requires school systems to give a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued by the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana. HB5 is an accompaniment to House Bill 7, authored by state Rep. Julie Emerson, R-Carencro, which is a constitutional amendment that seeks to streamline rebates, tax exemptions and credits. Under HB7, three funding sources, including the Education Excellence Fund, the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund and the Louisiana Quality Education Support Fund would be removed from Louisiana's constitution. Louisiana Senate passes proposed bill that would let the state create business courts Funds from these three sources would pay down around $2 billion in debt from the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana and provide permanent teacher salary increases. Under HB5, local school districts would be directed to use the money they would have put toward debt to give every teacher a $2,000 permanent pay raise and $1,000 for every school support staff. HB5 passed the House with a 99-0 vote on Thursday, Nov. 14, while HB7 passed the House with an 81-15 vote on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Both bills now head to the Senate. Latest News This Week in Louisiana Politics: tax session, homeless sweep, and Trump cabinet Pollster Ann Selzer steps aside in wake of huge Iowa poll miss Husband and wife hit same deer just seconds apart Elon Musk is hiring for DOGE. Here's the type of people he wants to recruit New Orleans Saints win 35-14 against Cleveland Browns