November 2013

Prior to the 2011 election, The Parents’ Campaign asked candidates for the Legislature and statewide offices about their willingness to commit to full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program as required in state law. Here’s what the members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) had to say… Tate Reeves, Lieutenant Governor, Chair of […]

Governor Bryant has announced his budget recommendation for Fiscal Year 2015, the budget that will be decided in the coming legislative session. Governor Bryant’s budget underfunds the Mississippi Adequate Education Program by $284.5-million, despite significant increases in state revenue and a $295-million surplus at the end of the 2013 budget year. This budget demonstrates that our children’s

School District Budget Cuts Go Into Effect NBCT School District Losses Consequences for Children Most Mississippi school districts operate on very thin margins, and the vast majority of any district’s budget is made up of salaries.  Teachers operate under contract, and districts are bound by law to honor those contracts, so those salaries must be

Children go through school only once.Mississippi teachers have one year to lay the critical foundation necessary for a child to move successfully through school and into a bright future. Research has shown conclusively that, when a child is provided an ineffective education for two consecutive years, that child never fully regains his or her lost