The House did not take up the funding bill today, so there is still time to make those calls! We are expecting that debate tomorrow shortly after the House convenes at 10 a.m. You can watch it here. Here are the facts you need to know: An increase of $307.8-million would be required to fully fund the Mississippi […]
Still Time to Contact Representatives; Ed Funding Debate Tomorrow Read More »
You are terrific! Both the third-grade reading gate bill and the assistant teacher pay-raise bill were moved forward today. They will now go to the Senate for debate. It is likely that the final bill we were watching, the bill to move from average daily attendance to average enrollment for the MAEP calculation, will be moved
Third-Grade Reading and Assistant Teacher Pay-Raise Bills Move to Senate Read More »
Thank you, thank you for your faithful work on behalf of Mississippi children! Tomorrow is a critical day for three important education bills that are still pending: the reading gate, assistant teacher pay-raise, and average daily membership bills. HB 745 holds harmless this year’s third-graders for the first-year results of a new high-stakes reading test. Without
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Today, the Senate chose private academies over students with special needs, passing SB 2695, the bill that provides vouchers to pay tuition at private schools that are not required to provide special education services to children. Astoundingly, 32 senators voted down an amendment that would have provided funding for direct services for up to 4,000
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A bill that would hold Mississippi third-graders harmless for the first-year results of a new high-stakes reading test and delay retentions for one year could die without your help. A majority of the House supports the amended version of the bill that allows children who don’t meet the (as of yet undetermined) cut score to progress
Amended Bill Holds 3rd Graders Harmless on New State Test Read More »
Legislators have gone home for the weekend, and they need to hear from you. Here’s the good news… None of the troublesome bills we told you about earlier in the week have been debated as of yet, so there is still time to influence your legislators’ votes. The even better news is that word is
A Chance to Stop the Privatizers – #All4PubEd Read More »
Legislators had opportunities to provide real help for children with special needs, but instead, chose to focus on legislation that provides our most vulnerable children no assurance of special services at all. Yesterday was the deadline for bills to move forward out of legislative committees. Here is a recap of what legislators could have done,
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