Senate Bill 2623, an alarming voucher bill, passed the Senate Education Committee today and is headed to the Senate floor. Please ask your senator to vote NO on this bill. The bill funnels taxpayer dollars to private and for-profit entities and specifically prohibits holding the majority of private voucher schools accountable for how they spend our tax dollars. …
RED ALERT: Voucher Bill Headed to Senate Floor – Please Call Read More »
Well, Mississippi, you did yourself proud! THANK YOU for your amazing response to the STAND UP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS VIRTUAL RALLY! Now we need to keep the momentum going. Our kids need your help again… The Koch brothers want to take over your local school board and privatize your schools, and Senate Bill 2400 is their vehicle. …
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STAND UP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS VIRTUAL RALLY – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 Are you ready to RALLY – virtually? Tomorrow, January 24, is the day! How many people have you asked to join us? Make your voice heard without ever leaving home or work, missing carpool or appointments! The how-to:Tomorrow, use your smart phone, computer, or …
Tired of the threats to slash school funding and send what little funding we have left to private academies? Make your voice heard without ever leaving home or work, missing carpool or appointments. Add your voice to thousands of others with a VIRTUAL RALLY this Wednesday, January 24! How to rally “virtually”…Use your smart phone, computer, …
Voucher bills have been introduced in both the Mississippi House and Senate. Please ask your legislators to vote NO on these bills. There are several variations, but those bills most likely to be taken up in committee: use your tax dollars to subsidize tuition at private schools open vouchers to all students, removing the requirement that …
Dangerous Voucher Bills Introduced in House & Senate Read More »
This morning, the House tabled the motion to reconsider the vote on HB 957 and sent the bill on to the Senate. We know how disappointed you are, but this is far from a done deal! Word is that the Senate has seen how terribly flawed this legislation is and refers to it as the “oops” …
House Passes Terrible Funding Bill, Tell Senators to Vote NO Read More »
We hear you! Believe us, you are not alone. We have never received more calls, texts, and social media messages about an issue. Parents, educators, and public school supporters are horrified that legislators would consider rushing through a bill that is so detrimental to our children and their public schools. If you are home today, you can watch …
Please call your representative right away – our children need your help to defeat House Bill 957! The House Appropriations Committee passed HB 957 this morning, and it is scheduled for a floor vote tomorrow. HB 957 strikes the MAEP from law and replaces it with a horribly flawed plan that slashes K-12 funding by …
Just when you thought Mississippi’s school funding couldn’t get much worse… House Bill 957 is worse than school funding in the Barbour administration and worse than school funding in the current administration. Reality: Districts are barely keeping their heads above water because cost increases have outpaced funding gains. HB 957 would take us even further backward …
RED ALERT: HB 957 Guts School Funding; Call Today! Read More »
HB 957 slashes the funding for school districts that have less than 93 percent student attendance on the two days that auditors make unannounced visits for headcounts. The bill requires that, when attendance is less than 93 percent on these days, neither daily membership (enrollment) nor average daily attendance be used to determine the next …
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