HB 1944, the Children’s Promise Act private school funding bill, passed the House on an 80-35 vote. See how your rep voted. The bill now will go to the Senate, where it is likely to be referred to the Finance Committee. Details of the bill are below. House members were misled in committee and on the floor about the impact […]
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HB 1944, the Children’s Promise Act private school funding bill, passed the House Ways and Means Committee this afternoon and now will go to the floor of the House for a vote of the full chamber. Details of the bill are below. Tomorrow is the deadline for this bill to pass the full House, so please reach out right
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The Mississippi House has gone home for the weekend without HB 1944 – their latest private school funding bill – being acted on by the Ways and Means Committee, to which it is assigned. HB 1944 increases state funding for private schools through a tax-credit program dubbed the Children’s Promise Act, and would send millions more in state funding
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The Mississippi House has introduced yet another private school funding bill – this one to send more state funding to private schools via Children’s Promise Act tax credits. You might remember the Children’s Promise Act from last year – our network helped to defeat repeated attempts to increase Children’s Promise Act private school funding in 2025. This year’s version, HB 1944,
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Today was the deadline for bills to pass the chamber in which the bill originated. See below the fate of the bills we are following. BILLS WE OPPOSE – Ask legislators to VOTE NO HB 1234 – School accountability dashboard – Creates enormous, unnecessary, and costly administrative tasks for public schools, mandating new accountability “dashboards” on which
Some Harmful, Some Helpful Education Bills – Please Call Read More »
The House of Representatives has passed unanimously a $5,000 across-the-board teacher pay raise and an additional $3,000 increase for special education teachers who are teaching in the special education field in a public school. See the vote. Included in that bill (HB 1126) are numerous provisions unrelated to teacher salaries, provisions we believe should be dealt with in
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This afternoon, the House Education and Appropriations Committees passed HB 1126, calling for a $5,000 across-the-board teacher pay raise and an additional $3,000 increase for special education teachers who are teaching in the special education field in a public school. HB 1126 now will go to the full House for a vote. In other big news, the Senate
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