The conference report for HB 1944, the Children’s Promise Act bill, adds the $6-million in tax credits for nonpublic special purpose schools that we told you about last week. Special purpose schools are private schools that serve students with a special need or learning disability. These special purpose schools typically have fewer than 100 students and […]
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Mississippi Today is reporting that the House and Senate have come to an agreement on a one-time $2,000 pay raise for certified and assistant teachers, with an additional $2,000 (total $4,000) for special education teachers. While any pay raise is helpful, this is very disappointing news. A $2,000 pay raise is unlikely to stem the exodus of teachers from the
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This morning, the House and Senate invited conference on the two remaining teacher pay raise bills, HB 1395 and SB 2103. This is wonderful news and an indication that legislators are working together to craft a desperately-needed pay raise for our deserving public school teachers! Please reach out to your legislators right away and urge
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Today, the Senate passed HB 1944, the Children’s Promise Act bill, moving forward the version of the bill passed in committee yesterday. The bill as it passed the Senate keeps in place the $18-million in tax credits currently split between foster care organizations and private schools ($9-million to each of those sectors) and adds another
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This afternoon the Senate Finance Committee moved forward two bills that include the Children’s Promise Act language, the law that sends millions in state funding to private schools. The committee passed an amended version of HB 1944, creating an additional $6-million category of tax credits for special purpose schools, nonpublic schools that serve only children with some special
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Similar to the shenanigans in the 2025 Legislative Session, we are finding the Children’s Promise Act (private school funding) inserted in multiple bills. Public school supporters in both the House and Senate are aware and are helping us watch for the language popping up in random legislation. Shout-out to Rep. Willie Bailey of Greenville, who caught
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This afternoon, the Senate amended HB 1395 to include another teacher pay raise, this one a $6,000 total raise spread over three years for certified teachers (a $2,000 increase in each year). Special education teachers who are teaching special education in a public school would get an additional $3,000 spread over those same three years ($9,000
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Today, Tuesday, March 10, is Primary Election Day, when Mississippians will choose the candidates who will move forward to the November General Election for the U.S. House and Senate. Polls are open now and will remain open until 7:00 this evening. You can find your polling place here. One of our most important civic obligations is
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The Senate Finance Committee will meet tomorrow at 1:15 p.m., and it is possible that the committee could take up HB 1944, the bill that would send millions more in state funding to private schools, some at the expense of foster care organizations. Voucher supporters want you to believe that the tax credits benefiting private schools in
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This morning, the Mississippi House amended SB 2103 to remove the bill’s original language and replace it with a teacher and assistant teacher pay raise. The bill provides certified teachers a $5,000 across-the-board pay raise, with special education teachers who are teaching special education in a public school receiving an additional $3,000 raise ($8,000 total).
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