Two long years ago, in the turbulent early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week saying, “The value of teachers in our society is priceless. This truth was made clear to all of society this spring. Let’s commit to remembering it and acting on it in the years ahead.”Over the course of […]
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The House and Senate have decided the final budget for the state and adjourned the 2022 Legislative Session. This session had some big wins and plenty of disappointments, but be assured that your voice made a big difference. The Good News: Funding for public schools pre-k through grade 12 increased for FY2023 by $326-million, or 7% overall,
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Gov. Reeves has signed HB 530, the teacher pay raise bill, which makes it official! The salaries of certified teachers will increase by an average of $5,140 and teacher assistants will get a $2,000 pay raise, effective July 1. This is well-deserved good news for our hard-working teachers and assistants! Unfortunately, that’s all the good news
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The Legislature missed tonight’s deadline for a final vote on appropriations bills, and they are expected to extend the session in order to get their work done. We are still waiting for a conference report on the PreK-12 school funding bill. Meanwhile, the Legislature has passed sweeping income tax cuts that will strip $524-million from the
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The House adjourned for the weekend without taking up the teacher pay raise conference report for a vote. Thank you for your calls to representatives – there are strong indications that the House plans to pass the pay raise next week and send it to Gov. Reeves for his signature. That is good news, but
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The teacher pay raise has passed the full Senate on a unanimous vote. Please join us in thanking our senators for this momentous action! Included is a $2,000 increase for assistant teachers and an average increase of $5,140 for certified teachers. See the new salary schedule passed by the Senate. The House adjourned without taking up the pay
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We have a signed conference report for the teacher pay raise bill!! House and Senate conferees have agreed on a historic and well deserved teacher pay raise that provides an average salary increase of $5,140 for Mississippi teachers. All conferees have signed the conference report for HB 530, which provides higher salaries for certified teachers at
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Progress! This afternoon, Senate Education Chairman Dennis DeBar announced a conference committee meeting on HB 530, the teacher pay raise bill, in Room 216 of the Capitol at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. That is good news! You can watch the livestream here. In other sort-of-good news, you came very, very close to killing HB 1687, the voucher bill
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The Senate Finance Committee passed amended versions of two dangerous bills that will go to the full Senate for floor votes tomorrow. HB 531, the income tax cut bill, would slash $439-million from the state budget every year when fully phased in. HB 1687 would allow millions of dollars in tax credits for donations to
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Your calls are working! In a press conference this afternoon, House Education Chair Richard Bennett reiterated that the teacher and assistant teacher pay raise bill is a priority for that chamber and said they are eager to get a compromise bill on Gov. Reeves’ desk. Speaker Gunn said that the House is sending a strong
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