The special election primary on Tuesday, August 5 is very, very important. Turnout in special election primaries is typically low, which means your vote counts more. If you don’t vote, that hurts more. If there is a special election in your House or Senate district, please be sure to vote on August 5. If you can’t make it to the […]
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We cannot overstate how important the upcoming special election is to our children and our public schools. Federal courts last year ordered a re-draw of some Mississippi House and Senate districts, the final result of which is a special election this year to fill 14 legislative seats. Seven of the newly redrawn districts will be
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The next few weeks are extremely important to our children and our public schools. A recent federal court order mandated that 14 of Mississippi’s legislative districts be redrawn. The primary election for those seats will be held on August 5 with the general election to follow on November 4. The outcomes of those races will
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HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), has passed the U.S. House and will now go to President Trump for his signature. The bill includes a provision that allows states to opt in to a tax-credit voucher provision, so we will need your help to keep those vouchers out of Mississippi! We will be
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HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), has passed the U.S. Senate with a restructured tax-credit voucher provision. An amendment to remove the voucher language entirely lost on a 50-50 vote. The voucher provision included in the bill as it passed the Senate contains these significant changes: the tax-credit voucher program is optional, not mandatory,
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It appears that the tax-credit voucher provision has not been removed from HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), despite a ruling by the U.S. Senate parliamentarian that it violates the Byrd Rule and should not be included in this budget reconciliation bill. The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow (Monday), so please reach
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This afternoon, more than 40 Mississippi parents, educators, school board members, and business/community leaders met virtually with Sen. Roger Wicker’s staff to urge that he use his considerable leverage to have the tax-credit voucher provision removed from the federal budget reconciliation bill – a provision that would force private school vouchers into every state, including ours.
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The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has released its version of HR 1 (referred to as the “One Big Beautiful bill”), which would unravel all of the hard work we’ve done to keep vouchers out of Mississippi. One of the few changes made by the Senate committee to the voucher section of the bill actually made it worse,
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Mississippi has achieved its highest education ranking in history in the national KIDS COUNT report! The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s latest KIDS COUNT Data Book ranks Mississippi 16th in the nation in education, up from 30th in 2024. The 2025 Data Book ranks Mississippi 48th overall in child well-being. Kudos to our rock star teachers and
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The Mississippi Legislature has adopted the PreK-12 funding bill for the 2025-2026 school year. HB 42 provides: A $16-million increase in funding for the Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF), including funding to cover increases in educators’ health insurance premiums and PERS Level funding for Early Learning Collaboratives and State Invested Pre-k (SIP) programs Full funding for National Board
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