A long-time member of The Parents’ Campaign, Shelley Tingle has played an integral role in numerous victories for public schools. Whether she’s recruiting new members to be engaged in our work or digging into education policy, Shelley’s enthusiasm for public education is contagious. Newer to The Parents’ Campaign but no less enthusiastic, Toni Lowe-Fisher has …
Teachers and assistants, we VALUE YOU and deeply appreciate the WORK YOU DO in Mississippi’s public school classrooms every day!
In an astonishing move last week, a federal judge nullified a Mississippi Supreme Court ruling and a long-standing Mississippi law that prioritizes the health and safety of thousands of Mississippi children over the religious preferences of a few. In 1979, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the overriding obligation of the State is “The protection …
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to our tireless members for calling, texting, emailing, and meeting with your legislators again and again and again – and to the legislators who took your calls and stood with us in support of our children and our public schools. Though the session was brutal and disappointing on many …
Apparently, legislators aren’t hearing us. Let’s say it a little louder… You have 4 billion of our dollars in your bank account. We want our schools fully funded! After failing to come to an agreement on the school funding bill by tonight’s 6:00 deadline, House and Senate leaders announced that they intend to pass resolutions …
With an extra $1-billion to spend, the willingness – or unwillingness – of legislators to invest fully in our children’s futures will tell us where they really stand in their commitment to our public schools. School leaders are at their wits’ end as they look for any extra room in their chronically underfunded budgets to …
School Funding on Roller Coaster Ride – More Calls Needed! Read More »
Mississippians love their public schools! We expect the legislators we send to Jackson to support each and every public school, in every county across our great state. The money is available and the time is now to fully fund Mississippi public schools. Read about the Mississippi Today/Siena College poll here.
Legislators have less than a week to make good on their promise to our children. For years, they have told us they would fully fund our public schools if the money were available to do so. That time has come! The Legislature has an extra $1-billion in recurring revenue to spend this legislative session – that’s …
It has become routine for the Legislature to intentionally lowball the coming year’s revenue estimate, then claim they don’t have enough money to fully fund public schools and other state services. It’s up to you and me to make sure that trick isn’t played again this year, when we all know that Mississippi is floating …
Warning – A Legislative Trick That Costs Schools Big-time Read More »
TODAY, public education supporters across Mississippi will lift our voices to send the message that we want our public schools fully funded. Your call is critical. Let’s get hundreds of phone calls to the Capitol in support of full funding. Please ask at least five of your friends to join our CALL THE CAPITOL DAY. TODAY, …
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