10 p.m. update on teacher pay raise: $1,500 raise for certified and assistant teachers, per conference report filed at 9:30 p.m. on 3/27/2019. No word on K-12 appropriation, which must include funding for the pay raise. Also watching for voucher provisions/funding that could be added to any bills. See conference report on SB 2770 (teacher […]
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From Nancy Loome, executive director: I got word last night that the Senate leadership plans to insert private school voucher language into the teacher pay raise bill. Inserting language so offensive to public school teachers could be seen as an attempt to kill the pay raise bill. It also might explain Lt. Governor Reeves’ comment last
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The next few days are critical! Conference reports (final bills) for the teacher pay raise, next year’s funding for your public schools, and voucher funding will likely be drafted over the weekend, and floor votes in the House and Senate will probably take place on Monday or Tuesday. Tell your legislators that when they stand strong for
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Why are legislative leaders hiding our tax dollars from us? When the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) met today, budget leaders refused to acknowledge a substantial portion of available revenue, a move that jeopardizes a significant pay raise for our teachers. Today’s revised revenue estimate ignores approximately $140-million of projected FY2020 revenue. This is recurring revenue
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We have learned that SB 2770, the bill calling for a $4,000 salary increase for teachers and a $1,000 increase for teacher assistants, contains a reverse repealer, so the bill will have to go to conference for the repealer to be removed. Both the House and Senate must vote on the final conference report. Please ask your legislators
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The House has voted to table the motion to reconsider on SB 2770, sending the $4,000 teacher pay raise bill back to the Senate for concurrence. The amended bill calls for a $4,000 salary increase for teachers and a $1,000 increase for teacher assistants, both of which are to be phased in over two years. Please
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This afternoon, on a voice vote, the House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment to increase the amount of the teacher pay raise in SB 2770. The amendment, proposed by Representatives Holland, Hines, and Paden, calls for a $4,000 salary increase for teachers to be phased in over the next two years at $2,000
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Our heroes in the Mississippi Legislature came through again for our children! Voucher bill SB 2675 died on today’s deadline. Citing his own objections to the bill and lack of voucher support by his House colleagues, House Education Chairman Richard Bennett declined to take it up. Please join us in thanking Chairman Bennett and the many legislators who
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Where do your legislators stand on public education? If you are unhappy with your legislators’ votes on education issues, you can do something about it! Tomorrow is the deadline to qualify as a candidate for the Mississippi Legislature. You must sign qualifying papers in your party headquarters by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 1. Our children need
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Mississippi has a teacher shortage crisis. Educators are leaving the profession in droves, and too few young people are choosing teaching as a career. It is time for our legislators to make a real investment in our teachers. It is time for a meaningful pay raise for teachers and teacher assistants. Be aware that legislators are
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