josh taylor

Congratulations, SUPERHERO! Today, the Mississippi House and Senate adjourned the 2018 Regular Legislative Session sine die, closing out a session in which parents, educators, public school supporters, and legislators STOOD UP together to protect our children and their public schools. Working with our legislators, you accomplished: PASSAGE of HB 1592, the K-12 appropriation bill that provides a

Today, the Mississippi House and Senate passed HB 1592, the K-12 funding bill that increases the overall appropriation by $12.8-million, including a $3.1-million increase for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) and $2.5-million more for pre-k. That is good news! The bill now goes to Gov. Bryant for his signature. We are told that a

Our superheroes came through for Mississippi children again! The K-12 appropriation conference report has been filed, and the news is good. Overall, the FY2019 (2018-2019 school year) appropriation for pre-k through grade 12 is up by $12.8-million over funding for the current year. While the final agreement doesn’t include all that we asked for, it does have these

Conferees have not come to an agreement on the K-12 funding bill, and so a “dummy” bill (a placeholder bill with all zeros) was filed to meet tonight’s 8pm deadline. A conference report with the actual numbers will be filed once an agreement is reached. The hang-up appears to be over whether or not to provide a slight

School funding for the 2018-2019 year will be decided in the next few days; your legislators need to hear from you. We have reason to believe that there is strong support in both the House and Senate for improving funding for public schools. After all, our Senate defeated every privatization bill that came its way