Conferees for HB 530 have been named, and they should begin meeting soon to iron out a final agreement on the teacher pay raise bill. The Legislature’s own Joint Rules require that all conference committee meetings be public. House conferees are House Education Chair Richard Bennett, House Education Vice Chair Kent McCarty, and Rep. Kevin Felsher. […]
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The Parents’ Campaign supports the consolidation of school districts when an obvious benefit to student achievement would result. Over the years, Mississippi has undergone significant consolidation of its public school districts, dropping from a high of well over 1,000 districts as recently as the mid-1900s to the current 137. Across the United States, the number
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We believe that the teacher pay raise could be in jeopardy. Our teachers need your help to salvage it. Media reports indicate that disagreements over the income tax are escalating and that the longer the teacher pay raise bills linger, the more vulnerable they are to legislative shenanigans. Indeed, the House of Representatives has begun bogging
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Senate Bill 3164 would strip $317-million annually from the state budget, threatening teacher pay and school budgets. It just passed the Senate Finance Committee and could come up for a vote of the full Senate any time. Senators need to hear from you right away! SB 3164 would eliminate the 4% state income tax bracket over
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Today was the deadline for bills to pass the chamber in which they originated. See how your legislators voted on education bills that survived today’s deadline and which bills died on the calendar without a vote: Teacher Pay RaiseHB 530 – VOTE YES Passed full House – see House vote, goes to Senate committee(s) – 43,000 starting salary; annual
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Our Legislature has some explaining to do. If Mississippi has money to give away, why are public schools horribly underfunded, and why don’t the proposed teacher pay raises get teacher salaries to the Southeastern average? Late last week, the Senate announced its own revenue reduction proposal, which would strip an estimated $317-million from state coffers.
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The deadline for committees to pass bills that originated in their own chambers has passed, and the House and Senate will take up the surviving bills for floor votes over the next 10 days. We are asking legislators to VOTE NO on these bills: HB 31 – Allows the Charter School Authorizer Board to develop
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Today, the House Education Committee passed two dangerous bills. We need your help to defeat them. HB 795 is a voucher bill that uses state funds for non-public school students to attend a virtual school with no accountability. This is what the Legislature banned in 2020 when tightening up the ESA voucher statute in response to numerous abuses
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Those who know Marsha Gates won’t be surprised that she’s been named The Parents’ Campaign’s Member of the Quarter. A public school parent and longtime member of The Parents’ Campaign, Marsha is an enthusiastic volunteer for the Okolona School District, a leader in the Okolona community, and a staunch advocate for public schools statewide. She
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This week presents the final opportunity for teachers and parents to take advantage of important meetings. Thursday evening in Madison, Senate Education Chairman Dennis DeBar will hold his final listening session with teachers. All teachers are strongly encouraged to attend and share their thoughts. Those who were unable to attend earlier sessions in their own congressional
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