Are you sick and tired of the attacks on public schools? VERY SOON, we’ll have an opportunity to begin turning all that around. First step? Check your voter registration! You can do a quick check online to verify that your registration is up-to-date or to change your address. Not yet registered? Just print and complete the official voter registration form and […]
Want a Better Legislature? You Must Do This First! Read More »
Are you ready for a Legislature that supports our public schools? We can make that happen! Public school educators, parents, and supporters make up the largest voting bloc in Mississippi, and there are many candidates, in both parties, running on a public education platform. If we stick together and support the candidates who support our
Candidates Respond to Tough Education Questions Read More »
How much is the Mississippi Legislature willing to invest in your child’s education? See how much MAEP funding your district will receive next year, how much it is underfunded, and how much it has been underfunded since 2008, the last time schools received the funding required by our state law. Funding for the teacher pay
Your School District’s Funding; Accountability Changes Read More »
Tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline to submit your feedback on the most recent changes proposed for the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. See the public comments submitted by The Parents’ Campaign here. The most significant changes are those related to:• Definition of a School At-Risk and in need of assistance• Requiring the use of established
Deadline Tomorrow: Comments on Accountability Changes Read More »
Statewide elected officials have distributed yet another hit piece on public education. Today’s missive from the State Auditor misrepresents facts in an apparent attempt to shift the blame for failure to pass a meaningful teacher pay raise. We’re not fooled. See the actual data from The Parents’ Campaign Research & Education Fund:
Auditor’s Report Misrepresents Facts on Ed Funding Read More »
More changes have been proposed for the Statewide Accountability System, and the public is asked to provide feedback. The deadline to submit comments is 5:00 p.m. on April 30. The most significant changes being proposed are those related to: Definition of a School At-Risk and in need of assistance Requiring the use of established percentiles when
Accountability Changes Proposed, Feedback Period Open Now Read More »
The House started the morning with two procedural votes on the SB 3049 conference report; both failed (good outcome), but the second vote ended in a tie (still means it failed). See that vote below left. (Those voting yea are voting to endorse vouchers and the corruption that put voucher funding in the DFA appropriation;
House, Senate Send SB 3049 with $2M Voucher Funding to Governor Read More »
The House and Senate adjourned the 2019 Legislative Session today, but not before the leadership of both chambers cheated their way to an increased appropriation for private school vouchers and proudly acknowledged doing so. Late yesterday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Reeves sneaked $2-million in additional voucher funds into an unrelated agency conference report (SB 3049), presenting it for a
Corruption, Vouchers Mark Grim End of Session Read More »
This morning, both chambers passed the SB 2770 conference report providing for a $1,500 raise for certified and assistant teachers. The vote action we are reporting is the Motion to Recommit in each chamber; this motion was to send the conference report back to committee for the purpose of increasing the raise from $1,500 to
We had been told that Lt. Governor Reeves was intent on getting an increase in voucher funding approved, despite strong objections in both chambers. Late this afternoon, it was discovered that Senate conferees had sneaked $2-million in additional voucher funds into a unrelated agency conference report in SB 3049. The voucher language was not included
UNBELIEVABLE! Unethical, Last-minute Voucher Debacle Read More »
