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The teacher pay raise is on its way to Gov. Reeves for his signature! A big THANK YOU to legislators in the House and Senate for this important move.  This morning, the House concurred with the Senate amendment to HB 852, the teacher pay raise bill, which provides a $1,000 salary increase for assistant teachers and […]

The teacher pay raise remains in limbo, awaiting action in the Mississippi House.  The good news is that the House removed the teacher pay raise language from the unvetted tax swap that continues to be pushed by the House leadership. The bad news is that the House has yet to act on the stand-alone teacher pay raise

The fate of the teacher pay raise rests with the Mississippi House. Word is that passage of the teacher pay raise is being caught up in negotiations over the unvetted tax swap being pushed by the House leadership. Our teachers have gone to the mat for us, working overtime under extremely difficult conditions to keep

The teacher pay raise bill has once again passed the full Senate on a unanimous vote. The Senate amended HB 852 to replace the House language with the Senate pay raise language.  The amended bill provides: $37,000 starting salary for teachers with two years of experience and less ($1,110 raise) $1,000 pay raise for certified teachers with

If you have an interest in dyslexia, you won’t want to miss this evening’s REAL TALK with Sen. Nicole Boyd and Rep. Clay Deweese!  Join us on Zoom at 5:30 today to hear about the dyslexia legislation they’ve introduced and have your questions answered.  If you haven’t had a chance to register, you can sign up

Kudos to Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, Senate Education Chair Dennis DeBar, Appropriations Chair Briggs Hopson, and the Senate Education and Appropriations Committees for pulling the teacher pay raise from the wreckage of petty politics and bringing it back to life! The Senate had made it clear early in the session that their top priority for

Do you have your questions ready? We’re expecting a REAL and robust conversation when the leaders of the Legislative Black Caucus and the House and Senate Minorities join us on Zoom at 5:30 today for some REAL TALK  about public education. We hope you can make it.  If you haven’t had a chance to register, you

Mississippians deserve real answers. So far, we haven’t gotten them. This afternoon, the House passed HB 1439 on a vote of 85 to 34, voting to strip nearly $2-billion from state coffers by eliminating the state income tax, a move that could result in significant budget cuts in coming years. Legislators clearly have not taken

This evening, House leaders sneaked in a bill that would strip nearly $2-billion from state coffers by eliminating the state income tax. HB 1439 would threaten a meaningful teacher pay raise, school funding, and other state services we rely on to keep us safe and productive. The bill passed the House Ways and Means Committee

Here’s your chance to get the latest info on critical education issues – straight from influential legislators… We’ve got a terrific lineup for our virtual REAL TALK series, and they’ve agreed to take your questions. You won’t want to miss it.   Thursday, Feb. 25, 5:30 pm: Education Issues Sen. Angela Turner Ford, Chair – Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus; Rep.