Runoff elections are happening Tuesday, October 13, in four Mississippi House and Senate districts. These districts held special elections in September to replace recently-retired legislators and the top two vote-getters in each race are in the runoff. Find out what runoff candidates have to say on issues like school funding, teacher pay, pre-k, and private […]
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Education Chairmen Rep. Richard Bennett and Sen. Dennis DeBar will join us on Zoom this Thursday, October 8, at 5:30 p.m., and they’ve agreed to answer your questions. If you haven’t yet registered, you can do that here: https://bit.ly/REALTALKVirtualSeries. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear straight from the legislators who have the biggest
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Our first virtual REAL TALK event was a success – and our second session is on tap for this week! Thanks to those of you who were able to join us last Thursday. Several people asked about a recording of that session – you can view it here. Your registration for the first session gets you
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The Legislature returned to Jackson yesterday and wrapped up their work for the 2020 Legislative Session, including passage of SB 3057, which affects public schools. The bill clarifies legislative intent regarding the use of CARES Act funds to purchase licenses for wifi hot spots for students who do not have access to internet service, one
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It looks like we will have runoff elections in all four Mississippi House and Senate districts that held special elections last week to replace recently-retired legislators. The election results are still unofficial (they’ve not yet been certified), but all indications are that no candidate in any of the races garnered the 50%+ needed to win outright. The
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Three state leaders who are among the most influential in the politics of public education will join us for REAL TALK about education’s hottest topics. House Education Chair Richard Bennett, Senate Education Chair Dennis DeBar, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann are on tap (virtually) to give us a rundown of the 2020 Legislative Session and
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Voters in four Mississippi House and Senate districts will go to the polls next Tuesday, Sept. 22, to replace their recently-retired legislators in special elections. We need your help to spread the word about where the candidates stand on public education! We sent special election candidates our Candidate Q&A questionnaire, asking their positions on issues like
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Last night, the Mississippi Department of Education issued a revised application for Equity in Distance Learning Act (EDLA) reimbursements in response to school districts’ concerns about some of the requirements. MDE will host a webinar today to answer districts’ questions ahead of the September 1 application deadline. See revised application: https://www.mdek12.org/sites/default/files/Offices/MDE/OTSS/equity_in_distance_learning_act_application_8.27.2020.pdfSee revised technical assurances: https://www.mdek12.org/sites/default/files/Offices/MDE/OTSS/edla_program_technical_assurances_revised_08282020.pdf Additionally, the
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When the Legislature overrode Gov. Reeves’ veto of public school funding, Mississippi public schools finally got their budgets. Overall, MAEP funding for this school year is $37-million less than it was last year, a 1.6% cut, and $250-million below what state law says is adequate to provide Mississippi children a quality education. Legislators worked hard
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Today, in a historic vote, the Legislature voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Reeves’ veto of public school funding in HB 1700. The House vote was 110-6. See the House vote. The Senate vote was 41-1. See the Senate vote. Those voting no were Rep. Joel Bomgar of Madison, Rep. Chris Brown of Nettleton, Rep. Dana Criswell of
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