The teacher pay raise bill has passed the full Senate on a unanimous vote, with every senator present signing on as a coauthor of the bill – an impressive show of support for the incredible work our teachers are doing for our children. The bill will now go to the House. The bill provides: $37,000 starting salary …
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The teacher pay raise bill, SB 2001, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously this afternoon and is now on its way to the floor of the full Senate for a vote. The bill gives certified teachers with three or more years’ experience a $1,000 pay increase and provides teachers with two years of experience and less …
Senate Bill 2001, a teacher pay raise bill, passed unanimously in the Senate Education Committee this afternoon. It must now pass the Appropriations Committee before going to the floor of the full Senate for a vote. The bill gives certified teachers with three or more years’ experience a $1,000 pay increase. Teachers with two years …
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Today at 1:30 p.m., the Senate Education Committee is expected to consider SB 2001 – TEACHER PAY RAISE, along with other key legislation. Watch the meeting via livestream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLmAgbQMuI7kLvDNV6LluA See details on education bills we are following: https://msparentscampaign.org/bill-tracker/ Legislative committee meetings are recorded and can be viewed later on the Mississippi Legislature’s YouTube channel.
The Mississippi Legislature will return to Jackson to convene the 2021 Legislative Session at noon today, and we at The Parents’ Campaign are looking forward to working with legislators to find solutions to our state’s teacher shortage, improve teacher pay, expand access to high quality pre-k, and provide public schools the resources they need to …
Mississippi has lost her greatest champion. We at The Parents’ Campaign join all Mississippians in mourning the passing of former Governor William Winter, who died Friday evening at the age of 97, the most revered and beloved Mississippi governor of modern times. The greatest of public servants, Gov. Winter devoted his life to improving public …
Friends, we’ve got real heroes in our classrooms – and our legislators have noticed. These days you can find members of the education committees at the State Capitol poring over drafts of bills aimed at shoring up our over-worked and under-paid teachers and chipping away at our teacher shortage crisis. Or looking in every …
Earlier this week, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) released its budget recommendation for the coming fiscal year, FY2022. The recommendation is $197-million, or 3%, less than the budget for the current year. It provides the same funding for the MAEP that was provided this year ($250-million below full funding). You will remember that the current year …
As we cheer on the end of 2020, we are looking to the future with hope for a better tomorrow. A new year and a new, more education-friendly Legislature present a monumental opportunity to provide teachers and students the tools they need to close pandemic-induced gaps in learning and to move toward even higher levels …
Public school teachers will remember the emails from then-candidate Tate Reeves that landed in their school inboxes shortly before last November’s election, promising that teacher pay raises would follow if they would help elect him governor. This week, Gov. Reeves released his Executive Budget Recommendation for the coming fiscal year, and missing from it is …
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