MS Legislature

In an afternoon meeting with EdBuild and senators, Senate Education Chairman Gray Tollison was evasive about a Senate version of HB 957, declining to answer senators’ questions about whether a Senate plan exists or what it might entail. It appears that the Senate leadership fears public scrutiny of their school funding proposal, even the scrutiny […]

Have you seen how much your school district will lose if House Bill 957 becomes law? See what your district would lose here. No matter how they spin it, HB 957 is bad for students. It provides less than what current law requires – far less. It is worse than the education funding trend we experienced in the Barbour years.

House bill 957 would eliminate the current school funding formula (MAEP) and create a new funding system that would, when fully implemented, provide public schools $292-million less than what the current formula is estimated to require. See how much your school district would lose here.  Additionally, the student-based emphasis in HB 957 would facilitate privatization of public schools,

Kudos to Mississippi senators who stood up for our public schools! With so little support for vouchers in the Senate, SB 2623 was never brought up for a vote by today’s deadline. The Senate has adjourned for the day, and SB 2623 is dead. In more good news, SB 2400 was amended to stagger the terms

Senate Bill 2623, an alarming voucher bill, passed the Senate Education Committee today and is headed to the Senate floor. Please ask your senator to vote NO on this bill. The bill funnels taxpayer dollars to private and for-profit entities and specifically prohibits holding the majority of private voucher schools accountable for how they spend our tax dollars.

Well, Mississippi, you did yourself proud! THANK YOU for your amazing response to the STAND UP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS VIRTUAL RALLY! Now we need to keep the momentum going. Our kids need your help again… The Koch brothers want to take over your local school board and privatize your schools, and Senate Bill 2400 is their vehicle.

STAND UP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS VIRTUAL RALLY – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 Are you ready to RALLY – virtually? Tomorrow, January 24, is the day! How many people have you asked to join us? Make your voice heard without ever leaving home or work, missing carpool or appointments! The how-to:Tomorrow, use your smart phone, computer, or

Tired of the threats to slash school funding and send what little funding we have left to private academies? Make your voice heard without ever leaving home or work, missing carpool or appointments. Add your voice to thousands of others with a VIRTUAL RALLY this Wednesday, January 24! How to rally “virtually”…Use your smart phone, computer,

Voucher bills have been introduced in both the Mississippi House and Senate. Please ask your legislators to vote NO on these bills. There are several variations, but those bills most likely to be taken up in committee: use your tax dollars to subsidize tuition at private schools open vouchers to all students, removing the requirement that

This morning, the House tabled the motion to reconsider the vote on HB 957 and sent the bill on to the Senate. We know how disappointed you are, but this is far from a done deal! Word is that the Senate has seen how terribly flawed this legislation is and refers to it as the “oops”