MS Legislature

A PRO-Public Education Agenda

Happy New Year! Today, legislators gathered in Jackson to convene the 2017 Legislative Session. How will you know if your legislators are voting to support strong public schools? The Parents’ Campaign will make it easy! We’ll cut through the spin and tell you the truth about the impact each bill will have on your school and

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EdBuild Contract to be Kept Secret

Taxpayers will never know what is in the contract between our legislative leaders and EdBuild, the firm they have hired to recommend changes to the way Mississippi public schools are funded. After news organization Mississippi Today requested a copy of the contract, the House Management Committee voted to adopt a new policy that keeps all of its contracts, including

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Mississippi Public School Parents Fighting Fire with Fire!

Tired of the legislative leadership selling out our kids and our schools to corporate profiteers? You aren’t alone! Last week, a group of Mississippi parents said enough is enough! Disgusted with a system that allows out-of-state groups hostile to public education to control our Legislature, some moms and dads from across the state have decided to fight

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Legislature Returning to Jackson to Plug Budget Hole

Tomorrow, the Legislature will zip into Jackson to raid the Rainy Day Fund (RDF) again, using one-time-money to erase the remaining state budget deficit before Thursday’s year-end. Earlier this year, Governor Bryant withdrew a chunk from the fund and cut agency budgets (taking $9.7-million from the MAEP), hoping to stop the bleeding. It wasn’t enough. State coffers

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