MS Legislature

Senate Appropriations Chairman Buck Clarke has announced that the Senate budget plan includes a $40-million increase to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for Fiscal Year 2017 (2016-2017 school year), as well as increases to universities and community colleges. It is very early in the appropriations process, and neither the Senate Appropriations Committee nor the full Senate has had […]

Two more voucher bills died today! That’s something to celebrate. HB 1080 and SB 2695, both tax credit scholarship bills, were never taken up in committee. Today was the deadline for each chamber to take floor action on its own revenue and appropriations bills. One voucher bill is still alive (HB 33) and we are watching

The full Senate has passed SB 2858, a tax cut bill that would reduce state revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars per year, phased in over 15 years. Estimates of the impact of the tax cut range from $575-million to $896-million. See your senator’s vote on the tax cut bill here. Please thanks the senators who

While many disastrous education bills have died and others will be battled in the next stage of the process, two harmful bills remain on the current calendar. Please continue to have conversations with your legislators about these bills: SB 2161, the Senate charter school bill, is on the Senate “Motion to Reconsider” calendar, so senators could

Thanks for your great work! SB 2161, the Senate charter school bill, has been held on a motion to reconsider, so senators could have another chance to vote on this bill tomorrow. The bill allows charter schools to locate in school districts rated C without local board approval and allows students in any part of the

Two detrimental bills that passed the House today could be overturned with your help. House Bills 47 and 29 were held on motions to reconsider, which means that they could be brought back to the floor for a re-vote. Please ask your representative to vote to RECONSIDER HB 47 and HB 29 and then to VOTE

As of this morning, the House of Representatives is passing laws without debate, allowing no questions and no answers before voting on bills that affect the lives of Mississippians. Though members who are familiar with the bills may speak for or against a measure, many laws will likely be passed with legislators having little knowledge