MS Legislature

Today, the Senate chose private academies over students with special needs, passing SB 2695, the bill that provides vouchers to pay tuition at private schools that are not required to provide special education services to children. Astoundingly, 32 senators voted down an amendment that would have provided funding for direct services for up to 4,000 […]

A bill that would hold Mississippi third-graders harmless for the first-year results of a new high-stakes reading test and delay retentions for one year could die without your help. A majority of the House supports the amended version of the bill that allows children who don’t meet the (as of yet undetermined) cut score to progress

Legislators had opportunities to provide real help for children with special needs, but instead, chose to focus on legislation that provides our most vulnerable children no assurance of special services at all. Yesterday was the deadline for bills to move forward out of legislative committees. Here is a recap of what legislators could have done,

The following is an excerpt of an article posted by Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post in October of 2014.For several years now local school board races around the country have attracted big money from outside the state — and sometimes from across the country — as school reformers and their supporters seek to elect like-minded public

“Mississippi is being governed like a third world country.” We have heard that comment from more than one of our members in the last week. House Bill 449 will reinforce that sentiment among many of you. HB 449, authored by House Education chairman John Moore of Rankin County, would make it a criminal offense for teachers to

“Mississippi is being governed like a third world country.” We have heard that comment from more than one of our members in the last week. House Bill 449 will reinforce that sentiment among many of you. HB 449, authored by House Education chairman John Moore of Rankin County, would make it a criminal offense for teachers to