On a 29-22 vote, the full Senate has defeated the Senate Appropriations Committee’s strike-all amendment that would have removed $65-million from MAEP funding and a total of $81-million from HB1494, the education funding bill. Defeating the strike-all amendment restored the higher House level of funding. Click here to see that vote. A number of Senators spoke passionately […]
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Some in the Senate are pushing to strip $65-million from the MAEP appropriation in House Bill 1494. Click here to see how much your school district will lose if these senators get their way. Don’t be fooled. Senators who say that there is a $65-million pot of federal money that can be appropriated to schools are wrong. There is
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Schools are facing real challenges as they attempt to provide students a high quality education with greatly reduced revenue. Legislators and school officials are seeking ways to provide school districts some flexibility that will save money but protect instruction, and The Parents’ Campaign supports that effort. The Parents’ Campaign supports allowing school districts to furlough teachers
The following has been issued by the office of Governor Haley Barbour. Thirty-four votes will be required in the Senate to override the governor’s veto of this important bill. DATE: Feb. 18, 2010 STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR ON THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 2688 “I regret the Senate, by a narrow majority, has chosen
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On Thursday, February 4, 2010, the Mississippi Senate passed overwhelmingly an amendment to Senate Bill 2688 (SB2688) proposed by Senator Briggs Hopson of Vicksburg that required the use of $50-million from the Health Care Expendable Fund to restore $45-million of the cuts that have been made to MAEP, National Board Certification Program supplements, and Chickasaw Cession payments; $5-million in cuts
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