TODAY, public education supporters across Mississippi will lift our voices to send the message that we want our public schools fully funded. Your call is critical. Let’s get hundreds of phone calls to the Capitol in support of full funding. Please ask at least five of your friends to join our CALL THE CAPITOL DAY. TODAY, […]
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TOMORROW, public education supporters across Mississippi will lift our voices to send the message that we want our public schools fully funded. Your call tomorrow is critical. We need hundreds of calls flooding the Capitol in support of full funding. Please help us spread the word – share House members’ phone numbers and ask at least
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Today, the Senate passed unanimously (see vote) the preK-12 appropriation bill, fully funding the adjusted MAEP formula and increasing funding to public schools by $181.1-million. Please join us in thanking Chairmen DeBar and Hopson, Lt. Gov. Hosemann, and our senators for their commitment to public schools! The Senate also passed unanimously HB 1369, which they amended
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In a joint meeting of the Senate Education and Appropriations Committees, Chairmen DeBar and Hopson unveiled a Senate proposal to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). The plan includes fairly minor technical adjustments to the school funding formula that are intended to make full funding more sustainable over time and strengthen school funding for
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The Senate Education and Appropriations Committees will hold an important joint meeting this afternoon where they are expected to discuss a plan to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). The meeting will be held shortly after the Senate adjourns this afternoon, sometime after 4:00 p.m. Find the link to watch the livestream of the
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Senate Education Chair Dennis DeBar today told the Senate Education Committee he hopes to fully fund the MAEP this year, terrific news for our public school children! The chairman expects that some fairly minor technical adjustments to the MAEP formula will be proposed in the coming days. For several years, legislators and Mississippi’s education advocates
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The House passed HB 1671 without eliminating the tax credits that benefit private schools, though the increase in private school funding that had been added to the bill was removed. HB 1671 includes the Children’s Promise Act – the law that was supposed to encourage donations to organizations that serve children in foster care but, instead, diverted
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Well, they’re at it again – sticking money for private schools in the middle of a bill intended to help vulnerable mothers and children. You might remember the Children’s Promise Act from the end of last year’s session – the law that was supposed to encourage donations to organizations that serve children in foster care but,
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Today was the deadline for bills to pass the chamber in which they originated. See how your legislators voted on education bills that survived today’s deadline and which bills died without a vote: Teachers & InstructionHB 730 – VOTE YES Passed full House – see House vote, goes to Senate committee(s) – expands eligibility for the Winter-Reed Teacher Loan Repayment
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ANOTHER GOOD DAY! Today, House Education Chair Richard Bennett offered an amendment to HB 1365 that provides a $3,000 pay raise for assistant teachers, bringing their minimum salary to $20,000. The amended bill passed on a 114-3 vote and now will go to the Senate for consideration. Representatives also responded to concerns about HB 1373, the
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