The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the tax-credit voucher provision in HR 1 cannot be included in the federal budget reconciliation bill. Budget reconciliation is an expedited process that allows legislation to pass the U.S. Senate with only a simple majority (51 votes), bypassing the Senate filibuster rules that require a 60-vote majority. The […]
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This afternoon, more than 40 Mississippi parents, educators, school board members, and business/community leaders met virtually with Sen. Roger Wicker’s staff to urge that he use his considerable leverage to have the tax-credit voucher provision removed from the federal budget reconciliation bill – a provision that would force private school vouchers into every state, including ours.
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The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has released its version of HR 1 (referred to as the “One Big Beautiful bill”), which would unravel all of the hard work we’ve done to keep vouchers out of Mississippi. One of the few changes made by the Senate committee to the voucher section of the bill actually made it worse,
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Mississippi has achieved its highest education ranking in history in the national KIDS COUNT report! The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s latest KIDS COUNT Data Book ranks Mississippi 16th in the nation in education, up from 30th in 2024. The 2025 Data Book ranks Mississippi 48th overall in child well-being. Kudos to our rock star teachers and
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The bill that would force private school vouchers into Mississippi passed the U.S. House in the wee hours this morning. It now will go to the U.S. Senate, where we need your help to stop it. Please reach out to Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker and ask them to oppose tax-credit vouchers for private
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Please keep those calls going to our congressional delegation in Washington! It is vital that they hear from thousands of us with this all-important message: We DO NOT want our federal tax dollars going to private schools! We typically don’t ask you to call U.S. Congressmen
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The U.S. House is advancing legislation to create a broad tax credit voucher system that would force universal private school vouchers into every state in the country, including Mississippi. The voucher measure, named Qualified Elementary and Secondary Education “Scholarships” (formerly ECCA), would shift millions of
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The best return on investment I’ve ever received. That’s how one donor to The Parents’ Campaign described our work to protect and strengthen public schools. A big chunk of the credit goes to our faithful donors, whose financial support keeps the lights on and our staff on the road, fortifying our network and training and equipping
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Public schools could see devastating losses of federal funds, threatening to close programs that have been critical to Mississippi’s recent progress in student achievement and to cause school districts to default on financial obligations. The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has notified the Mississippi Department of
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The House and Senate have adjourned sine die, ending the 2025 Legislative Session without passing a state budget. Public schools and other state agencies could shut down if no budget agreement is reached before July 1, when the new state budget year begins. To pass a budget, legislators will have to be called into a
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