Yesterday the House tabled the motion to reconsider on HB 1988, the Children’s Promise Act, sending to the Senate the bill that provides a massive increase in private school tax credits. The bill would allow an individual private school to receive up to $720,000 annually at taxpayer expense, regardless of the school’s size or enrollment, […]
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Here’s how the Children’s Promise Act private school tax credits work: Let’s say John owes the State of Mississippi $5,000 in taxes. If John writes a $2,500 check to his child’s private school, the state reduces his tax bill by that amount, and John pays only $2,500 to the state. The effect on the state budget
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Today, the Mississippi House of Representatives voted to send millions more in state tax dollars to private schools. The funding flows by way of dollar-for-dollar tax credits for donations to private schools.* This is the mechanism for funneling state funding to private schools that is preferred by Mississippi’s private school association, which fears that accountability
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Our first committee deadline has passed, and the full House and Senate will now begin voting on the bills that made it onto their calendars. Please ask your legislators to VOTE NO on these bills: • HB 1453 eliminates the MAEP and replaces it with a law that allows the Legislature to decide how much funding schools
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The education bills listed below have passed the House and Senate Education Committees, and most are awaiting floor votes. A few are double referred and must pass a second committee before going to the floor for a vote of the full chamber. Ask your legislators to VOTE NO on these bills:• HB 867 imposes an extensive
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Public schools need your help to stop dangerous bills that have passed the House Education Committee. • HB 1449 is an affront to public schools and the hard work of Mississippi teachers. It calls for a study committee to evaluate the feasibility of universal vouchers in Mississippi – vouchers that would be available to all
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The Joint Legislative Budget Committee adjourned its meeting last week without adopting its annual budget recommendation after Gov. Reeves refused to agree to the revenue estimate adopted by the committee. Reeves wanted a higher revenue estimate, which he said would make it easier to eliminate the income tax in the 2024 Session, a move that
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Your vote on November 7 could have a dramatic impact on our children’s futures. Have you made your plan to vote? Mississippi’s coffers are flush with hefty financial reserves, so it’s more important than ever to elect folks who believe that our public schools deserve adequate funding, that public funds should be restricted to accountable
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Public schools – and your pocketbook – are on the ballot in November, and your vote could make the difference! Among the hottest topics being discussed by legislators and candidates are PERS and school funding. The PERS board is sounding an alarm, telling legislators that additional funding will be needed to shore up the state’s
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Mississippi’s public school teachers are ROCK STARS! School and district accountability ratings are out, and the news is good! Of Mississippi’s 138 traditional public school districts, 96% are rated C or better, and 71% are rated A or B. Of Mississippi’s seven charter schools that received ratings, 14% are rated C; no charter school is
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