Last Thursday, the Senate Education Committee passed a number of bills, two of which we are following closely: SB 2487 – provides an expansion of Mississippi’s literacy initiative into the middle grades, an issue that has been on The Parents’ Campaign’s legislative priorities list for several years. The committee substitute for SB 2487, the amended version of […]
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Gov. Reeves has opted Mississippi into the federal tax-credit voucher program created by Congress last year, bringing federal vouchers to Mississippi. The law will use federal tax dollars to pay back donors for contributions to “Scholarship Granting Organizations” (SGOs) that provide vouchers for private school tuition. See the details here. Gov. Reeves will choose the SGOs that will
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House Bill 2, the massive voucher/school choice bill that would let state-funded schools pick and choose their students, barely passed the House this afternoon on a 61-59 vote following a 4-hour debate. Opposition to the bill was bipartisan. See your representative’s vote. You can watch a recording of the full debate here. Please share this vote report broadly. Save
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House Bill 2, the Education Freedom Act, passed the House Education Committee this morning on a 13-11 vote and is now on the calendar for a vote by the full House. See the committee vote. Numerous committee members expressed opposition to the bill. Chairman Roberson introduced a committee substitute amendment that limits the bill’s charter school expansion
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House Bill 2, dubbed the Education Freedom Act, cuts funding to public schools while creating a massive school choice program sending taxpayer dollars to private schools – which would be held to none of the standards or accountability governing public schools. The 553-page bill includes: Funding cuts for public schools. Reduces Mississippi Student Funding Formula funding for
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This morning, the full Senate advanced all three bills passed yesterday by the Senate Education Committee. See how your legislators voted below: SB 2001 – Teacher pay raise. Provides for a $2,000 across-the-board pay raise for K-12 teachers and assistant teachers, and expresses legislative intent for a $2,000 raise for faculty at community colleges and IHL. While
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The 2026 Legislative Session convened at noon today, and the Senate Education Committee met shortly thereafter. They took up three bills, all of which passed on voice votes. There were no recorded votes. SB 2001 – Teacher pay raise. This was the first bill filed in the Senate, and it provides for an across-the-board pay raise for
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The 2026 Legislative Session will convene at noon on Tuesday (Jan. 6), and we expect votes to be taken on both public and private school choice immediately. We anticipate committee meetings as early as the very first day, with legislation rushed through committee and onto the floor. The good news is that legislators are hearing from their
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In less than three weeks the Mississippi Legislature will convene the 2026 Legislative Session, one that promises to be extremely consequential for every Mississippi child and community. We need your help to ensure that this session is a win for our children, our public schools, and our communities. The remarkable work being done in Mississippi’s
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Tuesday, Senate Education Committee members heard from a variety of speakers, including a panel of local school district superintendents. All shared impressive information about the innovative programs and services being provided students in their districts, for which committee members expressed deep appreciation. Superintendents reminded the senators that it is Mississippi’s public school teachers who are responsible
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