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Vote Today!
Today is Election Day, and as public school supporters, we owe it to our children to vote! In addition to electing a president and other
Saturday Deadline for In-person Absentee Voting, Check School Board Candidate Q&A
If you plan to vote absentee in this election, please be aware that noon this Saturday is the deadline to do so in person. Registered
Absentee Voting This Weekend
Election Day is right around the corner, and it is important for public school supporters to cast their votes every time the polls are open!
See What School Board Candidates Say About Public Schools
Next month, voters will elect school board members in more than 50 school districts, almost half of which have contested elections. We need your help
Voter Registration Deadline Monday, Oct. 7
As staunch supporters of public education, and as adults in a representative democracy, we have an obligation to do our part to elect public officials
School Board Elections Coming Soon
As a public education advocacy network with members in every Mississippi school district, we want to help school board candidates on the November 5 ballot
Your School District’s Accountability Ratings
Wow! What Mississippi’s public school teachers and leaders are doing for our state is remarkable. School and district accountability ratings are out, and they are
Why can’t they get their story straight?
Voucher pushers can’t seem to get their story straight. It began decades ago when the first wave of state-funded private school vouchers came in response
Record-Setting Student Achievement, K-3 Literacy Meetings
Mississippi’s public school students and teachers have reached record-setting levels of achievement – again! State student assessment results are in, and they show that Mississippi
Do school vouchers & tax credits deliver the promised choice? They don’t.
Voucher pushers want you to believe that diverting state funds to private schools will create choices for children who don’t currently have them. The data tell
Wow! The Difference You Made.
A message from our executive director…Late last summer, I asked for your help. As always, you came through! We were facing the loss of much
Your School District’s (Full) Funding for 2024-2025
Mississippi’s public school districts will be fully funded for the 2024-2025 school year – the first time in 16 years that public schools will receive
Voucher Lawsuit News, Education Bills Become Law
In a 7-2 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court avoided ruling on the constitutionality of public funds going to private schools. A majority of justices opined that
2024 Legislative Session a Win for Public Schools
Thank you, thank you, thank you! For thousands of calls, texts, emails, and meetings. For early mornings and late nights. For social media posts and
School Funding, Education Bills Pass; Voucher Threat Remains
We are almost to the finish line, and most of the measures for which you have advocated have passed the House and Senate, including the
Senate Passes School Funding Law, Calls Needed on State Subsidies for Private Schools
Today, the Senate passed HB 4130, creating the Mississippi Student Funding Formula to replace the MAEP as Mississippi’s school funding law. The bill now will go to
School Funding Compromise Passes the House
Thank you for your calls on school funding! The House and Senate have come to an agreement on the school funding law that we believe is
Senate Suspends Rules to Introduce New School Funding Bill
The Senate has passed a resolution suspending deadlines to allow the introduction of a bill to create a new school funding law. SCR 548 calls
Bills in Conference Negotiations
With lots of bills in final negotiations, this is a critical time in the legislative session. Your legislators need to know that you are paying
Update from the Capitol
Most of the bills we are following have been sent to conference, which means three members from each chamber will decide the final language of the
Senate Finance Committee Advances Bill Benefiting Private Schools
This afternoon, the Senate Finance Committee amended and passed HB 1988, the Children’s Promise Act, which provides tax credits benefiting private schools. While the committee
