Today was a deadline day in the Mississippi Legislature, and we have good news! HB 989, the legislative power grab that would have limited school

We need your help to defeat HB 989. HB 989 is hostile to public schools. It would limit your local school board’s authority to raise

Here’s a quick update on progress to date on the education bills we are watching… On the House calendar awaiting a floor vote – deadline

Yesterday was the deadline for legislative committees to pass bills that originated in their own chambers. Today, floor debate began in earnest as the Legislature

This morning, the Senate Education and Appropriations Committees passed SB 2594, a bill that puts in place new accountability measures for Mississippi’s ESA voucher program.

Please keep calling about the voucher bill. Your calls are making a difference! SB 2594 narrows the ESA voucher program by requiring that private voucher

We need your help on a voucher bill. You probably know that Mississippi’s ESA voucher program has been fraught with problems. At the root of

Mississippi’s ESA voucher program has been analyzed by our sister organization, The Parents’ Campaign Research & Education Fund and by PEER. Findings include: less than

Yesterday, in a great show of support for public school teachers, SB 2001 – the teacher pay raise bill, unanimously passed the full Senate. Every

Heads up, public education supporters: Legislators in the House of Representatives voted against you in overwhelming fashion today. Teachers, they don’t want you to serve

House Speaker Philip Gunn continues to play hardball with the state retirees who were elected in November to represent voters in the Pinebelt, southeast Mississippi,

SB 2001, a teacher pay raise bill, passed unanimously in the Senate Education Committee this morning. The bill gives certified teachers with three or more

Committees have been named in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Rep. Richard Bennett of Long Beach will return as chair of the House Education Committee,

Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann made it clear at the start of the session that he does not intend to engage in petty partisan politics, pledging

Reverse Repealer A repealer is a provision included in a statute that sets a date on which that law is repealed, or ceases to be

Conference CommitteeWhen the House of Representatives and the Senate fail to agree on any portion of a piece of legislation, conference can be invited by

The first week of the 2020 Legislative Session is in the books! Philip Gunn was sworn in for a third term as Speaker of the

Ready for a fresh start? The 2020 Legislative Session convenes at noon today with a new Legislature and new leadership. With that comes new opportunities –