President Barack Obama recorded a robocall supporting Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood’s bid for the governor’s mansion while Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves sent a letter to Mississippi public school teachers ahead of Election Day
Survey: 30 percent of teachers would strike for better pay, more than 60 percent OK with ‘sick out’
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The Mississippi Association of Educators polled teachers through a Facebook survey about whether they would be willing to strike, participate in a sick out, or campaign for and against political candidates
2019 Legislative Session
County officials’ pay hike trimmed after outcry over amount given to teachers, state employees
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Legislation to provide an increase to county officials stalled but an agreement was reached in the final days of the session.
Education
Bill Waller tells teachers he’s ‘not happy’ about raise amount, vows to push for Southeastern average
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Educators tell candidate for governor about the struggles to get certified, low pay, and the feeling that lawmakers aren’t listening to them.
Education
‘Put up or shut up’: Mississippi teachers mull strike in wake of ‘insulting’ pay raise, secretive voucher funding move
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Mississippi law explicitly forbids striking by teachers, who can be fined and barred from teaching in the state for participating in a walkout.
2019 Legislative Session
$1,500 teacher pay raise approved but educators underwhelmed: ‘Another election-year-timed symbolic gesture’
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The legislation, now headed for Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk, also includes assistant teachers.
2019 Legislative Session
$1,000 for teachers, pay raises for many state employees included in tentative budget agreement
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“This is a good budget”: With revenue estimates up, speaker and lieutenant governor say lawmakers could vote on spending plan later this week.
Commentary
House ups ante on teacher pay, ‘Snuffy Smith’ would be pleased
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Steve Holland’s amendment to increase the pay raise to $4,000 brings to mind Billy McCoy’s comic strip quote in 2000 that resulted in the largest teacher pay hike in the state’s history.
Education
Senate balks at $4,000 teacher pay raise passed by House, cite ‘other competing needs’
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Final deal likely to be worked out behind closed doors near the end of the legislative session
2019 Legislative Session
Tax collections strong in final report before decision on teacher, state employee pay hike
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Tax collections are $129.1 million (3.93 percent) above the estimate for the year
Education
‘You get what you pay for’: Holmes County eyes tax hike for $5,000 teacher pay bump, new school
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James Henderson, the district’s superintendent, says tax bills would go up less than $100 per year. “Some of our parents pay more than that on a pair of Michael Jordan’s tennis shoes,” he said.
Republican-backed $1,000 teacher pay hike clears hurdle. Democrats ask: ‘Is this a joke?’
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Educators would receive an additional $500 in the first year and $500 in the next year, costing the state $50 million annually when the raise is fully phased-in.
Teacher pay-raise bills flood House and Senate
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More than a dozen bills were filed by Republicans and Democrats
Bryant bullish on teacher pay raises, jobs, and health care economy in final State of the State
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Democrats says Bryant’s eighth address to citizens touched on themes their party has long supported
Government
Reeves: Teacher pay raise, pension funding among 2019 priorities
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With state revenue collections the first six months of the current fiscal year up 3.3 percent, lieutenant governor anticipates level agency spending and funding for other “specific needs.”
Government
Analysis: A teacher pay hike with no pension boost would be the equivalent of schools, agency cuts
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Effect on the retirement system must be part of any discussion on salary increases, budget writers say