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UPDATE 5:30 PM: We are so grateful Senate leadership stepped up and saved the teacher pay raise bill with some hours to spare. We now have a live bill that includes a pay raise for teachers and assistant teachers! Thank you, and all the teachers, for hearing the call. We will keep you posted as…

Committee Education; Appropriations Author Dennis DeBar Session 2022 Session Senate Bill 2443 would delete caps on the number of nurses and speech pathologists that can receive salary supplements for being National Board-certified, as well as qualify athletic trainers for National Board salary supplements. SB 2443 has also been amended to provide for the same pay…

Committee Education Author Kent McCarty Session 2022 Session House Bill 1340 would create the Family Engagement Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program, which would provide “home-based instruction and services” to at least 1,000 preschool-age children throughout the state. Families would participate in the program on a voluntary basis, and all instruction and services would be delivered in…

Committee Education Author Rob Robertson Session 2022 Session House Bill 795 would create two pilot programs to expand virtual learning opportunities in Mississippi: the Digital Learning in the Classroom Pilot Program and the Virtual Public School Pilot Program. Both pilot programs are explicitly intended to promote “equal access to education” and prevent children from being…

Committee Education; Appropriations Author Richard Bennett Session 2022 Session House Bill 1313, known as the “State Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (FAITH) Scholarship Program Act,” would provide some foster care children with free tuition at public universities and colleges, as well as cover fees associated with job training courses or skill…