By Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today, April 16, 2018. A new analysis of state-by-state spending on public education found that a high school senior in Mississippi received about $33,000 less in state funding than the national average over the course of his or her public education. Efforts to rework the state’s public education funding formula died in…
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SENATOR HOB BRYAN OFFERS KILLING MOTION JACKSON, MS – By a 27-21 Senate vote, Mississippi’s public school districts dodged a funding formula rewrite that stood to strip millions from every school system in the state. House Bill 957, a measure authored by House Speaker Philip Gunn, had made it through the process and lacked a…
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Dear MAE Members, Once again, Legislative leadership is trying to pull a fast one, and our public schools need YOUR help! House Bill 957, the so-called “new funding formula” for our public schools is up for a vote on Tuesday, February 27, at 11:00 a.m. in the Senate Education Committee meeting. House Bill 957 was…
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February 21, 2018 Senators gathered in Room 216 of the Capitol this afternoon for a discussion on House Bill 957, the proposed public school funding rewrite. Education Committee Chair Gray Tollison provided an opportunity for review and discussion of the measure that has created alarm across the public school community due to its impending reductions…
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By Joyce Helmick, President, Mississippi Association of Educators– As a lifelong resident of the great state of Mississippi, a 37-year veteran educator in public schools, a mother of public school graduates, a grandmother of two future graduates of Mississippi public schools, and an advocate for educators and students in public schools, I am raising my…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02/08/2018 CONTACT: TYRONE HENDRIX, MAE Executive Director, 601-354-4463 MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS SALUTES LEGISLATIVE DECISION TO KILL VOUCHER BILL Mississippi Association of Educators President Joyce Helmick issued the following statement regarding today’s Senate decision on Senate Bill 2623: “We are elated that Senate Bill 2623 died on the Senate calendar today, the…
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Commentary by Tyrone Hendrix, MAE Executive Director SB2623 and SB2400 Hurt Public Schools Tuesday, January 30, marked a bad day for public education in Mississippi when Senate committees decided to pass one measure that will undermine the financial stability of school systems across the state for the foreseeable future and another that could eliminate experience…
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The MAE government relations team leads the association’s legislative efforts by advocating for all public school programs and services that we deem necessary to ensure great public schools for every student in Mississippi. As its ongoing, overarching focus, the Mississippi Association of Educators advocates for full and early funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program…
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The Mississippi Association of Educators Oppose SB 2623 SB 2623 was authored by Senator Gray Tollison and was introduced on Friday, January 19, 2018. SB 2623 is a school voucher bill that will allow public money to pay for private school tuition and homeschooling. The Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE) is opposed to this voucher…
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Dear Friends of Education, House Bill 957, which rewrites the funding formula for Mississippi’s public schools, passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Although the final impact of the bill will not be felt until school year 2025-2026, the actions of the 66 representatives that voted to pass this bill will have an…
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