Governor Phil Bryant issued the following press release:
Governor Phil Bryant Vetoes Four Bills
JACKSON—Gov. Phil Bryant has vetoed the following four bills:
· House Bill 1047: includes legally problematic changes to the Tort Claims Act;
· Senate Bill 2161: does not require ending Common Core in Mississippi;
· Senate Bill 2269: reduces public transparency regarding Mississippi Coast Coliseum contracting activities;
· Senate Bill 2370: duplicates language and duties regarding two Medicaid committees.
House Bill 1047
House Bill 1047
includes legally problematic changes to the Tort Claims Act. The bill
would grant protection to members of specifically named government
boards which, in turn, could support a legal argument
that members serving on government boards already covered under the
Tort Claims Act but that are not specifically named do not have legal
tort protection.
Senate Bill 2161
Senate Bill 2161 is thought to be a vehicle to end Common Core in Mississippi, but the bill does not provide that guarantee.
“I remain firmly
committed to ending Common Core in Mississippi,” Gov. Bryant said. “This
bill does not accomplish that goal, and I cannot in good conscience
sign it into law.”
The language of the
final bill does not task the Board of Education or the Department of
Education with ending Common Core in Mississippi or developing new
Mississippi-based standards for public school students.
The original version
of the bill provided a clear end to Common Core by instructing the
Mississippi Board of Education to adopt and implement new standards and
to take no further action in implementing Common
Core standards.
The final bill
creates a study committee to address Common Core standards but does not
require the Mississippi Board of Education to consider or adopt any of
the study committee’s recommendations. The House
of Representatives in an earlier version of the bill had inserted
language to require the Board of Education to accept at least 75 percent
of the study committee’s recommendations.
“Over the past
several years, Mississippians’ concern about Common Core has increased
steadily. Parents have strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with a
system many feel replaces their right to a voice
in the education of their children with a centralized, top-down
approach that cedes an uncomfortable amount of influence to a federal
agenda,” Gov. Phil Bryant said.
“This bill provides
no requirement that the Mississippi Board of Education or the
Mississippi Department of Education must do anything to abandon Common
Core.”
“Had the Legislature
maintained the original intent of Senate Bill 2161 as authored by Sen.
Videt Carmichael, I would have quickly signed it into law without
reservation and announced that Mississippi was
ending Common Core and replacing it with standards developed by
Mississippians for Mississippians.”
Senate Bill 2269
Senate Bill 2269
would grant more local control over the Mississippi Coast Coliseum,
which is a publicly governed entity. However, the bill also includes
language that decreases transparency requirements related
to coliseum contracts by changing a previous legal requirement that
information regarding contracts be publicly published in a local
newspaper.
Senate Bill 2370
Senate Bill 2370
duplicates language about the frequency of meetings conducted by the
Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. That issue is addressed in
House Bill 545, which has already been signed
into law. The law specifies that the committee may meet as needed.
Senate Bill 2370
also assigns new duties to the Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee,
which is a committee required by federal regulation to advise the
Division of Medicaid about health and medical care
services. The Division of Medicaid already has the authority to address
the duties Senate Bill 2370 would assign to the Medical Care Advisory
Committee.
14 comments:
Good. The bills offer nothing but HooDoo yip yap but do NOTHING to end this government encroachment. Whatever much of ignorant senators and representatives thought this would slip under the Governor's radar must have been attending the recent spice parties.
Guess Feel had to genuflec to the TP idiots. The bill didn't do everything they wanted, so they pushed for a veto. Now they get nothing - everything stays as it was. But that's the thinking of the tin foil hat group - if you're not 100% right, you are terrible. Legislation is a process of compromise, but some folks think everybody needs to cowtow to their way of thinking and no other way.
Good job Feel.
So now Chris and Melanie are running the entire state...
Vicki Slater here we come.
Those that think that "something is better than nothing", like 6:10,have sold their pitiful little souls for a nickel. "Compromise" is not the answer, except for those like 6:10 that haven't the backbone to stand for anything. What a pathetic waste of skin they are.
LOL, the JJ RINO nimrods are at it again. Tea Party is DOA, McDaniel has no power, yada, yada, yada but then, suddenly, the TP pushed this Common Core veto across the finish line? ROFLMAO
So who made the correct vote for Lynch RINOs? Senator Geritol or Wicker?
7:49, your "compromise is not the answer" succinctly says it all. You cut your nose off to spite your face and walk around barrel chested as if people see you as anything but a fool. All the while you just demolished the path cleared for the result you wanted.
A big win for Alisha, Big Big Win!
If the Tea Party wanted something more extensive in the bill, they should have spent their time trying to elect a more conservative House. This bill wasn't so much a compromise as it was all that could be pushed through the House. Unless Phil is working hard to bring us a more conservative House (he's not, by the way), vetoing this bill was stupid.
If the Tea Party wanted something more extensive in the bill, they should have spent their time trying to elect a more conservative House.
Spent? As in back in 2011?
7:49 = How do the new clothes fit, Emperor?
Facebook is now ruling the state.
The governor's veto assures that Common Core will continue. Most schools have already used cc for 2 or even 3 years and have significant $$ investments in training and curriculum. Perhaps this is what the Governor wanted all along.
Most schools have already used cc for 2 or even 3 years and have significant $$ investments in training and curriculum.
Great. Show us the stellar results.
I can't understand the fascination with Chris and Melanie and the utter paranoia that they are running the state.
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