Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement as well as his budget yesterday.
Today, Governor Tate Reeves released his Executive Budget Recommendation for fiscal year 2021 for the state of Mississippi.
Committed to delivering on promises made during his campaign and his first State of the State Address, Governor Reeves' balanced budget recommendation highlights key investment areas such as a teacher pay raise, increasing the number of National Board Certified teachers, and investing in workforce development and rural healthcare.
"Standing before my fellow Mississippians, I promised that this would be an administration for all Mississippi. I am a man of my word. I am committed to honoring that promise, and this balanced budget recommendation is the first step," said Governor Tate Reeves.
The budget specifically sets out to fund the following priorities:
- Increase teacher pay by $1,500 in our first year with an eye towards further future raises.
- Double the teacher supply fund.
- Increase the supplement for teachers to earn and maintain their National Board Certification.
- Fund bonuses for teachers who locate in underserved areas.
- Achieve a history-making increase in our investment in workforce development.
- Increase our investment in rural health care.
6 comments:
I guess a roundabout way to help the Corrections situation is to cut the Judiciary spending.
Somebody, many years ago, should have issued a flat-out decree that disallows the purchase of trendy office furniture at ever level of state government operations.
When I worked for the state in various field offices, we sat or stood at WWII era Steelcase desks or filing cabinets, had plastic chairs in reception and waiting areas and never knew what a table lamp nor credenza was, although all of the latter did exist in Jackson.
And as we all recall, any unspent federal dollars projected to roll over on September 30, was always converted to the purchase of new equipment, furniture and neat trinkets for the state headquarters buildings and those of elected officials. If not, that money went back to the feds.
Saying red-cheeked "and that's what I'll do" as he did through his campaign, is much different than doing it. We'll see!
Of course, Tomie Green foresaw the whole situation with MDOC. If it wasn’t for her, the current prison situation would have surfaced years ago. Instead, she and the other Hinds judges give out blessings to help take the inmate load off MDOC, since most of the MDOC inmates probably come from Hinds. She’s playing 5D chess and you guys are playing checkers. She covered for her best friend Phil and dropped the bomb on Taturd Tot. Thank you Judge Green!
/retarded conspiracy theories
I see the FORMER Lt. Gov cut the Legislative line by 7% and kept the Governor's flat. How ironic.
Let’s try this again.
If Mississippi can grow its revenue it can increase its budget. If Mississippi would more wisely utilize its revenue the budget would be stronger.
President Trump passed a tax reduction plan lowering most America’s tax liability. In doing the plan limited to $10,000 state tax deductions. This has encouraged many Americans to seek states with lower taxes. States with no state income tax have received a lot of interest. Already Mississippi has been rated as the least expensive state in which to live. If Mississippi was to abolish its state income tax Mississippi should see a huge incentive for growth, increasing the state revenue for its budget.
Mississippi continues to seek grow potential. In this budget Mississippi is spending a lot of money for our institutions of higher learning. There are fewer industries that could enhance MS’s growth more than for our IHL institutions to actively recruit out of state students. This would help the institutions grow as well as the entire state. This should be a no brainer. Here again, helping future MS budgets.
As of course, in every budget there are many items that need to be trimmed or even completely abolished. This budget is no exception. There are even some community colleges that could be closed & repurposed as non violent criminal adult/juvenile institutions. This would help the budget as it deals with the problems at Parchman.
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