Friday, April 1, 2022

Governor Signs Teacher Pay Raise Bill

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

Governor Tate Reeves today announced the signing of House Bill 530, which gives Mississippi teachers and assistant teachers the largest pay raise in Mississippi history.

The legislation gives an average pay raise of $5,140 to teachers and $2,000 to assistant teachers. This major investment into Mississippi education will place average teacher starting salaries in the state ahead of the National and Southeastern averages.

“When it comes to delivering a quality education for our kids, we are getting the job done,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “These pay raises will help cement Mississippi’s competitive footing to not only incentivize educators to stay in our state, but also to proactively recruit people to move here and teach in our communities. This legislation is a stake in the ground that proudly declares Mississippi’s enduring commitment to supporting our educators and our education system, and I am ecstatic to sign it into law.”

In the last few years, Mississippi has set multiple records with state graduation rates at all-time highs and dropout rates at all-time lows.

The raises represent the continued commitment of the Reeves administration to strengthening education and equipping Mississippi children with the academic tools and resources necessary to become successful Mississippi adults.

The signing of the legislation represents the fulfillment of a promise Governor Reeves made on the campaign trail in 2019 when he committed to securing a well-deserved pay raise for Mississippi’s teachers.

Governor Reeves made the announcement during a ceremonial bill signing at Madison Central High School. The signing was broadcast on Facebook Live and can be viewed in full here.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Teachers deserve pay raises, especially thorough teachers.
Teachers teach lessons that are discussed forbears and years.

Signed,
Emeritus

Anonymous said...

OMG....they act like a $425.00 per month pay raise before taxes and insurance will change someone's life. Give me a break.

Anonymous said...

The largest influx of one-time federal cash in state history. The largest teacher pay raise in state history. The largest tax cut in state history. Probably the largest drunken legislative session in history. It's not tax and spend, but what do you call it?

Anonymous said...

@9:28

A business owner would call it "bankruptcy."

Anonymous said...

@9:14 AM
I missed the part where they acted like it's a life-changing pay raise. Can you point me to the statement?

Anonymous said...

Might see 120 of it after retirement and insurance.....meanwhile UMMC just possibly doomed Cancer patients with their shitty negotiating skills. Or as rumor has it....trying to squeeze BCBS for more.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Nancy Loome will take credit for this?

Anonymous said...

@9:51 have you missed all of the media coverage on this? According to them people will now be able to quit their second jobs because of this raise. Better talent will be recruited....$41k or $37k is still shit pay for the MOST important job in the world.

Anonymous said...

10:38 : Especially once you see how much admin gets paid .

Anonymous said...

While we're basking in the sunshine of pay increases, what became of the Senate bill to raise their own pay by thousands. Seriously...did it die or will it slide under the door at the last minute?

Anonymous said...

12:57 : Think they passed it already.

Anonymous said...

@10:38 AM
Don't get it twisted: Law enforcement is the most important job in the world.
Law enforcement and medical workers.

Anonymous said...

@9:14 - In an economy where truckers will jump ship for 3cents a mile and unions will push for 10cents an hour...$425 a month is a mighty healthy pay raise in most any job, regardless of your attempt to minimize its value.

Let me put it another way...Get your head out of your ass.

Anonymous said...

@2:36 Nope. The most important jobs in the world are law enforcement, sanitation removal, and sewage management. Without those three - civilization becomes quite uncivilized and deadly...regardless of healthcare responders.

Anonymous said...

2:36: I think you meant 'sanitation management' and 'sewage removal'.

Anonymous said...

Without workers toiling cheaply in the education process, there would be no people trained in law enforcement, shit removal or management of government processes. Nor would there be any need for those skills since we'd all be troglodytes.

Anonymous said...

While I support teacher pay raises they and many other poorly thought out legislative actions have been at the sacrifice of other state employees. Teachers are valued but you now have teachers with higher starting pay than engineers or many other highly skilled state employees. Probably why you see MDOT, MDEQ, MDWFP, MDOH and other state agencies with huge vacancies and other funding needs.


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