Jackson Jambalaya

Can we make them pass a basic English language proficiency test first? That seems fair.

Are Mississippi teachers under paid? Yes but everyone in Mississippi are underpaid! Yes teachers make less money in Mississippi compared to other states but that’s true with are professionals in Mississippi

United States spends more money on education per a pupil than any country in the world yet we have super schools

Can they even balance a check book

Teaching and law enforcement are the two most important professions for salary increases. This would help to attract the better candidates.

Don't blame the teachers, they are hand-tied by the administration on many levels. They deserve hazard pay for what they have to put up with by students, parents and administrators. No, I'm not a teacher.

This is a good step, but you don't improve education by paying bad teachers more. You improve it by making sure you have good, qualified teachers earning that better salary.

I’d be more in favor if the teachers were actually grateful and said thank you to the taxpayers. That Sid, it’s a slap to the face of other state employees grinding it out 50 weeks a year 5 days a week with no raises.

Not bad for 7 months year in class

Amen 7: 03 and 7:07 !

707, will you thank taxpayers for your social security and medicare?

Sorry, my representative was too busy wasting state money on district 72 day.

Sad that it is based solely on political reasons (big voting block of teachers).

Delbert shit talked the House. White pushed the House bill to slap Delbert around. Delbert one-upped the House with their own bill to avoid damage control. I'm glad the teachers became the winners out of this. Listen, people. Monetary incentive gives the teachers less to worry about and leaves more room to focus on the job. The gesture lends reassurance. To all of you naysayers, this could potentially deliver fantastic results. We shall see.

Where is all this $ coming from?

For each year, where will this put Mississippi in relation to the 4 states that surround us?

I feel like we've been talking about teacher pay raises every year for 20 years. Totally deserving but I mean at a certain point, is it even news? Politicians playing games with people's emotions more likely the story. And we fall for it every dern year.

Taxes mostly coming the 50% of working adults in Mississippi. If only the other 50% would go to work, teacher pays raises wouldn't ever even be an issue.

8:30 SS and Medicare are not welfare programs

Teachers are paid too much already, have you seen the kids they are producing?

I'd rather have a $5000 raise right now than wait for that money to arrive in 2028/2029. Hosemann, Blount, Loome are all total jokes.

428, I didn't say they were welfare. I asked if the poster was thanking taxpayers for his SS and Medicare. He was upset that teachers weren't thankful for their salaries. However, teachers pay taxes and are voters. They aren't employees of individual taxpayers. If a person has a problem with paying teachers, then they should get the votes to end public support of schools.

Seems like they get a pay raise every session. Pretty nice for only working 7 months a year.

You mean the one’s beating other states in scores? Or do you mean their actual offspring? We don’t have good data on that.

707 here: I have paid $360k to social security and $95k into Medicare. You really think I’m going to see that much return at 0% interest? Lmao

@7:40-Why would I thank the taxpayers for something I have already mandatorily overpaid? I am over 70 and still working and SS docks my payment because I did not sit on my ass at 65.

Notice the higher rate for "Special Education" teachers.....that's connectedto the IEP scam....whenevery they possibly can, they get a kid on an IEP to draw down double the funding through Federal monies......so they're openly letting everyone know, "Hey, we're going to make all of the studens SPED so we can capture those federal dollars....get ready! All children are sick and can't control themselves.....there's not such thing as a behavioral problem". Parents eat it up.

"Teachers are paid too much already, have you seen the kids they are producing?"

Typically, the only kids teachers are producing are a direct result of sex in their own bedrooms with their spouses. At least that's my understanding.

@ March 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM - Did you just move here from Minneapolis? Please go back.

“Our Mississippi (insert government employee job title) are paid $X,000 below the southeastern average.”

Politicos, lobbyists, have this tattooed on your palms for future reference.

The moron who keeps saying teachers only work 7 months a year is just displaying his own stupidity and showing how out of touch with reality he is.

"RUN GOVERNMENT LIKE A BUSINESS"

oh so you mean, attract better-qualified employees by offering higher pay?

"NO NOT LIKE THAT"

@956 thanks for making the point that people receiving government checks aren't obligated to thank anyone. That would include teachers by the way.

@941, Do you need to see that return or are you happy helping others?

7:41, for your sake I hate it that you can’t fix stupid, but please refrain from posting. My wife is in her classroom from 7:00 to 4:30 every day, then spends a couple of hours every night and several hours most weekends grading papers, preparing lessons, etc. from the time she wraps up one year until she has to report back for the next one is usually only about 7 or 8 weeks. She puts in more hours per year than someone working straight 40 hour weeks. And I won’t even get into the parents teachers have to deal with nowadays.

Please tell your Wife she is greatly appreciated, and that her worthless administrators who let the idiot parents act the way they do, to fuck off.