Lieutenant Governor Gilbert Hosemann issued the following statement.
The Mississippi State Senate has amended House Bill 1395 to include a $6,000 teacher pay raise, a $9,000 pay raise for special education teachers, and a $2,000 pay raise for assistant teachers, community college instructors, and university professors. If enacted into law, the raises would be phased in over three years. Teachers would receive $2,000 annually for three years, for a total increase of $6,000. Special education teachers would receive $3,000 annually for three years, for a total increase of $9,000.
“On day two of this legislative session, the very first bill the Senate passed was a standalone teacher pay raise. Now, we are once again advancing a clean teacher pay raise for the educators who are shaping our future,” said Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann. “This phased implementation is critical to balance the budget as the Constitution requires us to do. Further, a teacher pay raise must not be held hostage by multiple other political issues.”
The action follows the House of Representatives amendment to Senate Bill 2103, which made changes to teacher pay and PERS while opening more than 120 other topics in Mississippi law for debate and potentially tying them to critical education and PERS reforms.
“We are not done with our work on PERS and remain committed to securing a large cash infusion to address the unfunded actuarial liability, lowering the years-of-service requirement for all state employees, increasing return-to-work benefits, and funding a cost-of-living adjustment for Tier 5 employees.”
The legislation now returns to the House of Representatives for consideration.
8 comments:
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.
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