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Mississippi House advances broad teacher-pay and education package with $5,000 raise for licensed K–12 teachers
Summary
The House adopted a committee substitute that provides a $5,000 across‑the‑board raise for K–12 licensed teachers plus $3,000 for classroom special‑education teachers, PERS adjustments and an $18 million one‑time supplement targeted at low‑performing districts; sponsors said the state cost is roughly $225 million for the teacher raise.
The Mississippi House on the floor adopted a sweeping education committee substitute that would raise licensed K–12 teacher salaries statewide by $5,000 and add a $3,000 supplement for teachers actively working in special education.
Sponsor Representative Jimmy Hill (chair of the education committee) told colleagues the package also makes targeted changes to the Public Employees’ Retirement System and creates a new District Improvement and Teacher Stabilization Supplement. “This provides a $5,000 across‑the‑board pay increase for all of our teachers, K through 12,” the sponsor said, and added the…
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