Mississippi House Bill 1231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase Teachers' Salaries In The 2020-2021 School Year So That The Average Salary Of Mississippi Public School Teachers Is Equal To The Southeastern Average Teacher's Salary, As Determined By The Southern Regional Education Board (sreb); To Require The State Board Of Education To Annually Report To The Legislature On Adjustments Necessary To The Salary Scale In Order To Maintain The Southeastern Average; To Require The Legislature To Adopt Changes To The Scale And Appropriate Sufficient Funding To Maintain An Average Salary Equal To The Southeastern Average; To Provide For The Repeal Of The Statute Setting Forth The Teacher Salary Schedule On July 1, 2021; And For Related Purposes.

Teachers' salaries; increase to Southeastern average in 2020-2021 and adjust annually to maintain.

Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1231.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1231IN.htm