Mississippi House Bill 1498 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
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 Authorize Local School Districts To Compensate Individuals Who Are Employed In A Full-time Instructional Capacity With Relevant Content-specific Experience And Assistant Teachers Who Become Licensed Teachers Up To An Amount That Is Equivalent To The Salary Scale For Licensed Teachers, As Determined By Allocating One And One-half Years Of Comparable Classroom Experience For Every Two Years Of Relevant Experience The Individual Possesses Before Becoming Employed By The School District Or Years Of Service Provided As An Assistant Teacher Before Becoming A Licensed Teacher; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher salary; authorize school districts to compensate unlicensed teachers up to 75% of licensed teachers salary with equal experience.

Rep. Kent McCarty [R]

Rep. Noah Sanford [R]

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/HB1498.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1498IN.htm