Bill > SB2001

Introduced Session

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For An Increase To The Minimum Teacher Salary Scale; To Amend Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No School District Shall Reduce The Local Supplement Or Pay An Individual Assistant Teacher Less Than The State Minimum Salary In A Year In Which The State Minimum Salary Is Increased; To Provide For A Reduction In Funds For Districts That Violate This Section; To Provide That No District Shall Pay Any Assistant Teacher Less Than The State Minimum Salary Unless Done So By A Pro Rata Daily Amount Where There Has Been A Reduction In Adequate Education Program Allocations For Such District In Such Year Or In The Amount Of Federal Funds To Such District From The Previous Year; To Provide For An Increase To The Minimum Base Salary For Assistant Teachers; To Express The Legislature's Intent That Each Full-time Professor Or Instructor At A State Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College Receive A Salary Increase Above Existing Pay; To Express The Intent Of The Legislature That All Full-time Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors And Course Instructors Of Any Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College Receive A Salary Increase Of $2,000.00 Above Their Current Salaries; And For Related Purposes.

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Juan Barnett (D)*,  Bradford Blackmon (D)*,  Kevin Blackwell (R)*,  David Blount (D)*,  Nicole Boyd (R)*,  Gary Brumfield (D)*,  Albert Butler (D)*,  Kathy Chism (R)*,  Dennis DeBar (R)*,  Johnny DuPree (D)*,  Joey Fillingane (R)*,  Hillman Frazier (D)*,  Theresa Gillespie Isom (D)*,  Josh Harkins (R)*,  Rod Hickman (D)*,  Briggs Hopson (R)*,  Reginald Jackson (D)*,  Philman Ladner (R)*,  Tyler McCaughn (R)*,  Michael McLendon (R)*,  Chad McMahan (R)*,  Walter Michel (R)*,  Kamesha Mumford (D)*,  Sollie Norwood (D)*,  Justin Pope (D)*,  Derrick Simmons (D)*,  Sarita Simmons (D)*,  Daniel Sparks (R)*,  Ben Suber (R)*,  Joseph Thomas (D)*,  Brice Wiggins (R)*, 

Referred To Education;Appropriations A (on 02/06/2026)

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