Bill > HB1539

This bill mandates that teachers and other licensed personnel employed by Mississippi school districts must be paid on a semimonthly basis, meaning twice a month, rather than the previous option of monthly or bimonthly payments. While licensed employees will now receive semimonthly paychecks, local school boards retain the discretion to process payroll for non-licensed employees on a monthly or semimonthly schedule. The bill also adjusts the state's funding disbursement to school districts to align with this semimonthly payroll schedule, changing the payment from one-twelfth of annual funding each month to one twenty-fourth of annual funding every two weeks, with a specific provision for December payments to be made by December 15th or the next business day. This change aims to ensure that school district employees receive their wages more frequently throughout the year.

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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1539.xml