Senate panel passes $2000 teacher raise and school ...

Senate panel passes $2,000 teacher raise and school-choice measure on first day of session - Daily Leader

The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, the first day of the 2026 legislative session, voted to raise teacher pay, make it easier for retirees to teach and loosen public school district transfer regulations. The public school transfer bill is the first major policy proposal that a legislative committee has advanced this year enhancing school choice, the issue many expect to headline the session. School choice refers to numerous policies and p…

Mississippi Teachers Could Get a $2,000 Raise, Retirees Could Be Asked to Teach

Mississippi teachers could soon get an annual pay raise of at least $2,000 after the Mississippi Senate Education Committee advanced legislation on Tuesday to increase salaries for educators in K-12 schools, community colleges and universities. The post Mississippi Teachers Could Get a $2,000 Raise, and Retirees Could Be Asked to Teach as Senate Advances Reforms appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

Senate panel passes $2000 teacher raise and school ...

Senate Education Committee moves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills forward - Mississippi Monitor

By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune   Senate Education Committee Chair Dennis DeBar (R) met with his fellow committee members on Tuesday to start the 2026 legislative session off by taking up three bills. (Photo by Jeremy Pittari | Magnolia Tribune)   On the first day of Mississippi’s 2026 legislative session, the Senate Education Committee kicked things off by sending three bills to the floor, each intended to strengthen the state’s K-12 publi…

Senate committee approves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills

While the legislative session in Mississippi may have led one to believe that the House would be the first to introduce education reforms as part of the 2026 session – considering Republican Speaker Jason White’s continued push for broader school choice – the Senate saw its Education Committee meet and approve three bills directly impacting public K-12 schools and teachers on lawmakers’ first day back in Jackson on Tuesday. Bills passed by the S…