The Parents' Campaign


Bill	Issue Name	Vote Description	How Voted	TPC's Position	Vote Date
HB1494	Resources/Funding	Provides level funding for all of K-12, including the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) and the National Board Certified Teacher program. Fully funds the Chickasaw Cession interest payment. Funding is $25-million above Legislative Budget Recommendation, which includes a $16-million increase in the cost to provide state retirement. Passed. Yeas: 107, Nays: 14, Absent or Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	2/16/2011
HB1059	Resources/Funding	Provides for $82-million in funding to be added to the appropriation for K-12 education should the U.S. Congress extend the reduced state match for Medicaid. Passed. Yeas: 119, Nays: 1, Absent or Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	4/21/2010
HB1170 Conf Report	Standards/Accountability	Allows school districts to furlough all employees, including the superintendent, for up to 3 non-instructional days for which employees would not be paid. It further requires that, for every furlough day, employees be allowed an additional 1/2 personal day off with pay. The report does not allow for the reduction of instructional days. Provides that when a district's ending fund balance falls below 7% of the district's total revenue for the fiscal year, the district must submit a budget plan for the next fiscal year for approval by the Mississippi Department of Education. Passed. Yeas: 116, Nays: 4, Absent or Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	3/26/2010
HCR121	Resources/Funding	Extends regular session of the legislature to May 3 and requires legislators to return on April 20; suspends deadlines for certain bills; and changes deadlines for general bills in conference. Requires 2/3 vote, or 81 yeas, for passage.) Failed. Yeas: 76, Nays: 45, Absent or Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	3/23/2010
SB2495 Conf Report	Resources/Funding	Restores funding cut from K-12 education in the amount of $37,071,036. Fully restores funding cut from the National Board Certified Teacher Program and from the Chickasaw Cession. Passed. Yeas: 117, Nays: 2, Absent: 2, Present but Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	3/3/2010
HB1622	Resources/Funding	Appropriates funding for K-12 education for Fiscal Year 2011 (the coming school year). Funds MAEP at 5.5% below the original appropriation for the current school year. (Under-funds the MAEP for FY2011 by $158-million.) The National Board Certified Teacher program, Educable Child, and Chickasaw Cession are fully funded. Passed. Yeas: 111, Nays: 8, Absent or Not Voting: 3.	Yea	Yea	2/17/2010
SB2688	Resources/Funding	House amendment utilizes $79-million from the Health Care Expendable Fund and unused funds returned to the state by the Public Service Commission to restore cuts to education and other state agencies. Restores $33.9-million to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, $1.93-million to the National Board Certified Teacher Program, $1.06-million to the Chickasaw Cession Interest Payment, and $611,782 to General Education Programs for a total of $37.6-million to K-12 education. Passed. Yeas: 106, Nays: 14, Absent or Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	2/11/2010
SB2688	Resources/Funding	Gunn amendment reduces to $58-million the funding used to restore cuts and reduces to $16.7-million the amount used to restore funds cut from K-12 education. Amendment Failed. Yeas: 41, Nays: 78, Absent or Not Voting: 3.	Nay	Nay	2/11/2010
SB2495	Resources/Funding	House amendment utilizes $50-million from the Working Cash Stabilization Reserve Fund (Rainy Day) and $50-million from the Health Care Expendable Fund to restore some of the cuts made to various agencies. $43,395,587 is designated for K-12 education. Of that amount, $40,404,594 would be used to restore a portion of the cuts made to MAEP and $1,925,454 to fully restore the National Board Certified Teacher supplement. Passed. Yeas: 73, Nays: 47, Absent or Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	1/26/2010
HB392	Resources/Funding	Requires the use of $61-million in stimulus funds and $50-million in state Rainy Day Funds to offset further cuts to the FY10 Budget. Provides exemptions for Corrections, National Board Certified Teachers, and several other agencies. Passed. Yeas: 70, Nays: 49, Absent or Not Voting: 3.	Yea	Yea	1/19/2010
HB49	Resources/Funding	Provides full funding of the MAEP formula - base student cost and add-on programs - as well as the National Board Certified Teacher supplement, Educable Child, and the second phase of the pay raise for teachers with more than 25 years of experience. The bill also provides $3-million to continue the High School Redesign program in districts that are already participating. It does not provide the $10-million required to expand the program to additional districts. Passed. Yeas: 115, Nays: 5, Absent or Not Voting: 1, Vacancies: 1.	Yea	Yea	6/29/2009
SB2628	Standards/Accountability	School district accountability legislation allowing MDE greater authority to intervene when schools are struggling, conduct an evaluation, and develop an improvement plan. District will have 2 years to implement successfully the directives in the plan and to show some improvement in student achievement. Districts that fail to meet that standard will be taken over by the state, their superintendents removed and their school boards abolished. Passed. Yeas: 116, Nays: 4, Absent or Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	3/30/2009
SB2628	Standards/Accountability	School district accountability legislation allowing MDE greater authority to intervene when schools are struggling, conduct an evaluation, and develop an improvement plan. District will have 2 years to implement successfully the directives in the plan and to show some improvement in student achievement. Districts that fail to meet that standard will be taken over by the state, their superintendents removed and their school boards abolished. (Requires 3/5 vote, or 71 yeas, for passage.) Passed. Yeas: 111, Nays: 6, Absent or Not Voting: 5.	Yea	Yea	3/5/2009
SB2314	Early Childhood Education	Authorizes local school districts to expend any available funds for early childhood programs. (Requires 3/5 vote, or 74 yeas, for passage.) Passed. Yeas: 106, Nays: 16, Absent or Not Voting 0.	Yea	Yea	2/26/2009
HB1699	Early Childhood Education	Appropriations bill for the Dept of Human Services that funds the Quality Rating System and the Resource and Referral Network in the amount of $3-million. Passed. Yeas: 120, Nays: 0, Absent: 0, Present but Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	2/17/2009
HB616	Early Childhood Education	Suspends the rules in order to allow consideration of HB616 which authorizes local school districts to operate and expend funds for early childhood education programs. (Requires 2/3 vote, or 79 yeas, for passage.) Failed. Yeas: 70, Nays: 48, Absent: 3, Present but Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	2/12/2009
HB1383	Resources/Funding	Provides a $68-million supplemental appropriation to reinstate funds cut from MAEP in the current (2008-2009) school year. Passed. Yeas: 82, Nays: 37, Absent: 1, Present but Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	1/22/2009
HB865	Resources/Funding	Provides $3-million in stimulus funding for the school district emergency assistance fund to assist four school districts with financial difficulty after they are taken over by a conservator. Passed. Yeas: 98, Nays: 14, Absent or Not Voting: 9, Present but Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	1/20/2009
SB2149	Standards/Accountability	Requires removal of superintendents in school districts determined underperforming for two consecutive years. Passed. Yeas: 100, Nays: 18, Absent: 2, Present but Not Voting: 2.	Nay	Yea	4/15/2008
HB 513	Resources/Funding	Conference Report funds initiatives in the Quality Education Act, as well as other education-related initiatives. Passed. Yeas: 115, Nays: 5, Absent: 1, Present but Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	4/14/2008
SB2149	Standards/Accountability	Requires the removal of superintendents in school districts that are underperforming for two years; if the superintendent is elected, he/she will be prohibited from running for the position again until one term has passed; position will not become appointed; Lafayette County superintendent to be changed from an elected to appointed position upon unanimous approval of district superintendent and school board. Passed. Yeas: 106, Nays: 14, Absent: 1, Present but Not Voting: 1.	Nay	Yea	3/19/2008
SB2416	Standards/Accountability	Requires additional training for school board members in school districts with deficiencies in student achievement and/or financial management. Passed. Yeas: 116, Nays: 0, Absent or Not Voting: 4.	Yea	Yea	3/14/2008
SB2176	Resources/Funding	House version of SB2176 provides a 3% increase to base teacher pay, increasing annual salary increments for teachers from 25 years to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels effective 01/01/09, $500 increase in assistant teacher pay, and $1,000 to mentor teachers who provide mentoring services to beginning teachers. Passed. Yeas: 114, Nays: 8, Absent or Not Voting: 0.	Yea	Yea	3/12/2008
HB1029	Resources/Funding	House version of HB1029 increases Teacher Supply Fund by 5% this year and uses the Consumer Price Index in future years to allocate funds. Passed. Yeas: 87, Nays: 35, Absent or Not Voting: 0.	Yea	Yea	2/28/2008
HB 975	Resources/Funding	The House version of HB975 expands the High School Redesign program from 13 to 30 school districts. Passed. Yeas: 112, Nays: 7, Absent or Not Voting: 3.	Yea	Yea	2/21/2008
HB 513	Resources/Funding	Implements initiatives in the Quality Education Act at the requested level of funding. Passed. Yeas: 95, Nays: 26, Absent: 1.	Yea	Yea	1/31/2008
HB 513	Resources/Funding	Amendment 1 to HB513 proposes to eliminate the 3% teacher pay raise and reduce funding for the Quality Education Act. Failed. Yeas: 44, Nays: 77, Absent: 1.	Nay	Nay	1/31/2008
HB238	Resources/Funding	Fully Funds the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, provides additional funding for children at risk of failure and holds harmless districts on the coast and elsewhere that have seen their enrollments decrease. Passed. Yeas: 119, Nays: 1, Absent or Not Voting: 2.	Yea	Yea	1/11/2007
HB239	Resources/Funding	Calls for a 3% across-the-board increase in teacher salaries. Passed. Yeas: 120, Nays: 0, Absent: 2.	Yea	Yea	1/11/2007
HB238	Resources/Funding	Motion to suspend the rules to allow consideration of an appropriations bill on the first day of the legislative session. HB238 provides full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Taking up an appropriations bill on the first day of the session requires suspension of the rules. Suspension of the rules requires a 2/3 majority and is a common procedural vote. A nay vote is a vote to disallow debate on the bill and to delay considering full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Motion Failed (required 2/3 vote, or 78 yeas, for passage). Yeas: 77, Nays: 40, Absent or Not Voting: 3, Vacancies: 2.	Yea	Yea	1/2/2007
HB1646	Resources/Funding	Provides full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). Passed. Yeas: 107, Nays: 12, Present but Not Voting: 2, Absent: 1.	Yea	Yea	2/16/2005
HB1696	Resources/Funding	Provides full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). Passed. Yeas: 103, Nays: 18, Absent or Not Voting: 1.	Yea	Yea	3/23/2004