Spring-Step Teacher Pay Bridge Act; create.

An Act To Be Known As The Spring-step Teacher Pay Bridge Act; To Provide For A Predictable, Annual Spring-step Pay Bridge On January 7 Of Each Year For Five Consecutive Years Following A Teacher's Or Other Instructional Staff's Return From The Christmas Break; To Provide That The Payment Shall Be Automatic, Requiring No Additional Application Or Verification From The Employee; To Provide That The Payment Shall Be Calculated As One-half Of The Employee's Regular Biweekly Pay, Or A Fixed Amount Established Annually By The State Department Of Education Based On Available Appropriations, Whichever Is Greater; To Provide That The Payment Shall Not Reduce, Replace, Or Interfere With Any Step Increases, Raises, Or Supplements Otherwise Due To The Employee; To Provide That The Legislature Shall Appropriate Funds Annually To The Department For The Purpose Of Administering The Spring-step Pay Bridge; To Provide That Funds Shall Be Distributed To School Districts Through The Mississippi Student Funding Formula Or A Designated Supplemental Line Item; To Require The Department To Submit An Annual Report To The Legislature; To Provide That After Five Years, The Legislature Shall Review The Program For Continuation, Expansion, Or Permanent Adoption; To Bring Forward Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.