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SB2001Introduced in the Senate

School teachers, assistant teachers, and college faculty; raise pay of.

Failed

Introduced by Dennis DeBar, District 43

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Died In Committee

March 3, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Passed · January 7, 2026

52

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

52 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Referred To Education

  2. Title Suff Do Pass

  3. Passed

  4. Transmitted To House

  5. Referred To Education;Appropriations A

  6. Died In Committee

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