Mississippi House Bill 1171 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Teacher Salary Scale To Be Revised Annually So That Beginning With The 2021-2022 School Year, The Average Teacher's Salary In Mississippi Is Equal To The Southeastern Average; To Bring Forward Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Assistant Teachers And Establishes Their Minimum Salary, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish A Study Committee To Determine And Recommend To The Legislature The Annual Salary Amount That Constitutes A Living Wage For Assistant Teachers And Other Noninstructional School Employees; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher salaries; provide for increase to Southeastern average by 2021-2022 school term.

Rep. David Myers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Education;Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1171.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1171IN.htm