MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representatives Brown (66th), Eaton, Alday, Aldridge, Arnold, Bailey, Bain, Banks, Barker, Bell, Boyd, Burnett, Calhoun, Campbell, Clark, Clarke, Coleman (65th), DeBar, Denton, Dickson, Ellis, Evans (43rd), Evans (70th), Evans (91st), Faulkner, Gibbs, Holloway, Huddleston (30th), Kinkade, Lane, Massengill, Mayo, Mettetal, Miles, Moak, Myers, Oberhousen, Patterson, Perkins, Reynolds, Staples, Steverson, Stringer, Sullivan, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Watson, Whittington, Williams-Barnes, Willis, Young
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REQUESTING THE DRAFTING, AND THE INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE, OF A BILL ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-21-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE BASE SALARIES OF ASSISTANT TEACHERS BY THE AMOUNT OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS BEGINNING WITH THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR, TO A TOTAL OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE PERCENT INCREASE TO THE BASE SALARY ESTABLISHED FOR ASSISTANT TEACHERS FOR EACH ONE PERCENT THAT THE SINE DIE GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE GROWTH EXCEEDS FIVE PERCENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN, That the Joint Rules of the House and the Senate, including all the deadlines and other provisions imposed by Joint Rule No. 40, are suspended for the purpose of requesting the drafting, and the introduction, consideration and passage, of a bill entitled
"AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-21-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE BASE SALARIES OF ASSISTANT TEACHERS BY THE AMOUNT OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS BEGINNING WITH THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR, TO A TOTAL OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE PERCENT INCREASE TO THE BASE SALARY ESTABLISHED FOR ASSISTANT TEACHERS FOR EACH ONE PERCENT THAT THE SINE DIE GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE GROWTH EXCEEDS FIVE PERCENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."