Governor Reeves signs House Bill 1806 into law

Governor Reeves signs House Bill 1806 into law

During his daily press briefing, Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 1806 into law.

- during his daily press briefing- today, governor tate reeves - signed house 1806 into law.

- in late june, early july, the - legislature passed an - education appropriations bill - that governor - reeves vetoed parts of because- the school recognition- program was not funded.

- this bill pays nearly 24- - thousand teachers an- additional 28 million dollars.- governor reeves said 'since thi- program has - been implemented we have seen a- trajectory and- more and more of our schools- getting rated a and b.- every school had a teacher that- was eligible for this - particular payment.

- - "'they worked together as a - team to either ensure that thei- school was an 'a' rated - school, a 'b' rated school, or- that they were in a school that- improved a letter grade.

Every- school district had a - teacher that was eligible for - this particular payment.

There- were schools right here in the- city of jackson for instance, - - - - that went from an 'f' to a 'd'- or a 'd' to a 'c' and we reward- those - teachers for that great work."- the state budget year started o- july 1st.

- a week later, reeves vetoed - parts of the education- budget because it didn't fund a- bonus pay plan for some - teachers.

- house leaders sued the governor- over those partial- vetoes.

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