The House teacher pay plan has passed the appropriations committee! The highlights: 🍎 Boost starting pay to $43,000 for teachers with a Bachelor’s degree. 🍎 Give every MS teacher a minimum pay raise of $4,000. 🍎 Provide teacher assistants with a $2,000 pay raise. #msleg 1/
Kent McCarty
@KentMcCarty · MS · H
Posts313
Engagement8,451
Voting-record position0.336
CoverageJan 9, 2020 to Nov 15, 2024
Voting-record position is available for 3,335 of 5,927 legislators. Missing values are shown, not hidden.
Voice fingerprint
Percentage-point difference between this legislator’s topic share and the party median. Bars left are under-indexed; bars right are over-indexed.
Most distinctive Education 15.0 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 1
- Over
- 1
- Under
- 0
Voice fingerprint. 1 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −15.0 pp to +15.0 pp. Most distinctive topic: Education, 15.0 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Education Over-indexed +15.0 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±15.0 pp.
View complete comparison table
| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 19.2% | 4.2% | +15.0 pp | Over-indexed | 313 |
Derived interaction graph
Kent McCarty's interaction network
Explore parsed retweets and mentions linked to known legislators and external handles. Filter by direction, topic, target party, target state, or interaction type.
21 nodes 27 links 26 out 50 in
Post explorer
Switch between this legislator's most-engaged posts, newest posts, and representative samples.
- 10 matching posts
The House teacher pay plan has passed the appropriations committee! The highlights: <U+0001F34E> Boost starting pay to $43,000 for teachers with a Bachelor<U+2019>s degree. <U+0001F34E> Give every MS teacher a minimum pay raise of $4,000. <U+0001F34E> Provide teacher assistants with a $2,000 pay raise. #msleg 1/
RT @USMDrB: 25 years after her gift to The University of Southern Mississippi, we are proud to honor Ms. Oseola McCarty. Ms. McCartys gene&
Today, the House & Senate reached an agreement on The START Act<U+2014> a nearly $250mil investment in MS teachers. Under this legislation, teachers will receive an average raise of $5,140, effective in the 2022-2023 school year. Asst. teachers will also receive a $2,000 raise. https://t.co/FGzO3Wmrk7
The START Act is headed to the Governor! This $250million investment in MS teachers & assistant teachers gives an average raise of $5,140 & $2,000, respectively, in the 2022-2023 school year<U+2014> lifting our starting teacher pay above both the national & southeastern averages. #msleg https://t.co/Y68pAsx86W
The Bill Kinkade FAITH Scholarship (HB 1313) has passed the House by a vote of 118-0! This program will provide full tuition, fees, & room/board at any state community college or institute of higher learning for all current & former foster youth below the age of 26. #msleg
The Bill Kinkade FAITH Scholarship (HB 1313) has passed the House by a vote of 118-0! This program will provide full tuition, fees, & room/board at any state community college or institute of higher learning for all current & former foster youth below the age of 26. #msleg
Nope. As you know, weve been committed to providing Teacher Recognition Program funding since well before your veto. All you did was eliminate funding for school nurses, classroom supplies, the MAEP formula, & more at a time when schools need stability more than anything. #msleg https://t.co/V4tu3WkG4o
The START Act passes the House by a vote of 114-6! This $219 million investment in our teachers will give every MS teacher & asst. teacher a substantial raise, giving us the highest starting teacher pay in the Southeast & putting us ahead of the national starting average. #msleg https://t.co/cwIi34tJe9
The Bill Kinkade FAITH Scholarship (HB 1313) has passed the House by a vote of 118-0! This program will provide full tuition, fees, & room/board at any state community college or institute of higher learning for all current & former foster youth below the age of 26. #msleg