Assistant teachers; provide a $4,000.00 increase to the minimum starting salary of.

HB 1507 would increase the minimum salary for assistant teachers in Mississippi by $4,000, setting a new state minimum. It requires school districts to pay all assistant teachers at least this state minimum salary and prohibits reducing local supplements (district-provided additional payments) below it in years when the state minimum rises. Districts violating this rule would face a funding penalty of twice the amount of the violation. Exceptions to the minimum salary requirement are permitted only if a district experiences a reduction in state or federal funding.