The issues of government administrative costs can often get enormously complicated, but in some cases, the issues can be fairly easy to grasp. For example, despite having a lower population than most other states, and a much smaller education budget, Mississippi’s Superintendent of Education receives among the highest salary of any state superintendent in the country.
Representative Nick Bain has introduced a bill to change that. House Bill 415 is a bill to cap the salary of the State Superintendent of Education to no more than 150 percent of the Governor’s salary. The bill would save taxpayers and direct more funding into the classroom. The Governor’s current salary is set at $122,160. The Superintendent’s salary is $300,000.
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