At-Will Employment in the Career Service Would Improve Mississippi State Government

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Mississippi’s civil service laws protect state service employees from removal. Most state employees can only be dismissed “for cause.” If fired, they can appeal their removal administratively and then in the courts. Administrative appeals take an average of six months to complete. These removal protections make removing incompetent or intransigent…

Xi’s Brazen Power Consolidation Shows Us Why Strengthening America Must Be Our First Priority in Containing Chinese Authoritarianism

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The world watched and stomachs collectively churned last Saturday as disturbing footage emerged from the 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress, with General Secretary Xi Jinping sitting stone-faced while his predecessor, 79-year-old Hu Jintao, was forcibly removed from a meeting by an aide. The imagery supported the narrative of an…

Model Policy: The School Board Election Date Act

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The School Board Election Date Act shifts school board election dates to the same day as the general election. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A The date of a school district’s election for members of its board of education shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in…

Model Policy: The Legislative Review Act

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The Legislative Review Act requires all existing academic standards, and all forthcoming revisions, adopted by the State Board of Education, to be submitted to the state legislature and the governor for review and possible veto. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A All subject matter standards and revisions to the standards adopted…

Model Policy: The Financial Transparency Act

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The Financial Transparency Act requires school districts to post immediately on a public website a transparent, detailed financial statement that itemizes all expenditures. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A 1. Each publicly funded education institution shall make available to the public on the institution’s Internet website all budgets, expenditures, vendors, and…

Model Policy: The Contractor Nondiscrimination Act

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The Contractor Nondiscrimination Act prohibits contractors for school districts from promoting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or other group identity. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A Publicly funded education institutions shall include in each contract with a vendor the provision that the vendor shall not teach, instruct, or train…

Model Policy: The Civics Course Act

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The Civics Course Act mandates a year-long high school civics course, including requirements to study the primary documents of the American founding and bans on action civics and the components of Critical Race Theory. MODEL LEGISLATIVE TEXT Section A Beginning in the 20XX-20XX school year, all public schools or charter…

WATCH: AFPI Senior Fellow Mike Faulkender Joins Kudlow on Fox Business

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Biden Administration Releases Its National Security Strategy (NSS): A Comparison

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Grassroots Toolkit: The Debate About Transgender Participation in Women’s Sports

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Are you confused about the outrage over transgender participation in sports? Or don’t even know where to begin the discussion? This toolkit acts as a guide, so you can be well-informed to advocate for your position regarding this important issue. Scientific definitions of some of the keywords in this debate…