JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State lawmakers say they've got a plan to ensure teachers get paid in August, but school board leaders say they don't believe the fix is legal.

House members passed House Bill 71 by a 120-0 vote Thursday.

The bill directs school districts to pay all employees in equal monthly installments. It's meant to end problems created by a recent attorney general's opinion saying it violates the state Constitution to pay employees for work not yet performed.

Teachers are typically paid 12 months a year though they work less.

Because of a law pushing back school start dates, school leaders say employees won't work enough to earn a full August paycheck.

Mike Waldrop of the Mississippi School Boards Association says the group believes the proposed law can't overcome the constitutional prohibition.