Featured Mississippi’s education funding rewrite back up for discussion
The MAEP formula rewrite continues to progress. The Senate Education Committee met earlier today to discuss the bill and they were able to ask questions,...
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No education talk expected in Special Session
by Sarah Ulmer
Gov. Phil Bryant has scheduled a 2017 Special Session for June 5. He says the major pints on the itinerary will be nailing down a...
Education formula revamp bills die in the session
The bills that would take up the recommendations to alter the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula have died. The formula, which dictates how public schools...
Legislators say no tax hikes to cover education funding changes
JACKSON, MISS– The joint legislative appropriations and education committees met Monday to receive recommendations on how to change the current Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula. ...
EdBuild makes recommendations on how to change public school funding
JACKSON, MISS– Joint legislative education and appropriations committees met with the New Jersey non-profit EdBuild today to make suggestions on how to change the Mississippi...
EdBuild to present recommendations for school funding to legislators today
JACKSON, MISS– Joint legislative committees for Education and Appropriations will hear recommendations on how to change the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula. ...
EdBuild to submit public school funding recommendations Monday
JACKSON – Options for modernizing education funding will be presented Monday to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Education and Appropriations committees....
Still no EdBuild report, Weighted Student Formula an option
JACKSON, MISS– There still is no report of recommendations from EdBuild, the organization hired to evaluate the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, but there is one...
EdBuild report not in yet, Gov says there’s a lot to process
JACKSON, MISS– The non-profit organization EdBuild, hired from New Jersey to make recommendations for change on the Mississippi Adequate Education Program Formula, has yet to turn...
Lawmakers head back to the Capitol; Education top priority
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- The 2017 Legislative Session for Mississippi convenes on Tuesday Jan. 3, at noon. On the top of the list of priorities is the current education...