Auditor verifies education funding formula
State Auditor Shad White has verified the preliminary cost calculation of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for Fiscal Year 2020. The education funding formula is...
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Featured Mississippi lawmakers react to special session on ed funding rewrite
by Alex Paton
While the Governor has said that he would not call a special session to go over the education funding re-write unless the House and Senate...
Featured Governor talks legislative session and D.C. updates
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant recently sat down with News Mississippi to discuss the legislative session and his recent trip to Washington, D.C. During his time visiting with...
Featured MAEP rewrite dies after Senate motion
In a surprise vote, the MAEP rewrite appears to have died. The rewrite for Mississippi’s public education funding formula was brought up for debate on...
Featured MAEP rewrite killed on Senate floor
In a surprise vote, the MAEP rewrite appears to have died. The rewrite for Mississippi’s public education funding formula was brought up for debate on...
Featured Mississippi legislature: bills dead and alive
by Alex Paton
Tuesday was the final day for House and Senate committees to pass general bills that originated in and already passed out of their opposite chamber....
Featured Education funding reform passes from committee, heads to Senate floor
by Alex Paton
The deadline for Committee action on the MAEP re-write for funding public education in Mississippi is here. The bill passed the Senate education committee and...
Featured MAEP rewrite discussed in Senate Education Committee
The MAEP formula rewrite continues to progress. The Senate Education Committee met earlier this week to discuss the bill and they were able to ask...
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,...
Featured Senator Tollison: working out kinks in MAEP bill
by Alex Paton
The MAEP bill has moved out of the house and into the Senate, so what’s next? Senator Gray Tollison, head of the Senate Education committee...