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MAEP Underfunded by Almost $260-million for FY13

For the 2012-2013 school year, Mississippi public schools will be funded at a level that is $258,943,631* below what state law (the Mississippi Adequate Education Program or MAEP) requires. Check your school district’s page to see your individual district’s share of underfunding. Statewide MAEP funding for FY13 is $19.4-million over FY12’s funding level. However, that funding boost is more […]

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2012 Legislative Wrap-up

You can see how your legislators voted on bills tracked by The Parents’ Campaign by clicking here. Bills of interest that passed during this session on which The Parents’ Campaign did not take a position include: HB 707, which affects the start date of school. This bill says that school may not begin before the third Monday in August. Because a

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UPSTART Program

The UPSTART project is proposed in House Bill 1101. It is a “virtual” school bill for preschoolers. The bill appears to be written for the Waterford Institute, which has a program in Utah almost identical to that described in HB 1101.  The bill requires that the state (the MS Department of Education) provide free computers to any

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House Education Committee Barely Passes Amended Charter Bill

The House Education Committee has passed an amended version of the charter school bill on a 14 to 12 vote. Debate was intense. Many committee members expressed deep concerns about the provision that allows virtual charter schools and about the financial impact that such a broad charter school bill could have on an already stretched public education system.  The

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House Education Committee Barely Passes Amended Charter Bill

The House Education Committee has passed an amended version of the charter school bill on a 14 to 12 vote. Debate was intense. Many committee members expressed deep concerns about the provision that allows virtual charter schools and about the financial impact that such a broad charter school bill could have on an already stretched public education system.  The

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Charter School Bill Needs Work

The public charter schools bill that is most likely to be debated in the Senate, SB2401, has been introduced. The bill has many of the problems we anticipated, and it needs to be amended so that it has the intended effect: to improve student achievement and provide good options for kids who are trapped in chronically underperforming schools. A strong

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Proposed House Rules Change Could Affect Ed Funding

House Rules Chairman Mark Formby is proposing a change to the way that the Legislature debates appropriations bills.  The proposed change has serious implications for K12 funding. The proposed change would require that any legislator who, during floor debate, offers an amendment to increase an appropriation to an agency (such as education) include in the amendment an equal reduction to

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Governor Bryant Releases Executive Budget Recommendation

Governor Phil Bryant has released his Executive Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13), which is next school year.  While the governor’s proposal replaces over $5-million that was cut from high growth districts in the last legislative session, it cuts the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) appropriation to all districts by another $72.9-million.  This would underfund the MAEP

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