Funding

EdBuild Proposal Includes No Formula for Annual Base Cost Calculation

The EdBuild proposal does not include a recommendation for the most important component, a formula to annually calculate the Base Student Cost. In EdBuild’s proposal, the base cost is the basic level of funding allocated for a “typical” student. More funding for students with additional needs is derived using “multipliers” that are percentages of the […]

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EdBuild Proposal Shifts School Funding Burden to the Local Level

EdBuild, the consultant hired to recommend changes to Mississippi’s school funding formula, suggests that the state save money by shifting more of the burden for funding public schools down to the local level. They propose to accomplish this by eliminating the “27% option” in the equity provision of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, our state’s school

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EdBuild Recommends Changes to MAEP

EdBuild, the consulting firm hired by the leadership to recommend changes to the school funding formula, presented its report to a packed house at the Capitol this afternoon. You can see the full recommendations here. Unfortunately, we still do not have the most important piece of data: the impact that the EdBuild recommendations will have on

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Reveal: Lights, Camera…ACTion

Worried about funding for public education? Disgusted with privatizers who want to sell out our kids? Ready to storm the Capitol, but don’t have time to make the trip? You aren’t alone! It’s time to lift our voices in support of public education, and we’re making it easy with our #protectPUBLICed$ campaign. Lights, camera… ACTion! Here’s how

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$180.9M Shortfall for MAEP Recommended by JLBC

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) is recommending that public schools be underfunded by $180.9-million in the 2017-2018 school year. The budget proposed by the committee provides $180.9-million less than what the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) law says is needed to provide a basic education for our children. The JLBC wants to add $20.4-million in merit pay for

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When “Portability” Means “Privatize”

“Isn’t the MAEP based on students’ needs?” “Why do we need a new formula?” These are now our most frequently asked questions. The answer to the first question is, “Yes.” EdBuild proposes using a base student cost, which we use now, and replacing our “add-ons” with “multipliers” to fund additional needs like poverty and disabilities. They agree

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Too Many Red Flags to Ignore

The November “public” hearing about the MAEP revamp raised even more red flags in a process that already had public education supporters deeply skeptical. It has become crystal clear that this is not a sincere effort to engage in a meaningful analysis of the critical, complicated formula that determines our schools’ funding. This rushed, secret effort is

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Critical Points in MAEP Revamp

The school funding revamp remains a pressing concern for public school supporters. Here’s the latest… Public hearings about possible changes to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) have not yet been scheduled, however, Lt. Gov. Reeves and Speaker Gunn have set up an email address for the public to use to provide input. You can send your thoughts and

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Report on MAEP Revamp Meeting

Rebecca Sibilia of EdBuild presented her ideas for a student-centered school funding formula to a capacity crowd of observers this afternoon. The media was fully present, as well, and several decided to live stream the event due to the high level of interest. You can view video from The Clarion-Ledger here. Ms. Sibilia advocated a weighted system that provides every student

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