With an extra $1-billion to spend, the willingness – or unwillingness – of legislators to invest fully in our children’s futures will tell us where they really stand in their commitment to our public schools. School leaders are at their wits’ end as they look for any extra room in their chronically underfunded budgets to …
School Funding on Roller Coaster Ride – More Calls Needed! Read More »
Mississippians love their public schools! We expect the legislators we send to Jackson to support each and every public school, in every county across our great state. The money is available and the time is now to fully fund Mississippi public schools. Read about the Mississippi Today/Siena College poll here.
The next four days are critical. By Monday, we should know whether our legislators, with piles of our tax dollars already in the bank and an extra $1-billion coming in annually, have made good on their promise to provide our students and teachers the resources they need to succeed. Monday is the deadline for the final …
Positive Signs on School Funding, Deadline Looms Read More »
Legislators have less than a week to make good on their promise to our children. For years, they have told us they would fully fund our public schools if the money were available to do so. That time has come! The Legislature has an extra $1-billion in recurring revenue to spend this legislative session – that’s …
It has become routine for the Legislature to intentionally lowball the coming year’s revenue estimate, then claim they don’t have enough money to fully fund public schools and other state services. It’s up to you and me to make sure that trick isn’t played again this year, when we all know that Mississippi is floating …
Warning – A Legislative Trick That Costs Schools Big-time Read More »
TODAY, public education supporters across Mississippi will lift our voices to send the message that we want our public schools fully funded. Your call is critical. Let’s get hundreds of phone calls to the Capitol in support of full funding. Please ask at least five of your friends to join our CALL THE CAPITOL DAY. TODAY, …
Call the Capitol Today! Hundreds of Calls Needed Read More »
TOMORROW, public education supporters across Mississippi will lift our voices to send the message that we want our public schools fully funded. Your call tomorrow is critical. We need hundreds of calls flooding the Capitol in support of full funding. Please help us spread the word – share House members’ phone numbers and ask at least …
Today, the Senate passed unanimously (see vote) the preK-12 appropriation bill, fully funding the adjusted MAEP formula and increasing funding to public schools by $181.1-million. Please join us in thanking Chairmen DeBar and Hopson, Lt. Gov. Hosemann, and our senators for their commitment to public schools! The Senate also passed unanimously HB 1369, which they amended …
Senate Passes Bill Fully Funding the Adjusted MAEP Read More »
In a joint meeting of the Senate Education and Appropriations Committees, Chairmen DeBar and Hopson unveiled a Senate proposal to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). The plan includes fairly minor technical adjustments to the school funding formula that are intended to make full funding more sustainable over time and strengthen school funding for …
Senate Committee Chairs Unveil Plan to Fully Fund MAEP Read More »
Senate Education Chair Dennis DeBar today told the Senate Education Committee he hopes to fully fund the MAEP this year, terrific news for our public school children! The chairman expects that some fairly minor technical adjustments to the MAEP formula will be proposed in the coming days. For several years, legislators and Mississippi’s education advocates …
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