Funding

This morning, the full Senate passed its version of the public school appropriation bill, which provides a $206-million increase in MAEP funding and a $1,000 across-the-board teacher pay raise. The total increase over current year funding is $256-million, almost identical to the increase proposed by the House. It is wonderful that both chambers want to […]

Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee amended the education appropriations bill to provide a $256-million increase to public schools over current-year MAEP funding, essentially the same increase that the House proposed, though $50-million of the funding in the Senate plan would go toward a $1,000 across-the-board pay raise for teachers. The pay raise would help teachers

Shortly after we posted our comparison of the various school funding proposals on Friday, the House reached out to say they have new numbers they’d like you to see. The analysis we sent Friday used the per-district numbers that each chamber distributed to its members during floor debate on its proposed plan. Apparently, the numbers

Compared to the MAEP, every Mississippi public school district loses under the school funding plan proposed in HB 1453, the INSPIRE Act. The Parents’ Campaign Research and Education Fund ran the numbers estimating the funding each school district would receive in the coming year and for ten subsequent years with each of three school funding

The general bills that have survived thus far have passed the chambers in which they originated and must now be approved by the opposite body. Each chamber has passed some bills that we support, and other bills remain that would be harmful to public schools. We need your help to ensure that the bad bills

Thank you to all the public school supporters who reached out to your legislators about the education bills they were considering – your voice matters! One of the worst bills died, and others were changed extensively due to your input. Thanks also are due the legislators who heard and responded to their constituents’ concerns! We’re

Today, the Senate passed SB 2332, which makes minor adjustments to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. It improves equity in the MAEP by increasing funding for low-wealth school districts and adjusts the inflation factor for use in non-recalculation years. See the vote here. Senators also passed SB 2685 to allow retired teachers to return to

This afternoon, the House passed HB 1453, the rewrite of the school funding law that omits the objective formula for determining the base student cost. See the vote here. Some excellent arguments against the bill were made on the floor, and the bill was held on a motion to reconsider by Rep. Rosebud. During questioning, Education