Funding

Consequences for Mississippi Children Children go through school only once. Mississippi teachers have one year to lay the critical foundation necessary for a child to move successfully through school and into a bright future.   Research has shown conclusively that, when a child is provided an ineffective education for two consecutive years, that child never […]

The Revenue Estimating Committee has been watching carefully state tax receipts and national forecasts and, based upon those factors, reported to Governor Barbour and the Legislature a revision in the revenue estimates for both the current year (FY09) and the 2010 fiscal year (FY10). The Legislature is in the midst of appropriating funds for FY10.

House and Senate budget negotiators are now in agreement on virtually all aspects of the education budget. Governor Barbour has proposed a budget that funds K-12 at a level approximately $45-million below the House and Senate position.   The current House and Senate positions fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), including add-on programs

Title I funds are federal dollars that aim to bridge the gap between low-income students and their more affluent peers. Research has shown conclusively that poverty is the leading indicator of low student achievement, and Title I funds are intended to provide the additional resources required to bring low-income students to a higher level of

According to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mississippi’s revenue is coming in well above what the Legislature projected. In fact, House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson thinks the state’s cash balance at the end of this fiscal year could be as much as $300-million – enough to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for the coming school year.

For Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14 – the 2013-2014 school year), the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) will once again be underfunded, this time by a whopping $292-million. Click here to see how much funding each school district will receive and how much each district has been underfunded in each of the last four fiscal years as well as the

The conference report for HB 1648 was adopted by the House and Senate on Easter Sunday, 3/31/13. This is the final K-12 budget for the 2013-2014 school year and includes the following items: Level funding of MAEP – same next year as this year; MAEP will be underfunded by $292-million $27-million – increased retirement costs  Full funding

FY 2013 revenue to the General Fund from all sources through February 2013 is $132,147,164 above the estimate used by the legislature in creating the FY 2013 state budget. A year over year comparison of revenue collections shows that FY 2013 revenue year-to-date is $105.8-million (3.8%) above the same period in FY 2012. Recent months have shown significant increases

Governor Bryant has announced his budget recommendation for Fiscal Year 2014, the budget that will be decided in the coming legislative session. The governor’s Executive Budget Recommendation is not binding and is seen more as an indication of the governor’s policy priorities than as a true budget guide. The Legislative Budget Committee will issue its

School districts are in a terrible predicament because legislators refuse to agree on a state budget. Though leaders in both chambers have told The Parents’ Campaign they are committed to full funding, at least one appropriations chairman is sending a different signal to others. Natalie Chandler, of The Clarion Ledger, reported in her blog on June