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 – Chickasaw Cession
- Full funding – National Board Certification program
- $10-million – teacher supply fund (an increase of $2-million over current year)
- $9.5-million – literacy initiative
- $3-million – pre-k matching grant program
- $3-million – Mississippi Building Blocks (pre-k)
- $1.5-million – merit pay pilot program in four districts (Clarksdale, Gulfport, Lamar County, Rankin County)
- $1.5-million – teacher scholarship program
- $6-million – Teach for America
- $5.5-million – Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools program
- $2-million – digital learning pilot program in two districts (Booneville and Hattiesburg)
