This post is part of our ongoing analysis of 2024 education legislation. See our bill tracker here for all analyses. Mississippi First has spent the last year closely researching the impact of MAEP on districts throughout the state in order to determine how best to direct additional resources to students with the greatest needs. Having…
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Evaluating Equity in Mississippi’s 2024 School Funding Proposals
This post is part of our ongoing analysis of 2024 education legislation. See our bill tracker here for all analyses. In the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers have introduced two separate school funding proposals that each promise to inject at least an additional $200 million into funding for public education in Mississippi, with the House plan…
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Committee Appropriations C (House); Finance (Senate) Author Clay Deweese Session 2024 Session Latest Action On April 9, the Senate amended HB 1618 to insert provisions that would rescind a planned increase to the PERS employer contribution, require the legislature to approve any major policy changes by the PERS Board, and authorize retired teachers to work…
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