Mississippi Governor signs law to set a new funding formula for public schools
‘This doesn’t end discussions about school funding in Mississippi, but they may be noticeably different going forward.’
‘This doesn’t end discussions about school funding in Mississippi, but they may be noticeably different going forward.’
The Mississippi Student Funding Formula would put about $217 million more into schools for the coming year than legislators budgeted for MAEP this academic year.
House Speaker Jason White said the current funding formula, called the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, is ‘broken and flawed.’
The Senate proposal could require local communities to pay a slightly larger percentage of overall school funding.