State of Mississippi unveils new legislation to fully fund MAEP
The Mississippi Senate unveiled legislation to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program and add an additional $181.1 million into school budgets. The proposal comes on…
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Gov. Bryant on MAEP Formula
Governor Phil Bryant says it's time to update Mississippi’s School Funding Formula saying the current "Mississippi Adequate Education Program" is outdated. Bryant made the remarks at an event Thursday saying the current formula is a "1992 model"....arguing the state wouldn't…
2017 Mississippi Legislative Preview
The three month 2017 legislative sessions begin January 3rd. This will be the second year of a four year term. Education funding is already front and center of preparation work with Republican leaders of the House and Senate hiring a…
Edbuild Contract will be Made Public
Mississippi’s legislative leaders have announced they will post their contract with Edbuild to the Transparency Mississippi website. This comes after state Attorney General Jim Hood wrote a letter to state leaders saying law required them to and after heavy backlash…
EdBuild Reports Initial Thoughts on Mississippi’s Education Funding Formula
An education consultant says Mississippi should change the base student cost in its school funding formula. Officials with EdBuild presented to lawmakers for the first time Thursday in Jackson. Legislative leaders hired the company to suggest changes to the Mississippi…
MAEP Funding Law Changes
Major changes to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program could be made in these last few weeks of the 2016 legislative session even though those changes have not yet been discussed in the Education Committees or on the floor in either…
Fed Up with 50th Pushes for Funding of MAEP
One local grass roots effort called Fed Up with 50th is calling for the state legislature to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (M.A.E.P.)
No School District on the Coast Signed Up for Lawsuit
Friday was the deadline for school districts in Mississippi to sign up for a lawsuit against the state to recover education money owed under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (M.A.E.P.)
Moss Point Still Has Not Joined Lawsuit Against the State
The deadline to sign up for the M.A.E.P. lawsuit is Friday, and the lawyers say it won't cost the districts anything unless they win, but at this point, no school district on the Coast has signed up.
Rep. Jeramey Anderson Continues Plea Over M.A.E.P. Lawsuit
Despite Representative Anderson’s continued pleas for the Moss Point School District to join the lawsuit against the State of Mississippi, the school board is saying ‘no way.’
Moss Point School Board Refuses to Join Lawsuit Against MS
Tuesday night, angry residents joined State Representative Jeramey Anderson at the Moss Point Board of Education meeting, demanding the district joins a lawsuit against the State of Mississippi.
Moss Point Residents Want School District to Join Lawsuit
Tuesday evening, many residents of Moss Point attended a school board meeting, demanding to know why the district has not signed on to multi-million dollar lawsuit against the state.
State Rep. Jeramey Anderson Holds Town Hall Meeting
Monday night, State Representative Jeramey Anderson held a town hall meeting in Moss Point to discuss his support for a lawsuit against the state for not funding local school districts.