Gov. Haley Barbour signed education spending bills Tuesday while flanked by Democratic and Republican legislators. A measure granting a 3 percent pay hike for teachers also was approved.
Education spending – $3.5 billion – is a majority of the state’s almost $5 billion annual budget. The budget goes into effect July 1.
This year is the first since 2003 – also an election year – that lawmakers have totally funded the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.
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