MAEP a critical education milestone
It’s often said that money isn’t the answer to problems in education, and that’s true as far as it goes. But without adequate money, most improvement efforts are hindered from the start.
Buildings and the necessary equipment for classroom instruction cost money. Still-underpaid teachers do as well.
Mississippi has never adequately funded its public schools on a sustained basis – even after it passed the Mississippi Adequate Education Program 15 years ago. Since it went into full effect in 2002, MAEP has been fully funded under the law’s formula only twice, in election years 2003 and 2007.
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12/17/12
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