Lt. Gov. Reeves warns of #MAEP initiative, lawsuit impact to IHL

LT. GOVERNOR ISSUES WARNING OVER MAEP FUNDING PUSH

Mississippi’s Lt. Governor is issuing a warning that efforts to require full funding of the state’s K-12 education spending formula would damage higher education.

Both a law suit and constitutional ballot initiative are in the works to force state lawmakers to fully fund the Mississippi Adaquate Education Program which sets K-12 education spending levels.

Its roughly 300-million dollars under funded.

Lt. Governor Tate Reeves used a budget hearing in Jackson to say says community colleges and universities are one of the few places that lawmakers could find the amount of money advocates are seeking.

MPB
10/2/14