Public education PAC aims to change the face of the state Legislature
“I think it’s important that, not just from one session to the next, but year over year, that public education get fully funded,” said Becky Guidry, a volunteer with the PAC. “It’s probably one of the more critical aspects of the budget.”
The state legislature has funded the Mississippi Adequate Education Program only two times since it was established in 1997. The last time was in 2008. It failed again this year, despite organizations like Fed Up with 50th. Now parents around the state are finding a bigger weapon: A political action committee designed to financially support pro-education candidates. Their targeted date: 2019.
Guidry is one of two working group members on the coast helping to get the word out. The other is one of the PAC founders, Julia Weaver of Ocean Springs.
WLOX
7/24/16
