Governor renews call for MAEP rewrite
JACKSON – Gov. Phil Bryant renewed the call to rewrite the state’s school funding formula – the Mississippi Adequate Education Program – as part of his $6 billion budget recommendation released late Wednesday.
The budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by Bryant is $32 million or .05 percent less than what the Legislature appropriated during the 2017 session for the current fiscal year.
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11/15/17
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