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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 17, 2018

Democratic Caucus responds to MS House after passage of education funding bill #msleg

The Mississippi House of Representatives took action today to eliminate the formula for funding public education known as the Mississippi Adequate Education Plan (“MAEP”) and replaced it with a new formula. The new formula has no requirement of that the legislature provide consistent funding in a particular amount nor any provision for increases over time…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 17, 2018

New Education Funding Formula passes in the House, will do away with MAEP #msleg #msedu

Wednesday, the House passed the Mississippi Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Act of 2018, or HB957 with a vote of 66-54, two Democrats voting for the bill, 9 Republicans voting against it. The bill was the culmination of EdBuild recommendations into a new funding formula that would replace the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). The…