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November 28, 2016

#msleg 2017 session the death knell for #MAEP?

Ed funding: A new formula in Mississippi? The structure for the formula is average daily attendance times base student cost plus at-risk component minus local contribution plus 8-percent guarantee. Meant to ensure “adequate current operation funding levels,” the formula has been decried by critics as a behemoth and defended by education advocates and cash-strapped districts…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 28, 2016

AP: #msleg “gearing up for the most productive portion of their current term”

AP – Analysis: Term’s 2nd year could see action on schools, roads Mississippi lawmakers could be gearing up for the most productive portion of their current term. And, for better or worse, they’re already discussing parts of an ambitious agenda for 2017. The three-month legislative session begins Jan. 3, and it will be the second…