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News  |  Jeremy Pittari  • 
April 9, 2024

Education funding revisions die in Mississippi Senate

The House of Representative’s plan to rewrite the K-12 education funding formula, the INSPIRE Act, officially met its end in the Senate Tuesday morning. So too did the Senate plan to revise the existing MAEP funding formula. Neither side of the Legislature could come to an agreement on how to fund the state’s education system this…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
April 9, 2024

Effort to block PERS employer contribution increase resurfaces in Mississippi Senate

The new language would not alter the make up of the PERS Board but would prevent the expected employer contribution increase from taking effect and require future rate changes to be approved by the Legislature.