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If a bill approved by the Mississippi Senate Saturday is signed by the governor, school districts in the Golden Triangle will receive state funding increases.

The week of April 22 was the 17th week of the 2024 legislative session, and legislators spent most of the week meeting in conferences, filing conference reports and passing conference

It’s yet another deadline showdown between the Mississippi House and Senate with lawmakers talking about the possibility of a rules suspension to allow the session longer than they had planned.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers settled two of the most contentious issues of the entire Legislative Session on Saturday, April 27. A brand new public education funding formula is on its way to Governor Tate Reeves' (R-Miss.) desk. The Mississippi Student Funding Formula would replace the long-standing Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), if signed [...]

The Legislature revived efforts to consider legislation funding K-12 education with a new model and a bill to revise the state retirement system.

A new school funding formula has been approved by the Mississippi Legislature.

Under the first year of the new formula, K-12 education is supposed to receive an additional $230 million, about $50 million less than MAEP would have provided if fully funded.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi House moved an alternative version of their INSPIRE Act, which is a Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) alternative. Negotiations on an alternative funding formula were fragile earlier this year. House leadership has made it clear that they will never put funding into the MAEP again. “The bottom line for […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

The Mississippi House has revived the INSPIRE Act, but others still have concerns about where it came from.

Mississippi legislators are unlikely to create a new funding formula for public schools this year, after senators blocked a House proposal Tuesday.