Even as House leaders are trying to scrap MAEP, they're having to rely on it to push their alternative public school funding plan.
House Republicans demonize MAEP school funding formula while relying on its numbers by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today March 10, 2024 The ongoing fight over the method state lawmakers will use to determine the amount of money needed to operate Mississippi’s public schools has major ramifications. Yes, the issue is complicated, and the way it's playing out in the Legislature is confusing to say the least.
” It should be noted that the plan put forth by Roberson and his colleagues, including second-term House members Kent McCarty, R-Hattiesburg, and Jansen Owen, R-Poplarville, has many laudable features that appear to provide more funds for poor students and others who would be deemed as costing more money to educate. That is a good thing, most would agree.
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