Gov. Reeves Signs New Mississippi Student Funding Formula Into Law
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed the Mississippi Student Funding Formula into law, which will change how the state pays for public schools.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed the Mississippi Student Funding Formula into law, which will change how the state pays for public schools.
Mississippi could ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler to understand, under a bill headed to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
Mississippi House lawmakers have revived an effort to overhaul the state’s education funding scheme with the INSPIRE Act.
The INSPIRE Act, an effort to overhaul Mississippi’s education funding formula, has earned the support of Gov. Tate Reeves.
Though efforts to close or merge some universities failed, lawmakers could still consider closing some universities under another study proposal.
A conflict is building among Mississippi legislative leaders over whether to tweak an education funding formula or ditch it and set a new one.
Mississippi schools could get $241 million more next year under the INSPIRE Act, a new school funding formula House lawmakers passed Wednesday.
Proposals targeting transgender people and reviving a ballot initiative process are among the bills that survived a deadline.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves urged lawmakers to use public education funds for private schools during his State of the State Address.
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