The Mississippi Senate voted to approve of a new K-12 education funding formula, erasing a decades-old process.
Mississippi would change the formula for funding public schools, under a bill that's headed to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
Mississippi State Rep. W.I. Harris Jr., R-Hernando, reviews a set of education funding figures as the House considers action on the Mississippi Student Funding Formula, a new plan that would give ...
Under the first year of the new formula, K-12 education is supposed to receive an additional $230 million, about $50 million ...
The Mississippi Legislature passed several bills in the 2024 session that will have lasting impacts on the state.
Beyond the immediate fiscal impacts, students who are chronically absent are likely to struggle academically, which means ...
In October 2023, the University of Austin finally received permission to call itself a university. The start-up private college ...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to change the way it pays for public schools with a new plan that would give ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on track to change the way it pays for public schools with a new plan that would give districts a boost in funding for students who can be more expensive to ...