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- A House of Representative member reads over a list of bills on the agenda in House chambers, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the State Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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House passes bill that would change how public schools are funded
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/08/24-2:40PM , 829 Reads 7,993 Statewide
For the first time since 1953, Mississippi would not rely on an objective funding formula to determine the amount of money local schools needed under legislation that overwhelmingly passed the House by an 95-13 margin on Wednesday.
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- A view of the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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House leaders tweak school funding plan after feedback from education groups
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/08/24-2:08PM , 572 Reads 6,315 Statewide
House leaders said they have tried to address concerns of educators in their latest attempt to rewrite the longstanding formula that determines the amount of state funds provided to local school districts for their basic operation.
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- Rep. Rob Roberson listens as arguments are made concerning Hester Jackson-McCray's House of Representatives seat Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America
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House advances bill that would establish close study of universal school vouchers
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/06/24-3:38PM , 362 Reads 8,291 Statewide
Two House committees passed a bill that would establish a committee to study the feasibility of creating an expansive program to provide public funds for students to attend private schools.
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The fate of the House school funding plan could come down to one question: Who wrote it?
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/06/24-2:38PM , 768 Reads 6,234 Statewide
House leaders say they’ve been working independently of any other group for more than a year to develop their sweeping new public education funding plan, which they say would send additional money to poorer school districts than the current funding formula does.
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