ee1f8b9cc0 Posted 4/17/2016. Charter Schools in A, B, & C Districts, Calls Needed!. Both bills would permit students to cross district lines to attend a charter school anywhere in the state, with local taxes following the student. Urgent: School Funding at Risk. "I don't care how many Toyotas and Nissans we bring to Mississippi."Contact Jerry Mitchell at jmitchelljackson.gannett.com or (601) 961-7064.
Join the ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQsSubscribe TodayLog InSubscribed, but don't have a login?Activate your digital access.Miss. When it comes to school choice, parents don't get to choose, the private schools do. Public Hearing on MAEP Revamp Announced for Thursday. As a result, districts gave pink slips to more than 2,000 who worked for schools, including reading coaches, interventionists, teaching assistants and about 800 teachers.After those losses, the reading scores of fourth graders nosedived to 208.51."No one can reasonably argue that we can continue to starve our schools without harming them and the prospects of the 500,000 children who attend public school every day in Mississippi," said Claiborne Barksdale, CEO of the Barksdale Institute, which works to improve children's reading kills.(Photo: Special to the Clarion-Ledger)State lawmakers passed the MAEP in 1997, creating a funding formula to improve education of all students by making sure schools would have adequate resources.Despite that, it's only been fully funded twice in 2003 and 2007, which both happened to be election years.The whole purpose of the legislation was to ensure minimal funding for schools, said state Rep. Please enable scripts and reload this page. Curtis Pace, after his first, unsuccessful foray into state politics running for a Neshoba County state Senate seat last year, has a more definitive take on Mississippis campaign finance setup.Its legalized bribery, Pace said.You hear about the power and influence of money in politics, but you dont really see it as concrete until you start to look into it directly, Pace said.Former Assistant U.S. While many disastrous education bills have died and others will be battled in the next stage of the process, two harmful bills remain on the current calendar (SB 2161 and HB 47).
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