Letters of Intent Received from 10 Charter Applicants
Ten letters of intent were submitted to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board from applicants who want to open 17 charter schools across the state.
Fall 2014 Charter School RFP Available
The Fall 2014 Request for Proposals, for charter schools opening in 2015-2016 or beyond, is available for prospective applicants. The timeline for the Fall 2014 proposal cycle includes a deadline of August 15 for applicants to submit a letter of intent to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. Full proposals are due September 15. Fall …
2014 Draft of Charter School RFP Open for Public Comment
The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board has issued a draft for public comment of its 2014 request for proposals (RFP) for charter schools planning to open in 2015-2016 or later. The public is invited to review the RFP and share written comments with the board. Public comments must be submitted via email no later than …
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Mississippi’s First Charter School Approved
The first charter school application to be approved in Mississippi is for Reimagine Prep in Jackson. It plans to open in the fall of 2015 to serve 110 students in grade 5, gradually expanding to serve 440 students in grades 5-8 by 2018. The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board voted to approve the proposal from RePublic …
Unfunded Mandates
Despite being underfunded by more than $1.6-billion in the last six years, schools have seen their standards rise significantly and their administrative duties spike upward due to mandates by the State Legislature and policy requirements at the state and federal levels. Incredibly, as the Legislature has continued to pile on the administrative functions required of …
Three Charter School Applications Advance to Next Stage
The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board announced that three of the 12 originally submitted charter school applications have been approved to move forward to the third stage of the application process. In this stage, applicants will participate in capacity interviews to be conducted by evaluation teams. The completeness and eligibility reviews found that information was …
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Twelve Charter School Applications Under Review
Twelve charter school applications have been received by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board , which now will review the applications for completeness and eligibility determinations.
Letters of Intent Received from 31 Applicants
The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board announced that it has received 31 letters of intent from groups planning to submit applications for charter schools.The deadline for completed applications is March 14, 2014.
Legislature Votes to Fully Fund MAEP in 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2009
Prior to the “Great Recession,” support among legislators for adequate school funding was strong. The Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) formula, passed into law in 1997 and phased in over a number of years, was fully funded for the first time in 2003. Four years later, bolstered by strong constituent support, Governor Haley Barbour, in …
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Joint Legislative Budget Committee Recommends Underfunding MAEP by $284.5-million
Our children’s education is, once again, at the bottom of the priority list for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC). That committee has announced its budget recommendation for Fiscal Year 2015, the budget that will be debated in the 2014 Legislative Session. Despite an end-of-year budget surplus of $295-million and increases in state revenue for four …
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