Districts rated F in 2018 that would be rated D if 2016 baseline scores had remained in effect:South Pike School District Hazlehurst School DistrictLaurel School District […]
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Funding by Fiscal Year Funding by Fiscal Year Explore the links below to view funding allocations per district for each school year, budget comparisons, detailed charts and graphs, and other information regarding education funding and its relationship to Mississippi’s state budget. School district allocations for 2026-2027, based on the Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF) enacted
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More Topics on Funding Five Reasons Mississippians Are Concerned About Income Tax Elimination Teacher Salary Schedule (Includes pay raise passed in 2021 Legislative Session) Total Instructional Salaries and Benefits Exceed Statewide MAEP Appropriation by $111-Million Response to State Auditor’s Report on School Spending Funding Infograph: MAEP vs. Neighbor States Senate Strike-all Amendment to HB 957
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School Funding Explore School Funding Topics Funding by Fiscal Year School Funding Matters A growing body of evidence confirms that an increased investment in public education leads to better student outcomes. Mississippi has benefited from an increased investment in elementary-grade literacy funding and a corresponding rise in fourth-grade reading proficiency as measured by the National
Policy Issues Explore Issues Affecting Public Schools School Funding Privatization Student Achievement Early Childhood Charter Schools COVID-19 Issues Affecting Public Schools The Parents’ Campaign Research & Education Fund focuses on policy issues that affect the quality of education provided to children in Mississippi’s public schools. By tracking and interpreting changes, improvements, and outcomes related to public school initiatives
Calculating achievement growth of Mississippi students has been complicated in recent years by changes in assessments from year to year. In 2015, Mississippi discontinued its use of PARCC assessments and developed the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which is aligned to the state’s college- and career-ready standards. The PARCC tests were widely criticized in Mississippi and in
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The most critical point of Mississippi’s school funding revamp is getting a formula-driven base student cost that accurately reflects the amount required to provide at least an adequate education for a typical child for the current year and into the future, and that accounts for changes in the cost of education that are due to inflation or new demands placed
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Measuring the performance of Mississippi students, and by extension, their schools and school districts, is a complex task. That task has been complicated in recent years by annual changes in assessments (MCT2, MCT3/PARCC, MAP), and a complete overhaul of academic standards (Mississippi’s standards now are more rigorous than two-thirds of all states). The Mississippi Department of Education
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Mississippi Schools for the Blind and the Deaf are fully accredited elementary and secondary programs (K-12) designed to focus on the unique learning needs of children and youth with visual impairments or blindness and those who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, including those who have additional disabilities. The Schools for the Blind and the Deaf do not receive
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Prior to the Great Recession, 2008 was the high-water mark for state funding. That was also the last year that Mississippi’s public schools were fully funded according to state law through the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP). Comparing FY2008 to FY2015 A comparison of the Fiscal Year 2015 (FY2015) state budget to the FY2008 budget casts
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