School funding formula changes die after lawmaker talks fail
Lawmakers won’t rewrite Mississippi’s K-12 school funding formula this year.
Under the Capitol dome: Analysis: Schools sell the idea of more cash in new ways
Mississippi’s school funding formula has apparently grown so toxic to the Republicans who rule the state that local school superintendents are giving up defending it publicly.
Miss. GOP opposes 2 school funding proposals on ballot
Mississippi Republican Party leaders are urging people to vote against both of the education funding proposals on the November ballot.
Judge asked to revisit school funding decision
Some Mississippi school districts are asking a Hinds County chancery judge to reconsider his decision that legislators are not obligated to fully fund an education budget formula every year.
Judge: Mississippi not obligated to fully fund schools
Mississippi legislators are not obligated to fully fund an education budget formula every year, a judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by a former governor.
Budget writer: Cuts possible if education measure passes
A top Mississippi budget writer is telling leaders of most state agencies to plan how they would cut spending in case voters approve a school funding initiative in November.
Reeves joins those seeking school spending bump
As the 2015 elections approach, Republican leaders in the Mississippi Legislature appear to be reaching a consensus to spend more on K-12 education in next year’s budget.
Analysis: More opponents loom for school funding initiative
The skies were already clouding over for an initiative meant to require higher funding of Mississippi’s education system. But they’re getting darker.
Two initiatives could neutralize education funding issue
All Mississippi politicians say they love education, especially during election years. The key question is: How do they translate that love into public policy?
House votes for school funding amendment alternative
House Republicans pushed through a proposal for alternate wording for a state constitutional referendum on school funding Tuesday, as supporters of the original language howled that the effort aimed to sabotage the November vote.
Miss. House leader urges defeat of education amendment
The second-highest leader of the Mississippi House said Thursday that legislators have fulfilled their promises to improve public schools, and he urged voters to defeat an education funding proposal that will be on the ballot in November.
Pickering again questions school funding
Mississippians might be forgiven for drawing the wrong conclusions from state Auditor Stacey Pickering’s latest broadside against flaws he sees in the state’s public school funding formula.
Universities seek $20M to fund aid formula
The board that oversees state-run universities in Mississippi says it needs more money to complete the transition to a new formula for dispensing funds to the state’s eight public universities.