MS Education Funding

ATTENTION: THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD INDOORS IN THE AUDITORIUM AT THE MDE HEADQUARTERS (CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL) ON WEST STREET. Be there!

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ICYMI: "Four mothers are challenging Mississippi’s public education system, saying the state is violating a legal promise it made a century and a half ago to keep a “uniform system of free public schools.”

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/05/23/lawsuit-mississippi-broke-its-promise-provide-uniform-education-all-students/338931001/

Civil War-era law used to sue Mississippi over school system When Mississippi reentered Union in 1870, the state promised uniform education. Four mothers are now suing, saying the state broke that promise.

SINE DIE.

End of the 2017 regular session of the Mississippi State Legislature. Check your emails tomorrow morning for a recap! Not signed up? Visit www.mseducationfunding.com and get signed up for email updates!

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URGENT UPDATE FROM THE PARENTS CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE EDUCATION FUNDING BILL - STAY TUNED AS AN ACTION ALERT MAY SOON FOLLOW:

The Legislature has adopted a K-12 funding bill for the coming school year (2017-2018) that reduces funding for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program another $20-million below the sparse funding schools were left with for the current school year after two rounds of mid-year budget cuts. HB 1502 puts public schools statewide about $40-million below what they were appropriated this time last year. We are waiting for official word from MDE on the exact amount that the MAEP will be funded below what the law requires. We will share that and additional analysis of the bill as soon as we have it.

The conference report on the voucher bill, HB 1046, was filed shortly before tonight's deadline. We have been told by a conferee that the intention of the conference committee is to restrict the dyslexia scholarship to special purpose schools, as is current law, and to allow it to be used through grade 12. However, a drafting error has made the language ambiguous in one portion of the bill. When we will learn more tomorrow and will let you know immediately if we need your help. Please watch your inbox and this page for important uodates!

Thank you for standing up for our children. Together, we've got this.

Have you signed the petition asking for a "Seat At The Table"? If not, do so now!
https://www.change.org/p/speaker-philip-gunn-tell-mississippi-no-public-education-funding-rewrite-without-our-seat-at-the-table?recruiter=10339787&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

Speaker Philip Gunn: Tell Mississippi NO public education funding rewrite without OUR "Seat at The Table"! NO SPECIAL SESSION without public input! Public education is important to all members of the community. Community members should have a seat at the table for input on any rewrite of the public education formula. Our legislative leaders should slow down the process and get public input.    Any educat...

Call your legislator at 601.359.3770 and tell them NO SPECIAL SESSION on MAEP rewrite without OUR "Seat At The Table"!! They will be there ALL weekend for Conference so keep the callings flowing...

Follow the link below to sign our petition to Lt. Governor Reeves and Speaker Philip Gunn telling them NO public rewrite without OUR "Seat at The Table"!

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Speaker Philip Gunn: Tell Mississippi NO public education funding rewrite without OUR "Seat at The Table"! NO SPECIAL SESSION without public input! Public education is important to all members of the community. Community members should have a seat at the table for input on any rewrite of the public education formula. Our legislative leaders should slow down the process and get public input. Any educat...

Asking for a seat at the table Eight-year-old Noa Baine and her 11-year-old sister Phoebe stood crammed into a crowd of hundreds at the Capitol in Jackson. They were there, like their parents and hundreds of others, to show support for public education.

Photos from today's rally taken by attendees and legislators! Thanks to all attendees and speakers!