The Senate has passed a bill fully funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for the first time since 2007, sending the legislation to the House where Speaker Pro Tempore Jason White says passage is unlikely.

Under an amended version of House Bill 1369, which passed the Senate unanimously Tuesday morning, the state would allocate roughly $181 million to the program, which has only been fully funded twice since being implemented into law in 1997.

“Changing a formula that's been around for over 25 years and spending almost $200 million on anything in the state budget is troublesome here at the end of the session,” White, R-West, said.

Those in the Senate argue that total funding for MAEP is imperative for a state that ranks No. 43 in public school education.

“The MAEP formula, we know, is flawed. It's been broken,” Senator Scott Delano, R-Biloxi, said. “We've looked at it a number of times over the past 12 years. I think that more conversations that we have…

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By: Caleb Salers
Title: Speaker Pro Temp: Fully funding of MAEP unlikely to pass the House
Sourced From: www.supertalk.fm/speaker-pro-temp-fully-funding-of-maep-unlikely-to-pass-the-house/
Published Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:11:35 +0000

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