On Friday, April 26 the Mississippi House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed House Bill 4130, the “Mississippi Student Funding Formula”, that is based on individual student needs. The Senate quickly passed the bill the following day, and today Governor Tate Reeves signed it into law.
This is a revolutionary bill for public education in Mississippi. The legislation repeals the antiquated Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) and creates a new weighted student funding formula for distributing tax dollars to public school districts based on the characteristics of the students within each district. Districts will receive additional dollars for students with challenges like special needs or students who live in poverty.
Here are the weights (in other words, a multiplier to support the additional costs of educating students) that will be added to the base student cost (the amount every student receives), which is $6,695 during the 2024-2025 school year:
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