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Mississippi lawmakers release budget blueprint

By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON – The Mississippi Adequate Education Program, the mechanism that provides the state’s share of the basics of operating local school districts, is underfunded by about $280 million under the proposal released Tuesday by the 14-member Legislative Budget Committee. Still, MAEP is one of the few state programs to receive additional funding in the $6.01 billion budget that funds education, health care, public safety and many other areas of state government The leaders of the Budget Committee, Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, and Lt.

 

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