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Senate adopts substitute to school funding formula, adds CTE for grades 7–8 and other education adjustments
Summary
The Senate adopted a substitute amendment to the student funding formula bill that adds seventh‑ and eighth‑grade CTE weighting, extends teacher‑retirement return‑to‑work provisions to administrators who return as teachers, and includes technical fixes to restore funding for the DeBard School; the measure passed on an afternoon roll call.
The Mississippi Senate adopted a substitute amendment to the student funding formula bill and passed the measure by recorded vote after floor debate.
Senator Fraser, sponsoring the substitute, told the chamber the amendment incorporates earlier Senate and House measures: it adds seventh‑ and eighth‑grade career and technical education (CTE) students to the funding formula weight previously applied only to grades 9–12; restores language allowing certain university‑based programs (the DeBard School) to receive full funding; and incorporates a teacher‑retirement provision that allows retired educators — if they return to teach — to receive the same return‑to‑work treatment as classroom teachers, with the…
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