Faith Leaders, Black Caucus Members Talk Education, Infrastructure, Health Care
JACKSON — Members of several Mississippi Baptist conventions along with members of the Legislative Black Caucus hosted a public hearing at the Capitol on Nov. 17 to discuss education, infrastructure and health care.
Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, decried the idea that the Mississippi Adequate Education Program was antiquated and did not work, especially because the state has only fully funded it twice since its creation almost 20 years ago.
"We can't declare MAEP a failure when it's only been done once, and it worked," Hughes said.
House Speaker Philip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, both Republicans, announced their contract with the New Jersey-based nonprofit, EdBuild, to help examine the MAEP formula this summer. The second public meeting with EdBuild is this afternoon at 4 p.m.
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