Mississippi would ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler to understand,

The additional funding will bring the education budget to $2.94 billion – about $50 million less than MAEP would have provided if fully funded. DeBar said that based on inflation it will take about $50 million more in funds to fully fund the new formula next year. The new formula will be called simply the Mississippi Student Funding Formula.

Mississippi is on track to change the way it pays for public schools with a new plan that would give districts a boost in funding for students who can be more expensive to educate.