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This bill amends Mississippi's student funding formula to increase the financial weight and multiplier for gifted education programs, ensuring these additional funds are directly used for gifted instruction, and also includes seventh and eighth-grade students in the calculation for Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding. The Mississippi Student Funding Formula, governed by Sections 37-151-200 through 37-151-215, allocates funds to school districts based on various student needs, with "weights" representing the additional cost of educating certain student populations. This bill specifically revises subsection (5) of Section 37-151-205, increasing the percentage of net enrollment used for gifted education calculations from 5% to 10%, and the multiplier from 5% to 14.5%, and mandates that these funds directly support gifted education instruction. Additionally, it amends subsection (6) to include seventh and eighth graders in the weight calculation for CTE courses, which previously only applied to ninth through twelfth graders. The bill also includes a repeal date for the act, indicating it will be in effect from July 1, 2026, and repealed on June 30, 2026, which appears to be a legislative error and likely intended to be a future effective date.

Education

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2293.xml