JACKSON, Miss. – Lt. Governor Tate Reeves revealed a plan Monday to increase K-12 education spending by $110 million, bringing total education spending to $2.5 billion for fiscal year 2016.The funding for that would come from a projected growth in reoccurring state revenues totaling to $127 million.
Reeves proposal is similar to one proposed by Democrat leaders, Sen. Hob Bryan and Rep. Cecil Brown, who suggested boosting K-12 funding $105 million.
Reeves’s proposal still needs approval by the Mississippi House and Senate.
