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2001 Annual Report



 
Mississippi Adequate Education Program
State Public School
Building Fund
Transportation Report

Mississippi Adequate Education Program
1999-2000

The basic funding for Mississippi schools has long been provided through the Minimum Education Program (MEP) enacted in the 1950's. In addition to the MEP, the Uniform Millage Assistance Grants Program (1989), the Education Enhancement Fund (1992 sales tax increase legislation), and the Ad Valorem Reduction Grants were established to address long-overlooked needs in school districts in the areas of building, buses, textbooks, instructional supplies and other special needs. Because disparity still exists in the funds available for educating every child at an adequate level, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program addresses these disparities and ensures that every school district will have sufficient funds available to provide a Level III accreditation or adequate education for every child. As of January 15, 1999, the MAEP funds have resulted in State Aid Capital Improvement Bonds issued by 111 school districts in the amount of $507,272,543.00.

Proposed School Facility Construction
Based on Approved MAEP Applications *

Projects
New Construction
Repairs/Renovations
Totals
Classrooms 2,332 5,687 8,019
Subject Area Labs 110 53 163
Tech Prep Labs 135 268 403
Library/Media Centers 57 48 105
Cafeterias/Kitchen/Dining 62 56 118
Fine Arts Facilities 66 25 91
Auditoriums 6 17 23
Multi-Purpose Buildings 16 4 20
Health/Physical Education/Gym 18 47 65

* This report does not reflect all school construction in the state, as school districts that chose "Option 2 - Interim Pledge" were not required by State Board Policy to submit an Application for the Expenditure of MAEP Funds for a Capital Improvement Project.

Additional support for capital improvement of schools has been provided on the local level through local bond elections. The following shows the results of local bond elections during 1999 - 2000:

Record of School Bond Elections
1999 - 2000


School District Amount Passed/Failed Percentage of Voters For/Against
Brookhaven $ 7,500,000 Passed  75% / 25%
Greene County $ 2,000,000 Failed 45% / 55%
Meridian $ 33,500,000 Failed 57% / 43%
Meridian $ 33,500,000 Failed 46% / 54%
Poplarville $ 6,500,000 Failed 56% / 44%
Yazoo City $ 5,435,000 Passed 68% / 32%

 

State Public School Building Fund
1999 - 2000

The State Public School Building Fund was created to provide state funds for the capital improvement of schools in the state. Such capital improvements include the cost of erecting, repairing, equipping, remodeling and enlarging school buildings and related facilities.

The financial structure of the State Public School Building Fund is made up of three interlocking, yet distinct features: (1) annual grants to school districts; (2) legislative funding of the program; and (3) state school bonds. The Mississippi Board of Education approved building projects as follows during 1999-2000:
 
Number Approved Total Cost Public School Building Funds
Long Range Plans 6 $30,491,650.00
Applications  41 $25,506,438.89 $8,426,175.12
Supplementary Applications 17 $3,062,063.54
Contracts 71 $40,254,205.13 $13,816,789.13
Change Orders 92 $1,467,660.72  $31,719.80
Final Project Approvals 56 $34,310,926.65 $10,714,290.45
Project Cancellations 6 $2,307,466.09 $1,253,528.00

 

Transportation Report for 1999-2000


 
Number of Vehicles in Use Privately Owned Publicly Owned Total
School Buses (Regular Route) 81 5,565 5,646
Spare Buses 22 1,111 1,133
Service Vehicles 1 411 412
Number of Vehicles Purchased during the School Year
School Buses-New 0 375 375
School Buses-Used 0 105  105
Service Vehicles-New and Used 0 58 58
Number of School Bus and Related Accidents
Resulting in moderate to severe injury to pupils 0 109 109
Resulting in property damage 0 263 263
Number of pupil deaths resulting from school bus related accidents 0 1 1
Total number of school bus related accidents 0 263 263
Total Mileage Traveled
Total annual mileage traveled on all approved bus routes 53,077,377*
Total Transported ADA 407,726

*The number of regular route buses and total annual mileage traveled on all approved bus routes is greater this year due to a change in the reporting method. This year all districts reported their regular special needs routes and mileage. 


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