Resources that are adequate for success

• Adequately fund public schools through the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) 
• Base school funding on average daily enrollment (membership) rather than attendance
• Defeat measures aimed at dismantling the MAEP formula or altering it in any way that could be harmful to children

An excellent teacher in every classroom

• Increase teacher salaries to attract top-tier students into the teaching field and to prevent the loss of Mississippi teachers to neighboring states with higher salaries
• Increase requirements for entry into schools of education and for teacher licensure

Stronger standards for Mississippi schools

• Continued implementation of the Common Core State Standards

• Expansion of Mississippi Building Blocks and the Early Learning Collaborative Act to give more children access to high quality early learning programs

Broader implementation of the literacy initiative

• Expand the literacy initiative to provide reading coaches in more Mississippi schools

Stop privatization and “profitization” of public schools

• Defeat measures intended to divert state education funding to private schools (vouchers, tax credit scholarships, etc.)
• Maintain current prohibition against for-profit charter schools