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Musgrove's Record On Education Is Hands-Down Outstanding

By Ward Schaefer, Jackson Free Press
October 8, 2008

Ronnie Musgrove
Musgrove has made education a central issue in his Senate campaign, and his record bears it out. As a state senator, he chaired the Education Committee. As lieutenant governor, Musgrove pushed for the passage of the landmark Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which reformed state education funding so that poorer school districts spent as much per pupil as richer ones. MAEP was first fully funded under his gubernatorial administration. Also while governor, Musgrove wrangled passage of a significant teacher pay raise and called a special legislative session to eliminate a clause that would have made the pay raise dependent on 5 percent annual economic growth. The Mississippi Association of Educators has endorsed Musgrove.

"His record on education is hands-down outstanding," MAE president Kevin Gilbert says.

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