Ellington

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi ballot this November will list two education funding measures.

One is an initiative that got there after more than 116,000 people signed petitions.

The other is an alternative put there by the Legislature.

The Senate voted 30-20 Wednesday to put the alternative on the ballot, with Republicans voting yes and Democrats voting no.

The action came a day after the Republican-controlled House adopted the alternative proposal.

Initiative 42 would require the state to fund an "adequate and efficient system of free public schools." If legislators fail to provide that, people could ask a chancery judge to order the state to provide the money.

The legislators' alternative would require funding of an "effective system of free public schools." It would not allow an appeal to chancery court.