By Toren Ballard I Director of K-12 Policy In terms of education policy, the 2023 legislative session will likely be remembered primarily for the legislation that didn’t pass rather than the legislation that did. This trend is headlined by the 11th hour effort to amend the MAEP school funding formula—part of a plan to “fully…
Editor’s Note: This blog post is part of an ongoing series of posts dedicated to K-12 education policy in Mississippi. *** By Grace Breazeale I K-12 Policy Associate In early 2021, the Mississippi Department of Education released its first-ever social-emotional learning (SEL) standards. The release of these standards was a positive step towards increasing attention on…
Noxubee County Early Learning Collaborative The Noxubee County Early Learning Collaborative has two sites: Earl Nash Elementary School and Noxubee Head Start Center. It has served 100 four-year-olds since its founding in 2022. Number of Classrooms in ELC 5 Students Served in 2022-2023 100 Number of Sites in ELC 2 “The early learning collaboratives become…
Committee Judiciary B Author Lee Yancey Session 2023 Session Latest Action On March 29, the Senate and the House each voted to adopt the second conference report for HB 1315. The second conference report removes entirely the section of HB 1315 that would have required any entity publishing or distributing “material harmful to minors” on…
Committee Judiciary B (House); Education (Senate); Judiciary A (Senate) Author Phillip Gunn Session 2023 Session Latest Action The Senate Education Committee failed to take action on HB 1341 by the February 28 deadline, causing the bill to die in committee. Explanation of the Bill House Bill 1341 would prohibit public schools and public libraries from…
