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The Mississippi Education Reform Act of 1982 was an education and revenue law enacted in the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1982. Background [ edit ] Governor William F. Winter pushed for educational reform legislation in Mississippi in the early 1980s with the hopes of improving economic outcomes in the state.
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is the state education agency of Mississippi. It is headquartered in the former Central High School Building at 359 North West Street in Jackson. [1][2] The State Superintendent of Education is Dr. Raymond Morgigno [3]
Mississippi's Constitution of 1868, drafted by a biracial convention [citation needed], was the first legislation to provide for free public education for all children in the state. The constitution established a “uniform system of free public schools, by taxation or otherwise, for all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years.”.
Mississippi House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Loyd Roberson II, R-Starkville, speaks about a bill under the committee's consideration as both chambers of the Mississippi State Legislature ...
It took all of 10 minutes Tuesday for the Mississippi Senate to kill the only vehicle left for legislators to make revisions to K-12 education funding, and House lawmakers are now willing to hold ...
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, addresses lawmakers as they consider legislation during a committee meeting at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday ...
The Mississippi Board of Education has nine appointed members, and they appoint the State Superintendent of Education who sets educational policies and oversees the Mississippi Department of Education. The Mississippi Governor appoints one member of the Board of Education from Mississippi's Northern Supreme Court District, one from the Central ...
The Mississippi Legislature passed several bills in the 2024 session that will have lasting impacts on the state. Mississippi Legislature passes K-12 education funding, transgender bills. See what ...