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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.”.
The former Central High School, the MDE headquarters building in Jackson, Mississippi. 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 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 ...
On Wednesday in the Mississippi State Capitol, House Education Chairman Rep. Rob Roberson asked lawmakers to pass an amendment to Senate Bill 2693, which originally sought to provide a process for ...
(The Mississippi Department of Education) is going to study this and provide a recommendation to us in November." Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached ...
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 ...
The Rankin County School District is one of the top three sizeable public school districts in Mississippi. There are 28 schools, over 18,000 students in the district, and the district serves over seven different cities. RCSD is known for their recreational and outdoor activities. [3] In 2013, RCSD was the defendant in a federal lawsuit ...
The nonprofit Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC) received $2.5 million in federal grant funds diverted from Mississippi's TANF welfare funds, as well as tens of millions in public funds as an element of the scheme. The Mississippi state auditor has termed the scheme "the largest public embezzlement case in state