Home | The Yazoo Herald

The Mississippi Board of Education discusses a District of Innovation at its meeting on March 19, 2026, at the state Education Department's headquarters in downtown Jackson. Credit: Devna Bose | Mississippi Today

‘We don’t want any more Okolonas.’ State officials say their crackdown on schools with missing audits is working

The number of school districts missing annual financial audits is going down, falling to 32 from 47 since the Mississippi Department of Education has drawn attention to this issue, according to Paula Vanderford, the agency’s chief accountability officer.