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Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, receives a question regarding "school choice" legislation that would make it easier for students to transfer out of their assigned public school district to other public school districts, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Richard Lake/Mississippi Today

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‘The bill dies today.’ Senate committee kills House school choice measure
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,02/04/26-12:00PM , 146 Reads 3,338 Statewide
The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
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State Board of Education members during a meeting, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Incomplete audits make dozens of Mississippi school districts’ finances a mystery
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/02/26-3:02PM , 489 Reads 9,455 Statewide
Timely audits can alert state officials to potential financial emergencies at school districts such as the situation that spurred a takeover of Okolona schools in late October.

A third of Mississippi school districts are behind on submitting completed annual financial audits to the state Department of Education.
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Lewisburg Elementary School physical education teacher Jason Reid prepares for his afternoon bus route on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Olive Branch, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Auditor: Half of state education money should go toward raising teacher pay
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/02/26-1:08PM , 292 Reads 7,811 Statewide
State Auditor Shad White’s office says Mississippi teachers are paid less today than they were during the Great Recession.

Mississippi teachers are among the lowest paid in the country. State Auditor Shad White wants state lawmakers to change that next year.
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The Mississippi Department of Education is located in the former Central High School at 359 N. West Street in Jackson, Friday, Mar. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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The number of vacancies among teachers is going up in Mississippi, new survey shows
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,12/23/25-2:44PM , 940 Reads 11,977 Statewide
Nearly 4,000 teaching positions remain unfilled in Mississippi, hundreds more than last year.
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