Charter School Expansion Top Priority For Miss. Republicans
JACKSON, Miss. – Charter schools in Mississippi will once again be on the forefront of the Republican agenda in the 2013 legislative session. Party leaders called a joint House and Senate Education Committee hearing yesterday aimed at building support for expanding the existing law. Similar Charter school proposals failed last session. So what has changed? In the first of our three-part Education Session Preview, MPB’s Capitol Reporter Jeffrey Hess and Southern Education Desk Reporter Annie Gilbertson examine how a media blitz and a single committee seat change may usher the charter school agenda item into law.
Hess: At yesterday’s four-hour joint education committee hearing, Republican Party leaders called on policy groups to discuss GOP education reform agenda items. Republican John Moore of Brandon is Chair of the House Education Committee. He says the hearing set the stage for the upcoming legislative session.
MPB
12/13/12
Magnolia Tribune
