Bryant signs bill negating later school start mandate

Mississippi schools will not start later this year as Bryant signs bill to undo law

Mississippi schools won’t be forced to start the academic year in late August, as they had been expecting to do.

Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 2571). It negates a previous law that would’ve delayed the start of the school year until at least the third Monday in August.

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3/26/14