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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 22, 2022

State Board of Education approves seven new early learning collaboratives to serve pre-K 4-year-olds

The seven new ELCs will serve 2,050 pre-K 4-year-olds in 35 new classrooms and 72 existing classrooms. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted April 21 to add seven new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 23 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs to 4-year-old students. The ELC expansion…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
April 21, 2022

Treasurer McRae applauds Legislature for allowing parent’s unclaimed money to satisfy child support debts

Treasurer commits to implement this policy as quickly as possible. During the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2319. Authored by State Senator Walter Michel (R), the legislation will allow the State Treasury to coordinate with the Department of Human Services (DHS) to use a parent’s unclaimed money to pay child support debts. Governor…