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March 27, 2014

State Treasurer Lynn Fitch says closing MPACT would have been more expensive

Fitch: Closing MPACT would have been more expensive The board that oversees the state’s prepaid college tuition plan considered closing the program before deciding this week to reopen enrollment. But shutting it down would have left the state with an even larger shortfall, state Treasurer Lynn Fitch told the Daily Journal editorial board on Wednesday.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 27, 2014

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…