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October 15, 2013

State pre-K grant program kicks off

State pre-K grant program kicks off The process of local communities applying for grants to participate in a state-sponsored pre-kindergarten program begins this week. The collaborative groups wanting to participate in the program must notify the state Department of Education of their intent by Wednesday. The state Board of Education is scheduled to announce the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 15, 2013

Mississippi’s issues not different from the nation’s

Mississippi’s issues not different from the nation’s At a recent meeting of the state’s legislative leaders, House Appropriations Chair Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, lamented the fact that the ever increasing spending by the state on Medicaid was taking funds from education – namely higher education. A simple glance at state budgets for the past decade would…