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May 1, 2013

Southern Miss Receives Check for over $400,000

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Contact: Pamela Weaver, Director of Communications Southern Miss Receives Check for over $400,000 Hattiesburg, Miss.—Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann presented The University of Southern Mississippi with a check for $432,307 in the President’s Conference Room at the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building on the University’s Hattiesburg campus. “In…
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May 1, 2013

Pickering – New Legislation Raises Student Expectations & Increases Accountability

Friends, Last week, Governor Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1530 into law. This is an important bill and I appreciate the legislature for their action on this issue. With this new law, schools will now have a standardized definition for attendance and absenteeism for calculations under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) formula. Under the…