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News  |  Courtney Ingle  • 
September 10, 2019

Mississippi’s ninth charter school approved by board

Mississippi’s charter authorizer board approved the ninth charter school in the state. In an application cycle that began with fourteen proposals, four made it to the final stage for review by an independent evaluation committee. The committee recommended only one school for approval, and the board accepted the committee’s recommendation, denying applications to open schools in…
News  |  Courtney Ingle  • 
September 10, 2019

MDEQ awards nearly $300K to 12 school districts for new buses

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded $296,992 to 12 school districts to assist in the purchase of new school buses. The grants, funded under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), were provided to the school districts by MDEQ’s Air Division toward the purchase of new diesel-powered buses with more stringent pollution controls to…