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February 8, 2016

Rep. Zuber’s bill would incorporate incentive funding into educational accountability model

Mississippi bill would reward high-performing schools A bill tying academic performance to school districts’ funding may change the conversation at the Capitol from school choice and the Mississippi Adequate Education Program to another issue entirely. Rep. Hank Zuber, R-Ocean Springs, has authored a bill that would incorporate incentive funding into the current educational accountability model.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 8, 2016

Hill wants miscarried, aborted infants to receive proper burial; Fillingane pushes elected State Sup

Legislative Perspectives LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS Abortion burial regulations Sen. Angela Burks Hill, R-Picayune, introduced a bill that would provide new regulations on babies who have been miscarried or aborted and their mothers. The “Mississippi Unborn Infants Dignity Act” would require miscarried, stillborn or aborted infants to receive a proper burial and their death to be reported…