Unanimous Committee Vote Halts Wide-Ranging Education Overhaul

Private-School Voucher Bill Dies Amid Opposition in Mississippi Senate Education Committee

Mississippi will not expand its school voucher program to use public tax dollars for private school tuition after the Mississippi Senate Education Committee killed the House’s massive education package, House Bill 2, on Tuesday. The post Private-School Voucher Bill Dies Amid Opposition in Mississippi Senate Education Committee appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

Unanimous committee vote halts wide-ranging education overhaul

HB 2 included multiple education policy changes, including allowing homeschooled students to participate in public school extracurricular activities

Senate committee kills House's 'Mississippi Education Freedom Act'

A panel in the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday took up and shot down the House’s sweeping education package, one centered on school choice and including a multitude of education reforms within. The Senate Education Committee voted unanimously against House Bill 2, a package led by Republican Speaker Jason White that got just enough support in its originating chamber to advance to the other side of the capitol. A cornerstone of what White named the…