When the House of Representatives and the Senate fail to agree on any portion of a piece of legislation, conference can be invited by the chamber in which the bill originated in order to work out the differences. When conference is invited, a conference committee is formed to negotiate the compromise. The conference committee is […]
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The Mississippi School Boards Association has announced that 20 Mississippi school districts have been recognized as 2010 Lighthouse School Leaders. This recognition is awarded in three categories to districts that reach the highest levels of student achievement: Beacon Awards, Lantern Awards and Torch Awards. The Beacon Award recognizes school districts with a QDI of 200 or above
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The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) issued a report today showing that Mississippi has made significant gains in student achievement on national measures in the past couple of years. Mississippi students have made significant progress in a number of areas, including: Achieving the largest percentage-point increase in the nation in reading at the Basic Level on the National Assessment of
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Mississippi typically pays about 24 cents on the dollar to cover Medicaid costs for our state. The federal government pays the additional 76 cents of each Medicaid dollar. In order to help states through the recession, the federal government has reduced to 16 cents on the dollar the portion that states are required to pay,
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Communities are rallying around their schools in impressive ways to ensure that schools have what they need to get the job done. Each year, state testing (MCT2, SATP, etc.) provides them the perfect opportunity to show their support for their schools and schoolchildren. Here are just a few of the ways that schools, parents and communities have worked
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Mississippians of every stripe and political persuasion are pushing efforts to bring Mississippi children to the same level of achievement enjoyed by students in other states – to level the playing field when it comes to quality of education, student achievement and opportunity for life-long success. While legislators and education leaders have been successful in
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