Unanimous Committee Vote Halts Wide-Ranging Education Overhaul

AFP–MS Responds to State Senate Failure of HB 2, Reaffirms Commitment to Education Freedom

Jackson, MS – Americans for Prosperity–Mississippi (AFP-MS) today responded to the Mississippi State Senate Education Committee’s failure to advance the Education Freedom Act (HB 2). This legislation would have expanded parental choice and established education savings accounts for families across the state. The bill’s failure is a disappointment to thousands of parents and advocates seeking greater educational opportunity, but AFP-MS remains co…

MS Senate committee kills House school choice package in just 90 seconds

House Speaker Jason White's signature school choice package was killed in a unanimous vote by the Senate education subcommittee.

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

Mississippi Democrats celebrate Republican senators’ decision to kill Trump-backed school choice plan - Mississippi Monitor

By: Jeremy Pittari and Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune   Senate Education Committee chairman Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, addresses committee members during a teacher pay hearing at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)     Speaker Jason White’s signature education freedom package died at the hands of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, as Republicans joined Democrats in unanimously killi…

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…