State urges parents to submit voucher applications quickly
The Mississippi Department of Education says 166 families will receive an annual subsidy of $6,500 that can be used to pay for private school tuition, tutoring or other educational services outside the public schools.
Parents urged to submit voucher applications quickly
The Mississippi Department of Education is urging parents to submit applications quickly for new special education vouchers.
Special-education voucher bill headed to gov.
A bill to create school vouchers for a small percentage of special-education students is headed to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who plans to sign it.
Miss. special-needs voucher bill inches forward
A proposal to create state-funded vouchers for a small fraction of special education students is moving forward in the Mississippi Legislature.
Special education voucher plan passes in Senate
Mississippi senators have voted to give $7,000 vouchers to a small percentage of special education students so they could go to private school or receive other education services outside the public schools.
Special education voucher bill advances in state Senate
Lawmakers are pursuing multiple options to help special education students, as a reprise of last year’s fight over vouchers for special education students looms.
Miss. House rejects special education vouchers
Eleven Republicans provided the margin of defeat Wednesday as the House voted 63-57 to reject a bill that would have given vouchers worth more than $6,000 to parents of some Mississippi special education students.
Parents push for Miss. special education vouchers
Parents who want Mississippi lawmakers to approve special education vouchers are adding their voices in support.
Mississippi Senate approves special education vouchers
Proposals to create a state voucher worth more than $6,000 for parents who withdraw their special education student from a Mississippi public school are making progress in the state House and Senate.
Mississippi special education students could get vouchers
Parallel bills in the Mississippi House and Senate would give more than $6,000 a year in state money to the parent of any special education student who wanted to withdraw their child from their local public school district.
Columbus schools’ accreditation in danger
COLUMBUS — The Columbus Municipal School District has faced its share of challenges this year, from searching for a superintendent to wrangling a budget that left even accountants befuddled.
Monday night, board members learned of a new problem: The district is at risk of losing its accreditation for failing to administer state subject area tests to special education students at Columbus High School.
Erasing the special-ed stigma: Students given chance in mainstream classes
A decade ago, most special education students got little preparation for the real world.
They were tucked in a classroom, away from their peers, and little was expected of them.
Often, that was a self-fulfilling prophecy.