2022 House Education Bill Summaries
Education Legislation 2022
State Board of Education approves five new early learning collaboratives to serve pre-K 4-year-olds
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Jan. 21, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Jan. 20, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 18 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs to 4-year-old students.
Mississippi State Board of Education Allows Hybrid Scheduling During COVID-19 Surge
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Jan. 20, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to allow school districts to use hybrid scheduling if needed to minimize the current spread of COVID-19.
The hybrid scheduling option is available immediately and will extend through March 11, 2022. Hybrid scheduling enables districts to reduce the number of students in schools each day by scheduling a portion of students to learn online. Hybrid scheduling can only be used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
3rd grade reading assessment will be administered from April 4-22
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: January 19, 2022
Two Mississippi students selected for United States Senate Youth Program will participate in online program, receive $10,000 scholarships
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: January 11, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that Mississippi high school students Emily Adcock and Vaibhavi Mahajan will join Sen. Roger F. Wicker and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in representing Mississippi during the 60th annual USSYP Washington Week, to be held March 6-9.
State Superintendent’s Annual Report for 2020-21 notes achievements as students, teachers persevered through pandemic
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: January 10, 2022

MDE to Hold Public Hearing Jan. 28 on Academic Standards for Social Studies
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: January 5, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will hold a public hearing about proposed revisions to the state’s academic standards for social studies at 9 a.m. Jan. 28 at the Mississippi Agricultural Museum Sparkman Auditorium in Jackson. The proposed changes are available through the Secretary of State website: https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00026052b.pdf.
U.S. Department of Education approves Mississippi’s plan for use of American Rescue Plan funds to support K-12 schools and students, distributes remaining $543 million to state
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: December 29, 2021
MDE awarding more than $9.8M in grants to five Mississippi universities to enroll more potential teachers in elementary and secondary education graduate degree programs
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: December 17, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), through its Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program, is awarding $9,886,468 in grants to five universities in the state to cover tuition and expenses for up to 240 individuals seeking a graduate degree in elementary and secondary education.
The MDE is using American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to cover the grants.