Miss. Senate Gives Schools Option to Reduce Days
Jackson, Miss.
The Mississippi Senate has voted to give school districts the option of keeping children in class five fewer days for each of the next two academic years.
That would take the academic year from 180 days to 175.
"I'm trying to find a way to make school districts more financially viable," said Senate Education Committee Chairman Videt Carmichael, R-Meridian, who co-authored the proposal to...
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