Mississippi Department of Education

The Mississippi Department of Education is the Jackson-headquartered State Government Agency responsible for administering the funding and testing issues, among other things, involved in the state public school system. As of 2010, the acting authority over the Mississippi Department of Education was State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tom Burnham. The Mississippi Department of Education can be contacted at (601) 359-3513 in order to have queries or concerns relevant to the MS Department of Education area of authority addressed. The MS Department of Education offices are located at 359 North West Street.

The Mississippi Department of Education is administered by the nine-member State Board of Education, which has the authority for, among other things, appointing the Education State Superintendent. This body is responsible for generally setting the MS Department of Education policy toward the public school system. As of 2010, some of the main priorities for the initiatives of the Mississippi Department of Ed.

The MS Department of Education website contains information on such issues as the provision of the School Improvement Grant. In order to provide information on the performance level of individual Misssissippi public schools and students, the Mississippi Department of Education releases data according to the Statewide Accountability Model. The MS Department of Education website also addresses issues related to the federal funding Race to the Top Program. If you need legal advice and assistance, contact Mississippi lawyers.

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