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Religious exemptions for immunizations begin Monday
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel
Fri,07/14/23-4:16PM , 1,213 Reads
JACKSON – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) will begin offering religious exemptions Monday, July 17, 2023, in addition to the existing medical exemption process in compliance with a federal court order entered in April 2023.
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Marvell Hudson is pictured after a June 29 appeal hearing. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

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School board 'doubles down' on decision to fire superintendent Marvell Hudson
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,07/13/23-7:44PM , 20,073 Reads
The East Tallahatchie School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday night, July 12, voted to uphold their previous decision to terminate the contract of first-year superintendent Marvell Hudson.

In a telephone interview Thursday afternoon, July 13, Hudson confirmed his receipt of a five-page document to that effect.
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Charter School Authorizer Board approves one new school to move forward, denies another
By Sarah Ulmer - Magnolia Tribune
Tue,07/11/23-4:48PM , 344 Reads 8,400 Statewide
The new charter school approved by the Board is a high school extension of an already existing K-8 charter school in Clarksdale.

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The Mississippi Department of Education on Friday, Mar. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Despite legislative confusion, Department of Education distributes $100 million extra for public schools
By Julia James - Mississippi Today
Mon,07/10/23-1:18PM , 352 Reads 9,428 Statewide
The Mississippi Department of Education has decided to distribute the $100 million in additional funding allocated to school districts this year, despite previously saying they were unable to do so because of a lack of clarity from the Legislature.
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