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The already difficult application working-class students in Mississippi must complete to receive college loans and grants could soon require an extra step. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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College financial aid program designed to exclude Mississippi’s poorest students has helped children of millionaires
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/22/24-12:38AM , 653 Reads 8,435 Statewide
A Mississippi college financial aid program intended for the middle class has helped children of millionaires pay tuition.

But if the poorest students apply, they’ll be denied.
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INSPIRE Act to provide $250 million more in education funding
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Wed,03/20/24-12:58AM , 908 Reads 9,416 Statewide
Updated estimates from the House show the chamber’s proposed new K-12 funding formula could provide significant increases to schools.
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Auditor: Mississippi outside-the-classroom, administrative spending continues to rise
By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Tue,03/19/24-11:42PM , 541 Reads 5,970 Statewide
From 2006 to 2021, administrative spending in Mississippi grew by 6.51% while inside-the-classroom spending dropped by 7.76%.
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CA celebrates top accelerated readers
By STAFF REPORTS
Thu,03/14/24-12:55PM , 1,113 Reads
Columbia Academy offers congratulations to these readers for earning the top AR points in each grade for the third nine weeks. They are, from left, Karter Anthony, first grade; Julia Poole, second grade; Jonathan Ham, third grade; Jude Moree, fourth grade; Emma Douglas, fifth grade; and Lizzi Robbins, sixth grade

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