House Bill 2

[Rebel Bert]

My state representative has informed me that home schooling has been lowered to $1000 per year. The bill does not fund private schools.  It is understood that parents have the right to send their kids to a better school aka A or B school if their kids are in a failing school. It is also understood that many parents don't have the means to transport their kids to a private school or a lengthy drive. So don't  look for many parents to send their kid for example to Parklane or Cathedral from Wilkinson County. 

[Chunky6617]

So pretty much you can only relocate schools if you are in a failing school district 

[Former Coach]

11 minutes ago, Chunky6617 said:

So pretty much you can only relocate schools if you are in a failing school district 

And here's the thing. You don't need to have "school choice" to transfer schools. In MS you can already change schools if you wish. They are just using that trying to get support for HB2.

[MSSportsGuy]

4 hours ago, Rebel Bert said:

My state representative has informed me that home schooling has been lowered to $1000 per year. The bill does not fund private schools.  It is understood that parents have the right to send their kids to a better school aka A or B school if their kids are in a failing school. It is also understood that many parents don't have the means to transport their kids to a private school or a lengthy drive. So don't  look for many parents to send their kid for example to Parklane or Cathedral from Wilkinson County. 

HB 2 does only give $1,000 to home school families. However, it does allow parents to apply for vouchers, also called Magnolia Savings Accounts, where they will receive money to send their kids to private schools. There will be 12,500 vouchers for those in public to go to private and another 12,500 for those already in private.

 

While the bill may not directly "fund" private schools, it allows money to be given to them. 

 

 

 

Edited January 21 by MSSportsGuy

[maroontide06]

https://www.wlox.com/2026/01/21/bill-introduced-would-allow-mississippi-high-school-student-athletes-make-nil-money/

 

Here's another one to discuss.  Have fun.

[Football In MS]

11 hours ago, Chunky6617 said:

So pretty much you can only relocate schools if you are in a failing school district 

Nope. Anyone who applies and gets approved can go anywhere else they want. On your dime.

[Football In MS]

7 hours ago, MSSportsGuy said:

HB 2 does only give $1,000 to home school families. However, it does allow parents to apply for vouchers, also called Magnolia Savings Accounts, where they will receive money to send their kids to private schools. There will be 12,500 vouchers for those in public to go to private and another 12,500 for those already in private.

 

While the bill may not directly "fund" private schools, it allows money to be given to them. 

 

 

 

HB2 is written to allow funds for only 12,500 (max) in the first year. There aren’t 2 separate pools of students. Public & private are in the same pool. Including families with students already paying private school tuition for their students. There is no uppermost income limit to receive a voucher. That’s one of many issues wrong with HB2. Another one is the fact that students don’t have to be leaving a “failing” school in order get the voucher. When HB2 says “chocie” they really mean it. Vouchers can go anywhere - including private - for any reason. You don’t have to state why you want to leave where you are.

Edited January 22 by Football In MS

[Football In MS]

11 hours ago, Rebel Bert said:

My state representative has informed me that home schooling has been lowered to $1000 per year. The bill does not fund private schools.  It is understood that parents have the right to send their kids to a better school aka A or B school if their kids are in a failing school. It is also understood that many parents don't have the means to transport their kids to a private school or a lengthy drive. So don't  look for many parents to send their kid for example to Parklane or Cathedral from Wilkinson County. 

So your state representative told you that vouchers would not go to the schools? He said funds go to the families who then give them to schools? None of that even makes sense. The tax implications for families receiving actual state funds would be massive. A “voucher” is worth nothing without the promise standing behind it. That promise is state money. The state will send funding to the chosen school.

Funding HAS to go to the schools. Families won’t be getting funds they can transfer. Any funds transferral done will be done between the school and the state. Otherwise what’s to stop a family from getting this money and doing something else with it?

The only group who may be able to get actual funds would be families of homeschoolers. But even that could be more of a reimbursement thing when it all comes down.

Edited January 22 by Football In MS

[MSSportsGuy]

12 hours ago, Football In MS said:

HB2 is written to allow funds for only 12,500 (max) in the first year. There aren’t 2 separate pools of students. Public & private are in the same pool. Including families with students already paying private school tuition for their students. There is no uppermost income limit to receive a voucher. That’s one of many issues wrong with HB2. Another one is the fact that students don’t have to be leaving a “failing” school in order get the voucher. When HB2 says “chocie” they really mean it. Vouchers can go anywhere - including private - for any reason. You don’t have to state why you want to leave where you are.

My apologizes for the error, I misread the bill. You are correct. 

[Rebel Bert]

21 hours ago, maroontide06 said:

https://www.wlox.com/2026/01/21/bill-introduced-would-allow-mississippi-high-school-student-athletes-make-nil-money/

 

Here's another one to discuss.  Have fun.

HB1400

[FanofMSfootball]

On 1/18/2026 at 8:01 AM, Bulldogs4 said:

There is way too many school districts and the administration offices are bloated to the max. It seems to me that if a Principal is failing, the administration office creates a new position and then promotes said Principal into it. And then coaches seem to get shuttled around from school to school as many times as Zsa Zsa Gabor was married.
1. There should be one school district office for each county (and in some cases i.e. Issaquena County, one office for two counties). 
2. Administrative offices should be pared back to the bare minimum. 
3. State testing is needs to be completely revamped. There is way too much emphasis on it. Obviously you have to be able to assess where a child stands academically. But the current system discourages creative thinking skills and encourages learning how to pass a test. 
4. Now with respect to the transfer issue, I see quite a few people whining about it but none

seem to care about why some schools are failing to educate their students. 

Poor parenting, poor teachers, bloated administration, kids that don’t care, no discipline (thanks to the Southern Poverty Law Center for that) are some of the reasons. 
5. If schools were succeeding in educating their students, this bill would have never come up. Some of these schools/districts seem to operate as their own little fiefdom and woe to anyone who attempts to make improvements to them, or force them to start living up to their responsibilities and expectations of teaching children. Period. 
 

We will see where all this lands but it is about time the Apple Cart got turned over in education and some real action taken to improve our schools and most importantly teach our children the highest standard possible. 

How do we know the private schools do better than the public schools. What data can we point to to make that claim? I ask private school supporters what accountability model do the private schools use? Most of them don't know what I am talking about. lol

I have no problem with private schools, however most of them were/are just segregation academies that just spit baseless rhetoric to justify separating their kids from the public schools. Thats your right as well but you don't get taxpayer money to pay for it. Fund it with your private money. How is that not logical? We don't like welfare in the country unless its welfare that benefits the people that already have the means. Thats backwards. Then they want the money with none of the oversight or policy. BS.

I do agree that change needs to happen in public schools. The testing is a real and big issue. They need less oversight as well to allow schools to cater more to their communities and stakeholders. Thats the power of the citizens though. We could get it done but we can't if we just gonna walk away and point fingers. The public school system is the powerhouse of the country. Instead of us wanting to fix it, we want to strip it of all its resources and take it back to our friends and those around us who would benefit. We don't care about the society as a whole. Thats my issue. Come together and force the powers that be to make the schools work for us. 

But I will never agree to this... never. ITs just more rich people welfare and a guise to benefit those who already have the means. 

[FanofMSfootball]

On 1/19/2026 at 12:53 PM, pancho said:

all I'm hearing today is that Illegals will claim homeschool simply to get paid and then keep the kids in public schools.   Fraud

are you being serious or you just putting out rhetoric? 

[FanofMSfootball]

On 1/21/2026 at 9:52 AM, Chunky6617 said:

So pretty much you can only relocate schools if you are in a failing school district 

You can relocate schoos whenever you want. Just move into the district. 

[pancho]

10 minutes ago, FanofMSfootball said:

are you being serious or you just putting out rhetoric? 

nothing i post is what you evidently term as putting out rhetoric.  this is directly from conversation with individuals communicating directly with said state representative.

[pancho]

13 minutes ago, FanofMSfootball said:

You can relocate schoos whenever you want. Just move into the district. 

just get the mail going to the correct box.    no biggee

[FanofMSfootball]

2 minutes ago, pancho said:

nothing i post is what you evidently term as putting out rhetoric.  this is directly from conversation with individuals communicating directly with said state representative.

Yeh that sounds like rhetoric than reality. How can illegals do all of that if they are illegal lol. But ok....

[FanofMSfootball]

Just now, pancho said:

just get the mail going to the correct box.    no biggee

Thats illegal too and counterproductive but ok...you like breaking the law huh lol just kidding 

[pancho]

53 minutes ago, FanofMSfootball said:

Thats illegal too and counterproductive but ok...you like breaking the law huh lol just kidding 

Nope but I do know a couple who supposedly separated and the husband got mail in an RV park for 2 years.  funny thing is the school the son attended in the RV park district played in 2 straight finals in Pearl.   Now they all back happy ever after and the son is in college.

[pancho]

56 minutes ago, FanofMSfootball said:

Yeh that sounds like rhetoric than reality. How can illegals do all of that if they are illegal lol. But ok....

Again, I am only passing along what I was told from a guy who spoke directly to the state representative.   Illegals are working all over the state on large crews where only about half are legal.  True facts again, no supposed rhetoric.

[Football In MS]

5 minutes ago, pancho said:

Nope but I do know a couple who supposedly separated and the husband got mail in an RV park for 2 years.  funny thing is the school the son attended in the RV park district played in 2 straight finals in Pearl.   Now they all back happy ever after and the son is in college.

Interesting.

I personally saw (and know) more than 1 private school family in our area who lived outside the preferred public school radius here locally and faked an address inside the district to try to get their girls on specific teams within the public school because it was better than the private they were attending.

They all got caught & all had to either take their kids back to private school or actually buy property in the right area. They all legit moved so their kids could go to the public school. It never would’ve been questioned, but because their kids all made huge deals out of it with friends and on social media (i.e. how they were going to be on “xyz” team and didn’t have to relocate because everyone knew their parents had money).

 

So this scam has been tried and works both ways. 

[pancho]

Oh, absolutely.  Booneville basketball has it down to an art form and biggersville is a close 2nd.

[Greyhoundtransplant]

14 minutes ago, pancho said:

Nope but I do know a couple who supposedly separated and the husband got mail in an RV park for 2 years.  funny thing is the school the son attended in the RV park district played in 2 straight finals in Pearl.   Now they all back happy ever after and the son is in college.

You mean kinda like the QB for the 7A State champs who was from Louisiana, his dad suddenly had a job and an apartment in the district while his wife still lived and worked in Louisiana? I'd wager a years salary that he either no longer works there or will quit before the end of the school year. 

[pancho]

probably very close to the same.  

[TheAnswer]

23 minutes ago, Greyhoundtransplant said:

You mean kinda like the QB for the 7A State champs who was from Louisiana, his dad suddenly had a job and an apartment in the district while his wife still lived and worked in Louisiana? I'd wager a years salary that he either no longer works there or will quit before the end of the school year. 

Same who has been to 3 different schools in 3 years.

[Rebel Bert]

33 minutes ago, Greyhoundtransplant said:

You mean kinda like the QB for the 7A State champs who was from Louisiana, his dad suddenly had a job and an apartment in the district while his wife still lived and worked in Louisiana? I'd wager a years salary that he either no longer works there or will quit before the end of the school year. 

Did they have a legal separation in Louisiana or Mississippi? If so it may be legal. Father would need to be the custodial parent. I am assuming they didn't. The Louisiana school would have to file a complaint according towards by laws.