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Board Approves $1.4 million Emergency Contract to Fund Statewide School Safety Platform
5423468 · July 18, 2025
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Summary
Board approved an emergency $1.4 million contract to pay for the statewide school safety platform after the legislature corrected a prior appropriation error with House Bill 48.
The Mississippi State Board of Education on July 17 approved an emergency contract to use $1,400,000 in legislative funds to pay for the statewide school safety platform.
MDE staff explained the money was originally appropriated in FY25 but was miscoded by the legislature to ‘‘school mapping’’ rather than the school safety platform. MDE said House Bill 48,…
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