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Senate trims education provisions from PEER oversight bill, approves measure to expand agency review powers
Summary
Lawmakers approved a revised bill expanding the legislative PEER committee's authority to review agency rules and perform program evaluations, after removing contentious education provisions and adding specific oversight items.
The Mississippi Senate approved a revised version of a bill that expands oversight tools for the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) Committee after senators removed education provisions that had prompted floor opposition.
Senator Robinson, a sponsor of the measure, described PEER as the legislature’s nonpartisan oversight arm and said the committee’s work supports accountability, efficiency and legislative oversight.…
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