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Board approves handbooks, sets tuition at $8,487 and adopts MSBA policy updates
Summary
The board approved the 2025–26 handbooks, set the district out-of-district tuition rate at $8,487, reviewed assessment results (all above state averages except seventh-grade math), and immediately adopted several MSBA policy updates required by recent state law changes.
The Board of Education approved the 2025–26 handbooks, set the district out-of-district tuition rate and adopted several MSBA policy updates the administration recommended.
One board member moved to set the district tuition rate at $8,487; the motion carried. Staff also presented district assessment data, reporting the district met or exceeded state averages in all tested areas except seventh-grade math, where the gap was one point.
On policy, staff recommended immediate adoption of five MSBA-recommended policies to align district practice with recent state laws, including provisions tied to Senate Bill 63 on homeschooled-student participation and a new communication-device policy (JFC) covering cell phones and smartwatches. The administration said they would enforce the participation and device policies so homeschooled students could begin practice and activities even where statutory effective dates were later in August.
The board approved the handbooks and the policy adoptions as presented. No roll-call tallies for the votes were provided in the public transcript.
