Education - Room 216, Oct. 28, 2025; 9:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Education Committee · October 28, 2025

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Committee opens; authorizer introduced

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Chairman DeBarr opened the meeting and introduced Lisa Karmacharya as executive director of the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board; Karmacharya said she would introduce her staff and present the authorizer's mission.

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Mississippi Senate Education Committee heard presentations on charter authorizing, national charter research, educator workforce data, and special-needs/residential schools. Authorizer director Lisa Karmacharya urged measured expansion with stronger definitions for CMOs and greater accountability; researchers and superintendents urgedinvestment in authorizing, teacher pay, pre-K and mental-health supports.

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