Government Relations staff acts as the liaison between the Mississippi State Board of Education and the Mississippi Department of Education and the Mississippi Legislature. Education and education-related bills are tracked each legislative session and reports are created for each Regular Session of the Legislature.
Committee Chairs for Education and Appropriations
These are the members of the Mississippi Legislature who lead the House and Senate Education and Appropriations committees.
House Education Committee
- Richard Bennett, Harrison, Chair
- Rob Roberson, Oktibbeha, Winston, Vice-Chairman
House Appropriations Committee
- John Read, Jackson, Chair
- Mac Huddleston, Pontotoc, Vice-Chair
Senate Education Committee
- Gray Tollison, Oxford, Chair
- Chris Caughman, Copiah, Rankin, Simpson, Vice-Chairman
Senate Appropriations Committee
- Eugene S. Clarke, Bolivar, Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo, Chair
- W. Briggs Hopson III, Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo, Vice-Chairman