The conservative group Club for Growth began running ads on January 12, 2026, urging Mississippi lawmakers to pass House Bill 2, the “Mississippi Education Freedom Act,” a wide-ranging education proposal introduced January 7 by House Speaker Jason White and Rep. Jansen Owen. The bill would establish state-funded education accounts initially prioritized for lower-income families and would also loosen public-school transfer rules and expand charter-school access.
The conservative organization Club for Growth began an advertising campaign on Sunday, January 12, in support of the “Mississippi Education Freedom Act,” a Mississippi House proposal that would create state-funded education accounts that families could use for private-school tuition and other approved education-related expenses.
The measure—House Bill 2—was introduced on January 7, 2026, by House Speaker Jason White and Rep. Jansen Owen. The bill’s legislative findings state that “Mississippi benefits when every child can access an education that fits his or her needs, circumstances and aspirations,” and say the act aims to expand learning options by allowing parents to direct “state-supported funds” to qualifying education expenses and approved service providers. The text also says the proposal is intended to promote “academic achievement, parental choice, workforce readiness, and efficient stewardship of public funds.”
Reporting by Mississippi Today describes the bill as a broad package that, among other changes, would create “Magnolia Student Accounts” and make 12,500 scholarships available in the program’s first year (the 2027–28 academic year), with eligibility phased in over time. The proposal would initially prioritize students from households below the area median income, then expand eligibility in stages.
Club for Growth’s ad urges Mississippians to contact legislators and includes the message: “Mississippi kids shouldn’t be left behind by a system that doesn’t care about them. And parents shouldn’t be relegated to the sidelines. They know what school is best for their child. Tell Legislators: Do right by our kids. Pass education freedom.”
The Daily Wire reported that the ad debuted on Mississippi Sunday political shows and is scheduled to continue airing during the week on Fox News and conservative radio.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon publicly backed the Mississippi House proposal on X, writing that she was “thrilled” to see Mississippi advance “an ambitious school choice expansion” during the state’s 2026 legislative session and arguing that giving parents more options is essential to improving outcomes.
The Daily Wire also reported that Club for Growth spent “over seven figures” in 2025 backing school-choice proposals or expansions in multiple states, including Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming. Independent documentation for the total nationwide figure was not identified in publicly available records reviewed for this article.
