School Choice
Club for Growth launches Mississippi ad campaign backing ‘Mississippi Education Freedom Act’
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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.
Today, 4,381 students in Uppsala municipality received school placement notices for the upcoming autumn term, with 86 percent securing their first-choice school. This represents a one percentage point increase from last year, and overall 95 percent get one of their preferred schools. Nearly all guardians made an active choice in the school selection process.
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Texas officials have moved to exclude schools connected to the Chinese Communist Party or groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations from a new statewide school choice initiative. Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion affirming the state's authority to block such institutions from receiving taxpayer funds. The program, set to launch soon, will provide $1 billion in scholarships for educational expenses.