JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two members of the state Board of Education await confirmation in the Mississippi Senate.
Former Clinton Mayor Rosemary Aultman is nominated to serve through June 2022.
Richard Morrison, an assistant superintendent of Rankin County schools, is nominated to serve through June 2023.
Aultman was nominated to the nine-member state board by House Speaker Philip Gunn, while Morrison was nominated by Gov. Phil Bryant. They have both been serving while awaiting Senate confirmation.
The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday endorsed both of the board members.
The committee also endorsed Todd Ivey of Madison as director of the state Department of Education’s office of educational accountability. He was nominated by the Board of Education.
All three nominations will be considered by the full Senate this week or next.
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