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Spots for pre-K at Sudduth Elementary School for the 2022-23 school year have filled up after one day of registration.

The five new ELCs will serve 840 pre-K 4-year-olds in eight new classrooms and 34 existing classrooms The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Jan. 20, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 18 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K p

2 Pine Belt school districts awarded with $225K pre-K contributions The Early Learning Collaboratives of the George County School District, Hattiesburg Public School District and Lamar County School District each received $75,000 to provide pre-K programs to their communities. (Source: Merchants & Marine Bank) By Renaldo Hopkins | January 16, 2021 at 7:48 PM CST - Updated January 16 at 8:13 PM PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WDAM) - Merchants & Marine Bank made $225,000 contributions to pre-kindergarten services in three Mississippi school districts Wednesday. The Early Learning Collaboratives of t...

  Merchants & Marine Bank has made $225,000 in contributions toward high-quality pre-kindergarten services in three Mississippi school districts. The Early Learning Collaboratives of the George County School District, the Hattiesburg Public School District, and the Lamar County School District each received $75,000 to provide pre-K programs to their respective communities.    “We are honored to support these early learning collaboratives as they are making a difference in so many young lives,” said Clayton Legear, Merchants & Marine Bank President and CEO. “Merch...

Tax credit available for donation to early learning collaboratives Tax credit available for donation to early learning collaboratives By Caroline Wood | December 14, 2020 at 9:24 PM CST - Updated December 14 at 10:17 PM HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013 established the ELC program in Mississippi. Part of the bill allows for a tax credit for anyone who donates to a state-funded early learning collaborative. The state of Mississippi has 18 of them, one being in the Hattiesburg Public School District. The one-for-one tax credit has a $1 million ceiling...