The Mississippi State Board of Education has named Mississippi native Lance Evans as the next state superintendent.
Evans, the current superintendent of the New Albany School District, would assume the position in July of 2024 if confirmed by the state Senate.
He will replace Ray Morgigno and Mike Kent, the two interim superintendents who have led the Mississippi Department of Education since the Senate rejection of Robert Taylor. Taylor was selected through a national search process last year to replace outgoing State Superintendent Carey Wright.
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