At some point during the quickly approaching 2026 session of the Mississippi Legislature, House Speaker Jason White will meet behind closed doors with his two-thirds Republican supermajority and ask those members to vote for some form of school choice legislation to provide public funds to private schools while requiring little to no accountability and oversight.

It is the modus operandi of White to meet on the public’s business, including expending public funds, behind closed doors before taking pivotal issues to the full House for debate and a final public vote.

But in the 2026 legislative session, which begins in early January, White could be meeting behind closed doors without the hammer he has previously possessed.

The leadership of the Legislature has long held the hammer over mem

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