Paula Vanderford, chief accountability officer for the Mississippi Department of Education, left, listens to Erin Meyer, a special attorney general assigned to the department, presents a summary on why the state should initiate a takeover process of the Jackson Public Schools to members of the Commission on School Accreditation in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the Mississippi Board of Education voted to update a 1990 internal policy that prohibited anyone other than law enforcement from carrying guns on public school campuses. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
