ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Oct. 22, 2016 photograph, Rep. Steve Hopkins, R-Southaven, left, , questions Mississippi Department of Education's chief academic officer Kim Benton, seated right, and chief operations officer Todd Ivey, seated second from right, while Rep. Credell Calhoun, D-Jackson, listens, following a hearing before the Legislature's working education group, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. One of several bipartisan groups of lawmakers assigned various facets of state government, these lawmakers sought to gain additional information regarding budget requests, expenditures in programs and projects as well as review their results in education, including student retention, remedial studies and graduation. With the state strapped for funds, the Legislature wanted accountability from each agency of their budgets and the dollars spent, which makes this one of Mississippi's biggest stories for 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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