If Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science has its way in the legislature this session, enrollment could expand to include high school sophomores as early as July 2026. It fits together to grow MSMS into the future.”Tedder said expanding enrollment would allow the school to level academic differences among students coming from different educational backgrounds. Fiscal agencyUnlike traditional public schools, MSMS receives funding through legislative appropriations rather than through the Mississippi Student Funding Formula. McLean and Tedder agreed the shift would align MSMS with other state schools, which already have fiscal agency. But it would also allow MSMS to apply for funding it previously had difficulty accessing because it did not have LEA status.