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I’m BACK!!!!!

It’s been a little over a YEAR since I last posted but with all the new changes that are fixing to take place I feel It’s time to RALLY the TROOPS… During this last Legislative Session, Statue 73-7-12 was amended allowing the Board of Cosmetology to terminate its testing contract Read More…

PRESS RELEASE

I know that it has been a while since my last post and I know that there are a lot of negative statements being made about our Agency.  Below is the official Press Release issued by the Board of Cosmetology today…   PRESS RELEASE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY Jackson, Read More…

Agency Updated July 24, 2017

We have 2 New Board Members and a New Executive Director…   Mr Donald Vaughn took his seat at the Board table at the June 26, 2017 Board Meeting and Ms Debbie Cooker will be taking her seat at the Board table during the upcoming July 31, 2017 meeting…   We have Read More…

NEW LAWS FOR COSMETOLOGY !!!!!!

House Bill 464 was signed into Law March 23, 2017 By Governor Phil Bryant….  House Bill 464 overhauls our Instructor Trainee Programs…   Effective July 1, 2017 we will have one unified Instructor program for all courses… We will now have a one Thousand hour program regardless of the course of Read More…

We Have A New Testing Company!!!!!!

It was made OFFICIAL yesterday that The Board of Cosmetology has entered into a 5 year contract with Pearson Vue to take BACK over the written and practical testing… Since it has been over 2 years since Pearson has tested in Mississippi individuals who would like to be considered for Read More…

TESTING IS ENDING!!!!!

STUDENT TESTING ENDING   FYI!!!!!  For those who may not be aware the contract that the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology had with PCS “Professional Services Credentials”, our testing company contract ended December 31, 2016 December 9, 2016…   PCS did disclose to the Board ITS “Information Technology Services”, that they Read More…

MCSA Workshop June 5th & 6th 2016

The Mississippi Cosmetology School Association is holding it’s annual workshop June 5th and 6th 2016 in Tupelo, MS….   LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE  : ) Click and print the attached workshop registration information sheet… MCSA2016

Requisition For Purposal “R.F.P”

On Monday 11-18-2013 the Cosmetology Board met for hearings.  This was an exhausting day and I would not wish it on my worst enemy to have to sit through a 10 hour day of this…  But on to the real reason I did just that.   After the Board finished with the hearings it Read More…

Post-Secondary Recongnition For Your School…..

In June 2013 most school owners starting hearing about the U.S. Department of Education now requiring schools who are licensed by a state agency to provide documentation that it’s state licensing agency validates the schools authority to offer POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION…… All schools are to be considered to offer either Secondary Read More…