The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) has announced that Dr. Edward Lee Childress, Corinth School District superintendent, has been reelected to the PERS Board of Trustees as representative for public school and community/junior college employees.
According to a press release dated April 20, the PERS Board certified results at their April 19 meeting for the runoff election between incumbent Childress and Billy W. Folkes, Lamar County School District director of student services. The six-year term begins May 1, 2016, and will run through April 30, 2022.
The 10-member Board includes the State Treasurer, a gubernatorial appointee who is a member of PERS, two PERS retirees, two state employees, and one representative each of public schools and community/junior colleges, Institutions of Higher Learning, counties, and municipalities. With the exception of the State Treasurer and the gubernatorial appointee, board members are elected to staggered six-year terms.