Presently, Mississippi's law diverts millions of dollars in property tax money away from local school districts to privately-operated charter schools.. ... In Mississippi, privately-operated charter schools receive public funding Mississippi Department of Education, and local..…

It has been legalized in only one Deep South state, Mississippi. The story erroneously labeled Tennessee a Deep South state. ... Mississippi is bringing in about half of what it needs each month to reach an informal state target. ..…

In Maryland, Georgia and Mississippi blacks are the dominant nonwhite group; in Alaska, American Indians/Alaska Natives are the largest minority. . ..…