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July 13, 2016

@MSPolicy piles on criticism of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s suit to end charter schools in MS

Statement of Forest Thigpen on the Lawsuit to Kill Charter Schools in Mississippi Forest Thigpen, president of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed yesterday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The suit alleges that charter school funding violates the Mississippi constitution, in part because the plaintiffs say…
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July 13, 2016

@EmpowerMS rips @SPLCenter ‘frivilous lawsuit’ that attempts to undo MS charter school law via judge

Statement On Frivolous Charter School Lawsuit Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit in Hinds County Chancery Court challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s charter school law. Empower Mississippi President Grant Callen released the following statement: It is unconscionable that an organization that purports to represent low income families would attack an institution that…