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October 2, 2017

Feds providing $15 million over 5 years to Mississippi for charter school start ups

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HELPING MISSISSIPPI START CHARTER SCHOOLS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The federal government is giving Mississippi $15 million over five years to subsidize the startup of charter schools. The money could help lure new schools to the state or allow the state to approve otherwise-underfunded local applicants. The U.S. Department of Education announced the…
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October 2, 2017

Rehearing on #HB1523 denied by Court of Appeals

Court denies rehearing of Mississippi’s LGBT religous objections law The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the request for a rehearing with the full panel of the Fifth Circuit to plaintiffs in Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant III Friday, September 29. That request challenged the passage of House Bill 1523 in…