http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/NEWS01/803200333/1002
Senate Bill 2721, which proposed allowing parents and educators to establish five charter schools in Mississippi for under-performing students, passed in the state Senate but died in the House. Part of the problem is the bad connotation associated with the term "charter school," said Michael Marks, director of the Adept School, a dropout recovery school seeking state funding. The first charter schools in Mississippi were seen by some as an attempt to circumvent integration and create exclusive, white-only schools. Too many legislators associated the charter school bill with the old controversy, Marks said.
Source: Hattiesburg American
Date: 03/22/2008
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