“Educational funding that comes from taxpayer money should be used for public schools that are open to everyone, free of charge,” said Rob McDuff, a Mississippi Center for Justice attorney working on the ACLU's case:
‘Taxpayers’ money shouldn’t go to those schools’: Civil rights groups sue state over $10 million allocated to private schools‘Taxpayers’ money shouldn’t go to those schools’: Civil rights groups sue state over $10 million allocated to private schools by Julia James, Mississippi Today June 15, 2022 The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that they are suing to stop the state from giving $10 million in pandemic relief funds to private schools, as they say it violates the state...
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