In November, Mississippi voters choose between two ballot initiatives to decide whether to change their constitution. The first, created by nonprofit 42 for Better Schools, requires the Legislature uphold a 1997 law on adequate school funding. The alternative initiative mandates funding an “effective system of free public school” and does not force the Legislature to fund schools […]

Adrian Shipman
Adrian Shipman of Oxford, Mississippi is the mother of two public school children and is the plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Legislature’s alternative to the Initative 42 ballot measure.