State Farm Gives $1.5M to Stop Dropouts

JACKSON, Miss. — State Farm Insurance Cos. has given $1.5 million to Mississippi's dropout prevention project for a public awareness campaign that kicks off in January.

State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds made the announcement Thursday in Jackson. The money will be used to help educate the public about the importance of keeping students in school and ways to achieve that goal.

Advertisements will air on television, radio and appear on yard signs, restaurants and "any place that has a marquee," Bounds said.