Mississippi Code Title 37. Education § 37-160-3

(a) “Grantee” means the Mississippi office of Teach For America, Inc., known as “Teach For America Delta.”

(b) “High need school district” means a school district experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers and includes, but is not necessarily limited to, those school districts in a geographical area of the state designated by the State Board of Education as having a critical shortage of teachers under the Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998 (Sections 37-159-1 through 37-159-17).