Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-363: Miss. Code Ann. § 7-1-363

To the maximum extent practicable, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall contract with the Division of Vocational-Technical Education of the State Department of Education all programs embracing an institutional training component. Such programs shall be contracted to the Division of Vocational-Technical Education of the State Department of Education, except those programs funded by the Governor's special grant, shall be coordinated with and complementary to the existing state public educational systems and shall not be duplicative or competitive in nature to such systems.