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DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. -- In every DeSoto County School classroom, you'll find posters reading 'In God We Trust.'

Parents like Colleen Cheatham believe those signs are important in a world, they say, has lost its moral compass, "Because I think anything we can do to encourage our kids to pray wherever they are, is a great thing."

More than ten years ago a local group started a campaign that put the signs in every classroom, and even prompted Mississippi lawmakers to make it a state law in 2001.

Melissa Shaw, Assistant Principal at Southaven Intermediate School told us, "We all have 'em in every classroom, and we make sure every teacher has one."

While DeSoto County embraced the move, it's not turned out as popular in other districts.

A survey by the group that sponsored this effort found only 41 percent of schools across Mississippi displayed the signs in compliance with state law.

That comes as Mississippi just changed the state seal to include the words 'In God We Trust.'

A 2013 Mississippi State audit found the same results.

Evangelist Steve Waldrip, the man behind the DeSoto campaign, wants to take its distribution of the posters statewide.

His group also helped shepherd the return of prayers at football games by making them student led and helped DeSoto County to adopt a religious liberties policy.

Parents here say they like the idea's momentum.