reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MS Code § 37-17-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 17 - Accreditation of Schools|§ 37-17-12. Exemption of administrators at certain schools from certain statutory requirements; exemption of certain school districts from certain statutory requirements and process standards; State Department of Education to provide report of exempted and nonexempted process standards

    Effective July 1, 2006, principals and administrators with career level certifications at schools with the highest levels of accreditation standards, as defined by the State Board of Education, shall be exempted from the provisions pursuant to Section 37-3-4, subject to approval of the local superintendent.   Effective July 1, 2006, school districts meeting the highest levels of accreditation standards, as defined by the State Board of Education, shall be exempted from the provisions pursuant to Sections 37-3-46, 37-3-49(2), 37-7-337, 37-17-8 and 37-21-7(4).   The State Department of Education shall develop a policy to determine reevaluation of exemption status.     The State Department of Education is directed to provide a report of all exempted process standards and nonexempted process standards to the Office of the Governor, the Chairs of the House and Senate Education Committees, and the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents by December 1, 2007.
MS Code § 37-17-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 17 - Accreditation of Schools|§ 37-17-15. Withdrawal of accreditation of certain school districts for reasons other than failure to meet student academic standards or comply with financial accountability requirements does not limit district schools' participation in extracurricular or athletic activities

 Effective March 26, 2014, the withdrawal of a school district's accreditation by the Commission on School Accreditation in a school district with an "A" or "B" accountability rating, for any reason other than failure to meet student academic standards or for failure to comply with financial accountability requirements, shall not result in any limitation of the schools in the district to participate in any extracurricular or athletic activity in the regular or postseason. The Commission on School Accreditation shall amend its rules and regulations to conform to the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-18-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 18 - Superior-Performing, Exemplary and School At-Risk Schools Programs|§ 37-18-5. School improvement plan; assistance team; community-based prekindergarten through higher education council

  Based on the findings of the evaluation report and the results of the public meeting, the State Department of Education and the evaluation team leader shall assist the school principal and other local school officials in the development of a school improvement plan to improve its deficiencies.   The school improvement plan shall be developed and approved by the principal of the School At-Risk, the superintendent of the local school district, the local school board and a majority of the teachers of the school, within a time period to be determined by the evaluation team. If the plan is not approved, the State Board of Education may approve and implement the plan in the school.   The State Department of Education shall provide technical assistance and shall assist in identifying funding to the School At-Risk in the implementation of the school improvement plan, including the implementation of any recommended professional development plan, and the department may contract with the institutions of higher learning to provide such technical assistance. The assistance team shall collaborate with school and school district employees in the implementation and monitoring of the school improvement plan and the State Department of Education shall ensure that a report is issued monthly to the local school board and the local community-based advisory council.   A school district that has been designated as failing as defined by the State Board of Education or a district with a School At-Risk shall also establish a community-based prekindergarten through higher education council comprised of a broad spectrum of the community, including economic developers, elected officials, civic leaders, business leaders, faith-based leaders, social services, nonprofit organizations, school attendance officers, law enforcement officials, health department officials, day care providers, librarians, parents and others with the knowledge and resources that can be leveraged to build strong communities. The State Board of Education shall develop procedures for appointments to the council, which shall not be appointed solely by the school board. The council will serve as a community-led group that is inclusive, accountable and required to publicly report progress to the community as a whole.
MS Code § 37-18-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 18 - Superior-Performing, Exemplary and School At-Risk Schools Programs|§ 37-18-7. Professional development plan for educators identified as needing improvement; declaration of state of emergency in school district under certain circumstances

  As part of the school improvement plan for a School At-Risk, a professional development plan shall be prepared for those school administrators, teachers or other employees who are identified by the evaluation team as needing improvement. The State Department of Education shall assist the School At-Risk in identifying funds necessary to fully implement the school improvement plan.   In the event a school continues to be designated a School At-Risk after three (3) years of implementing a school improvement plan, or in the event that more than fifty percent (50%) of the schools within the school district are designated as Schools At-Risk in any one (1) year, the State Board of Education may request that the Governor declare a state of emergency in that school district. Upon the declaration of the state of emergency by the Governor, the State Board of Education may take all such action for dealing with school districts as is authorized under subsection (12) or (15) of Section 37-17-6, including the appointment of an interim superintendent.
MS Code § 37-20-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 20 - Remedial Education|§ 37-20-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Remedial Education Act of 1988."
MS Code § 37-20-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 20 - Remedial Education|§ 37-20-3. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to provide supplemental funds to each school district to be used for the sole purpose of providing direct remedial instruction to those students enrolled in the K-12 program who have need of special educational assistance in order that their level of educational attainment may be raised to that appropriate for their age. It is the intent of the Legislature that each school district utilize the instructional programs which, in the professional opinion of the local school officials, will be most effective and that the effectiveness of this program be evaluated in terms of the increase in student achievement in the basic skills of reading, mathematics and writing as measured by pretest and post-test of each student receiving special educational assistance from the funds provided by this chapter.
MS Code § 37-20-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 20 - Remedial Education|§ 37-20-5. Formula for allocation of funds to school districts

 The funds which may be appropriated annually for this chapter shall be based on a formula developed by the State Department of Education and allocated to each school district on the basis of (a) the number of students whose scores on the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) tests are at the twenty-fifth percentile or below, and (b) the number of students identified as failing any section of the Functional Literacy Exam (FLE).
MS Code § 37-20-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 20 - Remedial Education|§ 37-20-7. Requirements for funding of programs

  To be eligible to receive funds under this chapter a school district shall describe in writing its remedial education program. The description shall include all special remedial and compensatory instruction to be provided by the district from all fund sources. The district description shall include a description of the program to be conducted at each separate school or location in the district and shall include the estimated number of students to participate in the program; the estimated number of teachers, volunteers and others to be utilized in the program; and the estimated budget for each such program.   The programs provided by funds received under this chapter shall meet the following criteria:   Each participating student must be determined by the school district, on the basis of the district's assessment tests, to need special educational assistance in order that the student's level of educational attainment in basic skills may be raised to that appropriate for children of the student's age.   The program must be based on performance objectives related to educational achievement in the basic skills and provide supplementary services designed to meet the special educational needs of each participating student.   The program must be evaluated in a manner consistent with the performance objectives and include a pretest and a post-test for each participating student. The evaluation may use local measures designed to measure the local instructional management plan.   The state and local funds expended in the program must be accounted for separately from all other funds expended by the district.   The program must establish a teacher support team in each building wherein the program is implemented to play a key role in determining the instructional services required by a child.
MS Code § 37-20-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 20 - Remedial Education|§ 37-20-9. Powers and duties of department and board of education

  The State Department of Education shall provide technical assistance to districts and carry out the responsibilities of reviewing, monitoring and evaluating the programs conducted under this chapter.   The State Board of Education shall adopt rules which, in its opinion, are necessary to assure that the programs in each school district are carried out in a manner consistent with the purpose and intent of this chapter. The State Board of Education shall develop a procedure for approving or denying local program applications within sixty (60) days of their receipt by the State Department of Education. The State Department of Education shall include in its annual report the number of students participating in programs under this chapter, the extent to which student achievement has increased, the programs which appear to be most successful, and an analysis of the expenditure of funds by district.
MS Code § 37-24-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Youth Concussion Law|§ 37-24-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Youth Concussion Law."
MS Code § 37-24-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Youth Concussion Law|§ 37-24-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings as defined in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Health care provider" means a licensed physician or a licensed nurse practitioner, licensed physician assistant or licensed health care professional working within the person's scope of practice and under the direct supervision or written consultation of a physician. All health care providers referred to in this chapter also must be trained in the evaluation and management of concussions.   "School athletic event" means activities sanctioned by the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) or the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS), and school-sponsored activities in Grades 7 through 12 of schools that are not members of the MHSAA or the MAIS which activities are organized and conducted in a manner substantially similar to activities that are sanctioned by the MHSAA or the MAIS.
MS Code § 37-24-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Youth Concussion Law|§ 37-24-5. Concussion management and return to play policy; components

 Each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school, and governing body of a charter school shall adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components:   Parents or guardians shall receive and sign a copy of the concussion policy before the start of the regular school athletic event season.   An athlete who reports or displays any symptoms or signs of a concussion in a practice or game setting shall be removed immediately from the practice or game. The athlete shall not be allowed to return to the practice or game for the remainder of the day regardless of whether the athlete appears or states that he or she is normal.   The athlete shall be evaluated by a health care provider working within the provider's scope of practice.   If an athlete has sustained a concussion, the athlete shall be referred to a licensed physician, preferably one with experience in managing sports concussion injuries.   The athlete who has been diagnosed with a concussion shall be returned to play only after full recovery and clearance by a health care provider.   An athlete shall not return to a competitive game before demonstrating that he or she has no symptoms in a full supervised practice.   Athletes shall not continue to practice or return to play while still having symptoms of a concussion.
MS Code § 37-24-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Youth Concussion Law|§ 37-24-7. Concussion recognition education course; materials

 The State Department of Health shall endorse one (1) concussion recognition education course to provide information to Mississippians of the nature and risk of concussions in youth athletics, which shall be available online. Such course may include education and training materials made available, at no charge, by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other training materials substantively and substantially similar to those materials.
MS Code § 37-24-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Youth Concussion Law|§ 37-24-9. Immunity

 This chapter does not create any liability for, or create a cause of action against, a school or its officers or employees, a health care provider, an organization or association of which a school or school district is a member, a private or public school, a private club, a public recreation facility, or an athletic league when such person or entity has complied with the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 37-25-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-1. Declaration of purpose

 The aims and purposes of driver's education and training shall be to develop a knowledge of those provisions of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and other laws of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic accidents, and the knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles.
MS Code § 37-25-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-3. Establishment and maintenance of driver education and training program

 The school board of any school district maintaining a secondary school which includes any of the grades nine through twelve inclusive, may, in its discretion, establish and maintain driver education and training programs for pupils enrolled in the day secondary schools in that district.
MS Code § 37-25-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-5. Promulgation of rules and regulations; contents of program; budget; administration of program

 The State Superintendent of Public Education shall prepare and recommend to the State Board of Education, and the board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the establishment, conduct and scope of driver education and training programs in secondary schools of this state, subject to the requirements and exceptions set forth in this chapter. Said program shall be established and maintained only in accordance with such rules and regulations. The state driver education and training program in secondary schools of this state shall include a program of study for alcohol and safety education as it pertains to driver and highway safety and shall also include instruction relating to organ and tissue donation and organ and tissue donation procedures, and shall include instruction on the litter laws of the state and the responsibilities of the driver and all passengers to dispose of litter in the proper container. The state driver education and training program in secondary schools of this state shall also include a program of study, developed by the Department of Public Safety under Section 37-25-29, on how persons should properly respond when stopped by law enforcement officers.   The State Superintendent of Public Education shall prepare an administrative budget from funds made available under this chapter which budget shall be approved by the State Board of Education. It shall be the responsibility of the State Superintendent of Public Education to administer this program in accordance with rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education and to appoint the necessary supervisors of safety education and the necessary clerical personnel.
MS Code § 37-25-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-7. Student eligibility for instruction; learners' permits

 Each school district providing driver training and education shall prescribe regulations determining who can best profit by and who shall receive instruction under this program. It is provided, however, that any student receiving instruction under this chapter shall be:   Fourteen years of age or above;   A regularly enrolled student in the ninth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade; and   A full-time student in the respective secondary school.   Any driver education student under fifteen (15) years of age shall secure a learner's permit issued by the Department of Public Safety which shall be valid only while the student is under the direct supervision of a driver education instructor and is actually enrolled in an approved course of driver education which consists of thirty (30) hours of classroom and six (6) hours of dual driving instruction. The learner's permit shall expire at the end of the driver training course. The Department of Public Safety shall charge a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for the issuance of a learner's permit.
MS Code § 37-25-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-11. Determination of cost of program

 A determination of the cost of a driver education and training program in a secondary school shall include, but by no means is limited to, the cost of the replacement of the automobile or machinery used in the instruction of pupils, the cost of the instructor's salary, the upkeep and maintenance of said automobile, and the cost of such other equipment and classroom data as may be required in a driver education and training program operated in compliance with the rules and regulations of the state board of education.
MS Code § 37-25-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-13. Allowances to districts for program

 The state superintendent of public education shall allow to each school district an amount per pupil to be determined by the state board of education, but in no case to exceed the actual cost per pupil completing the course in the driver education and training programs in that school district during the preceding fiscal year in accordance with the regulations set forth by the state board of education to the school districts for instructing pupils in driver education and training. All such funds made available for the purposes of this section shall be appropriated by the legislature in the same manner as general funds. In the event that the funds herein authorized by the legislature for the support of driver education shall exceed the funds which actually become available, each participating school district shall have its funds reduced on a pro rata basis.   No allowance shall be made under this section for the instruction of pupils in driver education and training unless the respective school district has complied with the rules and regulations as set forth by the state board of education governing the establishment, conduct and scope of driver education and training.
MS Code § 37-25-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-17. Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund

 Such assessments as are collected under subsections (1) and (2) of Section 99-19-73 shall be deposited in the Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund, which fund is hereby created, to be used exclusively as provided in this chapter.
MS Code § 37-25-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-21. Waiver of driver training penalty assessment

 In any case where any person, convicted of any violation punishable by fine and the levy of the penalty assessment specified in this chapter, is imprisoned until the fine is satisfied, the judge may waive all or any part of the penalty assessment where, in his opinion, the payment of said penalty assessment would work a hardship on the person convicted or his immediate family.
MS Code § 37-25-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-23. Purchase of necessary equipment, aids and devices and materials; effect of repeal of statutory authority to purchase liability insurance

 In addition to and supplementary of all other powers authorized by law, the State Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations deemed necessary to carry out the legislative intent of Chapter 341, Laws of the 1962 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature, being Sections 37-25-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. The State Board of Education is authorized to purchase for cash or by lease-purchase agreement all the necessary equipment, visual and training aids and devices, and related materials required to administer this act, upon competitive public bids as required by law for public purchases.   The repeal of Chapter 387, Laws of 1968, authorizing the purchase of liability insurance upon driver training aids and devices and motor vehicles transporting the same, shall not affect any litigation or prosecutions pending on June 30, 1970, or prevent the filing of any litigation or commencement of any action accruing prior to said date.
MS Code § 37-25-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 25 - Driver Education and Training|§ 37-25-27. Payment of funds expended under chapter

 Funds expended under authority of this chapter shall be paid by the state treasurer out of the driver training penalty assessment fund or other funds used in administering this chapter, upon warrants issued by the state auditor of public accounts. The said auditor shall issue his warrant upon requisition signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.