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MS Code § 37-147-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-13. Powers of Authority

 The authority shall have the power to implement and further the purposes of the Mississippi University Research Authority Act including the power:   To lease, sell, exchange or transfer to a university or university research corporation personal property, money or other assets on terms and conditions established by the authority which are fair, just and reasonable to the authority and the university involved and to enter into any other contract or agreement with the university research corporation or other private entity.   To conduct, sponsor, finance and contract in connection with technological innovations of all kinds.   To receive gifts, grants and donations of money, personal property or other assets of any kind from any source.   To do anything else which the authority deems appropriate to further the purposes of the Mississippi University Research Authority Act.
MS Code § 37-147-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 147 - Mississippi University Research Authority Act|§ 37-147-15. University formed research corporations

  With the approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, any university may form, pursuant to the provisions of the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act or the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, one or more research corporations, separate and apart from the state and the university, to promote, develop and administer enterprises arising from research or technological innovations in order to take advantage of opportunities of scientific, educational and economic development.   Each such corporation shall be governed by, and all of the functions, powers and duties of it shall be exercised by, a board of directors appointed by the president of the university. Members of the board of directors may include the president of the university, officers and employees of the university, and other persons selected by the president of the university. Officers and employees of the university may have ownership or financial interests in such corporations.   The board of directors of each such corporation shall adopt bylaws, in accordance with the provisions of the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act or the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, as appropriate, governing the conduct of the corporation in the performance of its duties under its charter and this act.
MS Code § 37-148-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 148 - Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act|§ 37-148-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act."
MS Code § 37-148-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 148 - Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act|§ 37-148-3. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "College" means the state institutions of higher learning in Mississippi which are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.   "Investor" means a natural person, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, business trust or other business entity, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the rebate offered, which is subject to Mississippi income tax or franchise tax.   "Qualified research" means the systematic investigative process that is undertaken for the purpose of discovering information. The term "qualified research" does not include research conducted outside the State of Mississippi or research to the extent funded by any grant, contract or otherwise by another person or governmental entity.   "Research agreement" means a written contract, grant or cooperative agreement entered into between a person and a college or research corporation for the performance of qualified research; however, all qualified research costs generating a rebate must be spent by the college or research corporation on qualified research undertaken according to a research agreement.   "Research corporation" means any research corporation formed under Section 37-147-15 if the corporation is wholly owned by a college and all income and profits of the corporation inure to the benefit of the college.   "Qualified research costs" means costs paid or incurred by an investor to a college or research corporation for qualified research undertaken according to a research agreement.   "State" means the State of Mississippi or a governmental entity of the State of Mississippi.   "IHL" means the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning in Mississippi.   "SMART Business" means Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business.
MS Code § 37-148-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 148 - Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act|§ 37-148-5. Eligibility for rebate for qualified research costs; application; claiming rebate; audit

    Subject to the provisions of this chapter, an investor incurring qualified research costs subject to a research agreement is eligible for a rebate equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the investor's qualified research costs.   An investor incurring research costs may not claim a rebate pursuant to this chapter greater than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in any fiscal year.   The total amount of rebates issued under this chapter by the state in any fiscal year may not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).     Investors desiring to apply for the rebate authorized by this chapter shall submit an application to IHL which must contain, at a minimum, the following:   A description of the qualified research to be conducted by the college or research corporation;   A proposed budget;   An estimated date for completion of the qualified research; and   Such additional information as may be requested by IHL.     IHL shall review each application to determine if the investor has satisfied all of the requirements of this section.   Within sixty (60) days of receiving an application, IHL shall issue or refuse to issue a SMART Business certificate. The SMART Business certificate must include the amount of the rebate the investor is eligible to claim, subject to subsection (1) of this section. IHL must notify the Department of Revenue when a SMART Business certificate is issued.   To claim a rebate, the investor must submit a rebate allocation claim to the Department of Revenue. The rebate allocation claim must include, at a minimum, the SMART Business certificate issued by IHL and proof of payment to the college or research corporation for qualified research conducted according to the research agreement.   The Department of Revenue may request an audit from the investor submitting a rebate allocation claim, at the investor's expense, to verify the investor has satisfied the requirements of this chapter.   The Department of Revenue shall issue rebates available under this section from current income tax collections.   Rebates must be allocated to investors by the Department of Revenue in the order that SMART Business certificates are issued by IHL.
MS Code § 37-148-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 148 - Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act|§ 37-148-7. Promulgation of rules and regulations

 IHL and the Department of Revenue each may promulgate, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, rules and regulations, application forms and any other forms necessary for the implementation and administration of this chapter.
MS Code § 37-148-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 148 - Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act|§ 37-148-9. Annual report on implementation of chapter

 Before December 1 of each year, IHL shall file a report with the Governor, Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives on the implementation of the Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act. For each research agreement where an investor was issued a SMART Business certificate during that year, the report must include, but not necessarily be limited to, the name of the investor and the rebate amount the investor was eligible to claim.
MS Code § 37-149-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 149 - Mississippi Teacher Center|§ 37-149-3. Mississippi Teacher Center; goals and functions

  The center shall place a priority on its function as a teacher recruitment center. In addition to its other duties, it shall publicize the importance of the teaching profession, operate a teacher placement service, and create and manage a teacher renewal institute.   The center shall be authorized to phase into operation its designated functions. Full operation of all the functions of the center shall be in place and operating by July 1, 1996.   The center shall develop in-service training materials and shall provide for the establishment of a corps of trainers.
MS Code § 37-149-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 149 - Mississippi Teacher Center|§ 37-149-7. Professional teacher recruiters; appointment; duties

 The State Superintendent of Public Education shall appoint three (3) persons to serve as professional teacher recruiters, who shall have the following duties:   To educate high school students, through oral presentations made on the campuses of all public high schools and the distribution of written materials, on the importance of teaching as a profession, emphasizing the critical need for teachers in certain geographical areas of the state and the availability of financial scholarships to college students in exchange for service as a licensed teacher in such geographical areas under the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program;   To encourage assistant teachers in the public schools to pursue a college education that will enable them to become licensed teachers, informing all assistant teachers of the availability of financial scholarships to both full-time and part-time college students under the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program;   To actively recruit, both within the state and out-of-state, teachers to render service to the state as a licensed teacher in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education, while receiving a scholarship to pursue a Master of Education degree or Educational Specialist degree at an institution of higher learning under the University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program;   To actively recruit, both within the state and out-of-state, nonpracticing licensed teachers to return to the teaching profession to render service as a licensed teacher in a public school district in a geographical area of the state where there is a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education;   To actively recruit, both within the state and out-of-state, persons holding a baccalaureate degree in a field other than education who exhibit potential for a career in teaching to pursue a standard teaching license through the alternate teaching route; and   To notify teachers of the availability of special home loans, subject to eligibility for persons who render service to the state as a licensed teacher in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education.
MS Code § 37-153-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 153 - Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act|§ 37-153-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004."
MS Code § 37-153-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 153 - Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act|§ 37-153-3. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of Chapter 572, Laws of 2004, to establish one (1) comprehensive workforce development system in the State of Mississippi that is focused on achieving results, using resources efficiently and ensuring that workers and employers can easily access needed services. This system shall reflect a consolidation of the Mississippi Workforce Development Advisory Council and the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Act Board. The purpose of Chapter 572, Laws of 2004, is to provide workforce activities, through a statewide system that maximizes cooperation among state agencies, that increase the employment, retention and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by participants and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-153-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 153 - Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act|§ 37-153-5. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "State board" means the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board;   "District councils" means the Local Workforce Development Councils;   "Local workforce investment board" means the board that oversees the workforce development activities of local workforce areas under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
MS Code § 37-153-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 153 - Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act|§ 37-153-9. District work force development councils created; duties; membership

  In accordance with the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, there shall be established, for each of the four (4) state workforce areas prescribed in Section 37-153-3 (2)(c), a local workforce investment board to set policy for the portion of the state workforce investment system within the local area and carry out the provisions of the Workforce Investment Act.   Each community college district shall have an affiliated District Workforce Development Council. The district council shall be composed of a diverse group of fifteen (15) persons appointed by the board of trustees of the affiliated public community or junior college. The members of each district council shall be selected from persons recommended by the chambers of commerce, employee groups, industrial foundations, community organizations and local governments located in the community college district of the affiliated community college with one (1) appointee being involved in basic literacy training. However, at least eight (8) members of each district council shall be chief executive officers, plant managers that are representatives of employers in that district or service sector executives. The District Workforce Development Council affiliated with each respective community or junior college shall advise the president of the community or junior college on the operation of its workforce development center/one-stop center.  The Workforce Development Council shall have the following advisory duties:    To develop an integrated and coordinated district workforce investment strategic plan that:   Identifies workforce investment needs through job and employee assessments of local business and industry;   Sets short-term and long-term goals for industry-specific training and upgrading and for general development of the workforce; and   Provides for coordination of all training programs, including ABE/High School Equivalency Diploma, Skills Enhancement and Industrial Services, and shall work collaboratively with the State Literacy Resource Center;     To coordinate and integrate delivery of training as provided by the workforce development plan;   To assist business and industry management in the transition to a high-powered, quality organization;   To encourage continuous improvement through evaluation and assessment; and   To oversee development of an extensive marketing plan to the employer community.
MS Code § 37-153-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 153 - Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act|§ 37-153-13. Mississippi Community College Board to be primary support agency for the career centers and district councils; powers

 The Mississippi Community College Board is designated as the primary support agency to the workforce development centers. The Mississippi Community College Board may exercise the following powers:   To provide the workforce development centers the assistance necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter;   To provide the workforce development centers consistent standards and benchmarks to guide development of the local workforce development system and to provide a means by which the outcomes of local services can be measured;   To develop the staff capacity to provide, broker or contract for the provision of technical assistance to the workforce development centers, including, but not limited to:   Training local staff in methods of recruiting, assessment and career counseling;   Establishing rigorous and comprehensive local preemployment training programs;   Developing local institutional capacity to deliver total quality management training;   Developing local institutional capacity to transfer new technologists into the marketplace;   Expanding the Skills Enhancement Program and improving the quality of adult literacy programs; and   Developing data for strategic planning;   To collaborate with the Mississippi Development Authority and other economic development organizations to increase the community college systems' economic development potential;   To administer presented and approved certification programs by the community colleges for tax credits and partnership funding for corporate training;   To create and maintain an evaluation team that examines which kinds of curricula and programs and what forms of quality control of training are most productive so that the knowledge developed at one (1) institution of education can be transferred to others;   To develop internal capacity to provide services and to contract for services from universities and other providers directly to local institutions;   To develop and administer an incentive certification program;   To develop and hire staff and purchase equipment necessary to accomplish the goals set forth in this section; and   To collaborate, partner and contract for services with community-based organizations and disadvantaged businesses in the delivery of workforce training and career information especially to youth, as defined by the federal Workforce Investment Act, and to those adults who are in low income jobs or whose individual skill levels are so low as to be unable initially to be aided by a workforce development center. Community-based organizations and disadvantaged businesses must meet performance-based certification requirements set by the Mississippi Community College Board.
MS Code § 37-154-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 154 - State Longitudinal Data System|§ 37-154-1. State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); establishment

  To improve quality of life, education and employment opportunities for all citizens, the appropriate agencies of the State of Mississippi listed in subsection (2) of this section shall develop and maintain a State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS). The system will allow stakeholders and policymakers access data on state residents from birth to the workforce to drive accountability and investment decisions. The system will include data from multiple state agencies and entities. The system will provide decision makers a tool to develop policies to support objectives, including, but not limited to:   Enabling Mississippians to secure and retain employment and receive better pay after completing training or postsecondary degrees;   Enabling Mississippi to meet the education and job skill demands of business and industry;   Developing an early warning system, which allows the state to intervene early, improving the graduation rates in high school and college;   Identifying teachers, teaching methods and programs that lead to positive student outcomes; and   Encouraging the sharing of electronic data across educational and other entities.     Individual state agencies and state entities will send data from their internal system to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System. These initial agencies and entities shall provide data to the SLDS under the provisions developed by the SLDS Governing Board established in Section 37-154-3:   Mississippi Department of Education (MDE);   Mississippi Community College Board;   Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL);   State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB);   Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES);   Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS); and   State Early Childhood Advisory Council (SECAC).  Any agencies or entities added to SLDS shall provide a representative to the SLDS Governing Board and be governed in the same manner as the initial agencies and entities.      The system will be based on an existing system currently housed, developed and maintained by the National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center (nSPARC) at Mississippi State University. The initial agencies participating in the SLDS Governing Board and nSPARC have worked collaboratively to secure funding through the United States Department of Education to expand and enhance the capacity of the state's existing technology infrastructure for the purposes of developing the SLDS. The State Data Center, operated by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS), will provide application hosting services for the SLDS until such time the SLDS Governing Board approves that another entity should perform these services.
MS Code § 37-154-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 154 - State Longitudinal Data System|§ 37-154-3. Governance

  The SLDS will be governed by a SLDS Governing Board (the board), which shall be composed of a representative from each agency or entity providing data to the system.Each agency or entity will appoint their representative to sit on the Governing Board.For the two (2) years following July 1, 2013, the State Workforce Investment Board Chair will also serve as Chair of the SLDS Governing Board.In subsequent years, the SLDS Governing Board will elect a chair from among its members.The Chair of the SLDS Governing Board will serve a two-year term.   The SLDS Governing Board shall develop and promulgate all rules and regulations governing the activities of the SLDS in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.The board is authorized to contract with a third party to manage and maintain the system and to insure the policies and procedures developed by the board are enforced.   The SLDS Governing Board shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following objectives:   Identifying critical research and policy questions that need to be addressed by education (P-20) and workforce programs;   Identifying reports and other information that should be available to education and workforce entities and other public stakeholders;   Developing a funding mechanism for sustaining the system after it is developed;   Defining and maintaining standards for privacy, confidentiality and security of data; and   Performing other advisory functions that are necessary for the successful continuation and management of the longitudinal data system.     Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an individual agency or entity from maintaining control of their agency's individual data.   All data provided to the SLDS shall be provided in accordance with all local, state and federal laws governing the protection and sharing of such data.