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MS Code § 37-11-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-51. Documents exempt from Public Records Act

  Test questions and answers in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, which are to be used in future academic examinations, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   Letters of recommendation in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, respecting admission to any educational agency or institution, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.     Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, documents, records, papers, data, protocols, information or materials in the possession of a community college or state institution of higher learning that are created, collected, developed, generated, ascertained or discovered during the course of academic research, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   The exemption under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not apply to a public record that has been published, copyrighted, trademarked or patented.     Unpublished manuscripts, preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific or academic papers, plans or proposals for future research and prepublication peer reviews in the possession of a community college or state institution of higher learning, or submitted and accepted for publication by publishers shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   Nothing in this section shall otherwise create a public record right over, or shall impede or infringe upon, the copyright in any work.   School safety plan documents containing preventive services listed in Section 37-3-83 shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
MS Code § 37-11-54 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-54. State Board of Education to develop list of conflict resolution and peer mediation materials, models, and curricula from evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports

 The State Board of Education shall develop a list of recommended conflict resolution and mediation materials, models and curricula that are developed from evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports to address responsible decision making, the causes and effects of school violence and harassment, cultural diversity, and nonviolent methods for resolving conflict, including peer mediation, and shall make the list available to local school administrative units and school buildings before the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year.In addition, local school boards shall incorporate evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports into individual school district policies and Codes of Conduct.In developing this list, the board shall emphasize materials, models and curricula that currently are being used in Mississippi and that the board determines to be effective.The board shall include at least one (1) model that includes instruction and guidance for the voluntary implementation of peer mediation programs and one (1) model that provides instruction and guidance for teachers concerning the integration of conflict resolution and mediation lessons into the existing classroom curriculum.
MS Code § 37-11-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-55. Code of student conduct

 The local school board shall adopt and make available to all teachers, school personnel, students and parents or guardians, at the beginning of each school year, a code of student conduct developed in consultation with teachers, school personnel, students and parents or guardians. The code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and discipline adopted by the school board and shall be made available at the school level in the student handbook or similar publication. The code shall include, but not be limited to:   Specific grounds for disciplinary action under the school district's discipline plan;   Procedures to be followed for acts requiring discipline, including suspensions and expulsion, which comply with due process requirements;   An explanation of the responsibilities and rights of students with regard to: attendance; respect for persons and property; knowledge and observation of rules of conduct; free speech and student publications; assembly; privacy; and participation in school programs and activities;   Policies and procedures recognizing the teacher as the authority in classroom matters, and supporting that teacher in any decision in compliance with the written discipline code of conduct. Such recognition shall include the right of the teacher to remove from the classroom any student who, in the professional judgment of the teacher, is disrupting the learning environment, to the office of the principal or assistant principal. The principal or assistant principal shall determine the proper placement for the student, who may not be returned to the classroom until a conference of some kind has been held with the parent, guardian or custodian during which the disrupting behavior is discussed and agreements are reached that no further disruption will be tolerated. If the principal does not approve of the determination of the teacher to remove the student from the classroom, the student may not be removed from the classroom, and the principal, upon request from the teacher, must provide justification for his disapproval;   Policies and procedures for dealing with a student who causes a disruption in the classroom, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities;   Procedures for the development of behavior modification plans by the school principal, reporting teacher and student's parent for a student who causes a disruption in the classroom, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities for a second time during the school year; and   Policies and procedures specifically concerning gang-related activities in the school, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities.
MS Code § 37-11-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-61. Local school districts and agricultural high schools to provide parents information about meningococcal disease; State Board of Health to develop information about meningococcal disease for distribution to parents

  Local school boards shall ensure that all public schools and agricultural high schools provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal disease and the effectiveness of vaccination against meningococcal disease.Such information may be provided through the school district Web site, student handbook or other appropriate means of dissemination of information.Such information shall be updated annually if new information on such disease is available.This information shall include the causes, symptoms and means by which meningococcal disease is spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local school board or school to provide or purchase vaccine against meningococcal disease.   The State Board of Health shall develop and make available educational materials appropriate for distribution so that the information required by this section can be provided to parents and guardians.The Department of Health may provide this information, at its discretion, electronically, on its Web site.Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Department of Health to provide or purchase vaccine against meningococcal disease.
MS Code § 37-11-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-63. Local school boards, school superintendents and school principals not permitted to prohibit teachers from discussing and answering questions about the origin of life

 No local school board, school superintendent or school principal shall prohibit a public school classroom teacher from discussing and answering questions from individual students on the origin of life.
MS Code § 37-11-64 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-64. Prohibition against school administrators or other employees changing, altering or otherwise influencing grade received by student from teacher; exceptions; violation

  No school board member, school superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, guidance counselor, other teachers, coaches, or other administrative staff members of the school or the central staff of a local school board shall attempt, directly or indirectly, to change, alter, or otherwise affect the grade received by a student from his teacher except as otherwise specifically allowed by this section.     A teacher's determination of a student's grade as a measure of the academic achievement or proficiency of the student shall not be altered or changed in any manner by any school official or employee other than the teacher except as provided in this subsection.   A school official or employee having authority provided under formally adopted written rules and procedures adopted by the local school board to change a student's grade can take such action only upon it being determined that the grade is an error or that the grade is demonstrably inconsistent with the teacher's grading policy.     Any local school district or personnel employed by the school district who violates the provisions of this section shall cause the local school district or school to be subject to losing its accreditation in the manner determined by the policies and procedures of the State Board of Education.
MS Code § 37-11-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-65. Students in grades 7-12 to be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activity for failure to maintain certain cumulative grade point average

 A student who is enrolled in any grade higher than Grade 6 in a school district in this state must be suspended from participation in any extracurricular or athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school district after a semester in which the student's cumulative grade point average is below a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. The suspension from participation in extracurricular or athletic activities may not be removed until the student's cumulative grade point average in a succeeding semester is 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. A student with a cumulative grade point average below a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale at the semester of an academic school year shall be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activities in the succeeding academic school year until the student's cumulative grade point average is 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
MS Code § 37-11-66 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-66. Local school board adoption and implementation of written policy regarding school district's requirement for awarding a minimum grade

 Each local school board shall adopt and implement a written policy with regard to the school district's mandate or requirement for the awarding of a minimum grade which is in compliance with the grading policy requirement established by the State Board of Education Policy 403.
MS Code § 37-11-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-67. Bullying or harassing behavior in public schools prohibited

  As used in this section, "bullying or harassing behavior" is any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening communication, or any act reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, that takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, or on a school bus, and that:   Places a student or school employee in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her person or damage to his or her property; or   Creates or is certain to create a hostile environment by substantially interfering with or impairing a student's educational performance, opportunities or benefits. For purposes of this section, "hostile environment" means that the victim subjectively views the conduct as bullying or harassing behavior and the conduct is objectively severe or pervasive enough that a reasonable person would agree that it is bullying or harassing behavior.     No student or school employee shall be subjected to bullying or harassing behavior by school employees or students.   No person shall engage in any act of reprisal or retaliation against a victim, witness or a person with reliable information about an act of bullying or harassing behavior.   A school employee who has witnessed or has reliable information that a student or school employee has been subject to any act of bullying or harassing behavior shall report the incident to the appropriate school official.   A student or volunteer who has witnessed or has reliable information that a student or school employee has been subject to any act of bullying or harassing behavior should report the incident to the appropriate school official.   Conduct described in subsection (1) of this section is considered bullying if that conduct interferes with a student's education or substantially disrupts the operation of a school.
MS Code § 37-11-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-69. Anti-bullying personnel and discipline policies and code of student conduct

  Each local school district shall include in its personnel policies, discipline policies and code of student conduct a prohibition against bullying or harassing behavior and adopt procedures for reporting, investigating and addressing such behavior, that:   Prohibit the bullying of a student;   Prohibit retaliation against any person, including a victim, a witness, or another person, who in good faith provides information concerning an incident of bullying;   Establish a procedure for providing notice of an incident of bullying to a parent or guardian of the victim and a parent or guardian of the bully within a reasonable amount of time after the incident;   Establish the actions a student should take to obtain assistance and intervention in response to bullying;   Set out the available counseling options for a student who is a victim of or a witness to bullying or who engages in bullying;   Establish procedures for reporting an incident of bullying, investigating a reported incident of bullying and determining whether the reported incident of bullying occurred;   Prohibit the imposition of a disciplinary measure on a student who, after an investigation, is found to be a victim of bullying, on the basis of that student's use of reasonable self-defense in response to the bullying; and   Require that discipline for bullying of a student with disabilities comply with applicable requirements under federal law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 USCS Section 1400 et seq.).     The policies must recognize the fundamental right of every student to take reasonable actions as may be necessary to defend himself or herself from an attack by another student who has evidenced menacing or threatening behavior through bullying or harassing.   The procedure for reporting bullying established under subsection (1) of this section must be posted on the district's Internet website.
MS Code § 37-11-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-73. Disbursement of certain funds by school districts to nonprofit foundations under certain circumstances

  This section applies only to those school districts in which there exists a foundation incorporated as a nonprofit organization, legally separate from any school district, which has as its sole purpose the receiving of grants, donations and gifts of real or personal property, or both, to be used and applied exclusively for educational purposes in a particular school district with the goals of enhancing the public educational experience of students and improving the quality of their instruction in that school district.   Whenever an audit of a school district described under subsection (1) includes a finding that the foundation supporting the educational purposes of that school district is considered to be a blended component unit of the district, as determined by Section 2100 of the "Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards," any funds belonging to the foundation which are transferred to the public funds of the school district upon the dissolution of the foundation due to the auditor's finding may be disbursed to any successor foundation that subsequently is incorporated as a nonprofit entity if:   The successor foundation adopts as its primary mission the same purpose and goals as the original foundation;   The funds of the successor foundation are not subject to any oversight by the school board of the school district, nor shall any member of the local school board serve as a member of the foundation's board of directors, and the successor foundation is structured legally in such a manner that the foundation is not considered, under generally accepted accounting principles, to be part of the school district;   The funds that are the subject of the disbursement are to be used by the successor foundation in carrying out its purpose of enhancing the public educational experience and quality of the instruction available to students in the school district, which is a purpose recognized to be primarily a function of the government; and   The precise amount of the principal of the funds to be disbursed, along with any interest that has been earned on the principal, less any amount previously obligated by the school district, has been determined through an independent analysis of the school district's fund or funds to which the predecessor foundation's funds were transferred.     A disbursement of funds by a school district under this section is considered a disbursement made for a public purpose in consideration of the foundation's aid to the school district in discharging the district's governmental obligation to provide a quality education to the children of that school district.
MS Code § 37-11-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-75. Certain nonpublic schools to include in driver's education program instruction in how a person should properly respond when stopped by law enforcement officers

 Any nonpublic school accredited by the State Board of Education or any other accreditation agency that offers a driver's education program shall include as part of such program the program developed by the Department of Public Safety under Section 37-25-29, related to how persons should properly respond when stopped by law enforcement officers.
MS Code § 37-12-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013|§ 37-12-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013."
MS Code § 37-12-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013|§ 37-12-3. Student expression

 A public school district shall not discriminate against students or parents on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. A school district shall treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the district treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject.
MS Code § 37-12-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013|§ 37-12-5. Religious expression in class assignments

 Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments must be judged by ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the school district. Students may not be penalized or rewarded on account of the religious content of their work. If an assignment requires a student's viewpoint to be expressed in coursework, artwork or other written or oral assignments, a public school shall not penalize or reward a student on the basis of religious content or a religious viewpoint. In such an assignment, a student's academic work that expresses a religious viewpoint shall be evaluated based on ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance to the course curriculum or requirements of the coursework or assignment.
MS Code § 37-12-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013|§ 37-12-7. Freedom to organize religious groups and activities

 Students in public schools may pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression. Students may organize prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religious gatherings before, during and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other noncurricular student activities and groups. Religious groups must be given the same access to school facilities for assembling as is given to other noncurricular groups without discrimination based on the religious content of the students' expression. If student groups that meet for nonreligious activities are permitted to advertise or announce meetings of the groups, the school district may not discriminate against groups that meet for prayer or other religious speech. A school district may disclaim school sponsorship of noncurricular groups and events in a manner that neither favors nor disfavors groups that meet to engage in prayer or religious speech.   Students in public schools may wear clothing, accessories and jewelry that display religious messages or religious symbols in the same manner and to the same extent that other types of clothing, accessories and jewelry that display messages or symbols are permitted.
MS Code § 37-12-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 12 - Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013|§ 37-12-11. No authority to require participation in religious activities or violate constitutional rights

 This chapter shall not be construed to authorize this state or any of its political subdivisions to do either of the following:   Require any person to participate in prayer or in any other religious activity.   Violate the constitutional rights of any person.