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MS Code § 37-4-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-5. Definitions

  The terms "Junior College Commission" and "State Board for Community and Junior Colleges," whenever they appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, mean the "Mississippi Community College Board."   The term "High School Equivalency Diploma," whenever it appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, means a high school diploma that has been approved by the Mississippi Community College Board.   The terms "general educational development," "general education development" and "GED," whenever they appear in the laws of the State of Mississippi, mean a high school equivalency diploma as defined in subsection (2) of this section.
MS Code § 37-4-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-7. Development by board of uniform employment contract for professional employees

 The Mississippi Community College Board shall study the feasibility of developing and implementing a state adopted uniform contract within each community and junior college district. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas for consideration:   Terms of employment;   Salary schedules;   Leave provisions;   Health insurance benefits;   Tenure;   Retirement benefits.
MS Code § 37-4-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-9. Conduct and funding of incentive certification program

 The Mississippi Community College Board is authorized to receive income from voluntary fees, contributions, donations, other forms of financial assistance, materials or manpower from persons, corporations, organizations and other sources, private or public, to be utilized and expended by the board in carrying out the incentive certification program mandated by the Work Force and Education Act of 1994 in Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75 and 37-153-1 through 37-153-13. Additionally, awards or scholarships to industry or to students or both are authorized.
MS Code § 37-4-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-13. Mississippi Community College Board authorized to negotiate multi-year industrial training program commitments

  In negotiating commitments under the Industrial Training Programs with industries seeking to locate or expand in Mississippi, the Mississippi Community College Board may enter into multi-year agreements for such training programs subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor.   The Mississippi Community College Board shall file a report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives listing the commitments that are made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
MS Code § 37-4-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-15. Board to conduct study of state funding structure for community and junior colleges

  On or after July 1, 2002, the Mississippi Community College Board shall contract with a competent management consulting or accounting firm to study the state funding formula for community and junior colleges. The study shall accomplish the following specific outcomes:   Evaluate the validity of the current student classifications used in the funding formula and make recommendations for change in the classification system if advisable;   Evaluate the weights assigned to each student classification and make recommendations for change in the current weights if advisable;   Identify the best management practices associated with the production of graduates in each of the student classifications and use such information as a basis for validating any changes in weights referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection. The study of best practices shall also identify the amount of state funding that is used in program areas at schools exhibiting the best management practices.     The report also shall recommend to the Mississippi Community College Board all reporting requirements and systems needed to collect information necessary to maintain a valid system of weights, student classification and the best practices associated with producing graduates most efficiently. All community and junior colleges shall cooperate with the Mississippi Community College Board in conducting this study and in providing all further information on an annual basis necessary to update the weights for programs established as a result of this study, the best management practices and the student classifications established as a result of this study.   The Mississippi Community College Board shall report its findings to the Chairs of the House and Senate Education Committees and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees no later than December 15, 2002.
MS Code § 37-6-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Uniform School Law of 1986."
MS Code § 37-6-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-3. Application of chapter; definitions; construction of references to "administrative superintendent."

  From and after July 1, 1987, all school districts in the State of Mississippi shall have the same prerogatives, powers, duties and privileges as provided in this chapter.   As used in this chapter, the term "school board" shall mean (a) the county board of education of any countywide school district in this state; and (b) the board of trustees of any municipal separate, special municipal separate, consolidated or line consolidated school district in this state.   As used in this chapter, the term "superintendent" or "superintendent of schools" shall mean (a) the county superintendent of education of any countywide school district in this state whose duties require the supervision of students; and (b) the superintendent of any municipal separate, special municipal separate, consolidated or line consolidated school district in this state.     As used in this chapter, the term "administrative superintendent" shall mean those countywide school superintendents who do not supervise any instructional facility or students and whose duties are prescribed in Section 37-9-16, Mississippi Code of 1972.   This subsection shall stand repealed from and after January 1, 1992, and after such date all references to the "administrative superintendent" in this chapter shall be construed to mean the "superintendent" or "superintendent of schools" as defined in subsection (3) of this section.
MS Code § 37-6-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-5. School district as political subdivision; name

 Each school district in the state shall be a political subdivision with the name of the district being "_______________School District."
MS Code § 37-6-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-7. School board as governing body

 Each school district shall be governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 37-6-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-9. President and secretary of school board; quorum; minutes; voting or abstaining on questions

 The school board of all school districts shall organize by the election of a president and a secretary from its membership whose duty it shall be to make reports and to perform all other duties required by law. A majority of the members of the school board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Minutes shall be kept of all meetings of the school board showing (a) the members present and absent; (b) the date, time and place of the meeting; (c) an accurate recording of any final actions taken at such meeting; (d) a record by individual member of any votes taken at such meeting; and (e) any other information that the school board requests to be reflected in the minutes. Each member of the school board present shall either vote or abstain on every question upon which a vote is taken at such meeting. All action taken by a school board shall become official at the time it is taken. All minutes of the school board shall be signed by the president of the board, shall be attested by the secretary of the board and shall be adopted by the board at the next regular meeting, or within thirty (30) working days, whichever occurs later.
MS Code § 37-6-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-11. Regular meetings; special meetings

 The school boards of all school districts shall meet regularly at such time and at such place as shall be designated by an order entered upon the minutes thereof. Special meetings of such boards shall be held upon the call of the president thereof, or upon the call of a majority of the members thereof.
MS Code § 37-6-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-13. Per diem allowance; expenses and mileage; meeting attendance requirements

  Each person serving as a member of the school board of any school district shall receive per diem in the amount of Sixty-seven Dollars ($67.00) for no more than thirty-six (36) meetings of the school board during any one (1) fiscal year or, in his or her discretion, irrevocably may choose to receive as compensation for his or her services an annual salary in the amount of Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00), which choice shall remain in force for all successive terms or periods of service of that member. The receipt of the compensation shall not entitle any member of a school board to receive or be eligible for any state employee group insurance, retirement or other fringe benefits. Each member shall be reimbursed for the necessary expenses and mileage in attending meetings of the school board. In addition to the foregoing, all members may be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the further performance of their duties, including attendance at any mandatory school board training session or at regional and national education meetings, when such mileage and other expenses are authorized by the board prior to the date on which they occur. Detailed vouchers shall be submitted for reimbursement for all expenses authorized by this section. Such reimbursement shall be in accordance with Section 25-3-41.  Such expenses shall be paid on order of the school board by pay certificates issued by the superintendent of the school district involved against the funds available for payment of the administrative expense of the district.      If a member of a school board misses twenty percent (20%) or more of the meetings of the school board during a calendar year, except for absences caused by required military duty, the member must reimburse the school district that portion of the total salary paid to the member that year which is proportionate to the number of meetings missed by the member in relation to the total number of school board meetings held during that year. For purposes of this subsection, consideration may be given only to meetings of which public notice is required.   Before February 1 of each year, the president of each local school board shall submit a report to the State Board of Education containing the names of any members of the school board who missed twenty percent (20%) or more of the school board meetings during the preceding calendar year.
MS Code § 37-6-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 6 - Mississippi Uniform School Law|§ 37-6-15. Surety bond for school board member; premiums

  Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, each member of the school board shall give a surety bond in the penal sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved in the manner provided by law.   The school board may execute a blanket surety bond for each school district official and employee (including school business managers and any other employee who receipts and/or disburses school district funds) in the penalty of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), unless a different penalty is prescribed by statute, to be payable, conditioned and approved in the manner provided by law. The premium on said bond shall be paid out of the school district maintenance fund.
MS Code § 37-11-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-1. Assignment of pupil to class where presence of pupil would have adverse effect on class; request by parent or guardian to place twins or other multiples in same or separate classrooms

  Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, after a pupil has been assigned to a particular public school in a school district, the principal, or anyone else vested with the authority of assigning pupils to classes, knowingly shall not place such pupil in a class where the pupil's presence would serve to adversely affect, hinder, or retard the academic development of the other pupils in the class.     A parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples, as defined in paragraph (d) of this subsection, may request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school in the school district. The school may recommend classroom placement and provide professional education advice to the parent or guardian to assist the parent or guardian in making the best decision for the children's education. A school must provide the placement requested by the children's parent or guardian unless: (i) the parent or guardian has requested that the children, who are different sexes, be placed in the same classroom and the students in the school have been assigned to different classrooms according to sex, as authorized under Section 37-11-3; or (ii) the school board of the school district makes a classroom placement determination following the school principal's request according to this subsection.   A parent or guardian making a request under this subsection must submit a written request for the classroom placement to the school principal no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the first day of each school year or, if the children are enrolled in the school after the school year commences, no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the children's first day of attendance in the school.   At the end of the initial grading period during which children have been in the same classroom or separate classrooms pursuant to their parent or guardian's request under this subsection, if the principal, in consultation with the children's classroom teacher or teachers, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the principal may request that the school board determine the children's classroom placement.   For purposes of this section, the term "higher order multiples" means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets or more.
MS Code § 37-11-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-3. Separation of students according to sex

 In addition to all other power and authority which may now be vested in any board of trustees of any school district by the Constitution or statutes, or both, of the State of Mississippi, any such board of trustees is hereby vested with the authority to provide by assignment or reassignment, or other appropriate means, for the separation of students according to sex, separately by classrooms or schools, when such board, in its discretion, determines such separation will promote or preserve the public peace, order or tranquility of the school district, or the health, morals or education of the students.
MS Code § 37-11-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-5. Instruction in fire drills, emergency management, and active shooter drills

  It shall be the duty of the principals and teachers in all public school buildings to instruct the pupils in the methods of fire drills and to practice fire drills until all the pupils in the school are familiar with the methods of escape. Such fire drills shall be conducted often enough to keep such pupils well drilled. It shall be the further duty of such principals and teachers to instruct the pupils in all programs of emergency management as may be designated by the State Department of Education.   It shall be the further duty of such principals and teachers to develop and conduct an active shooter drill within the first sixty (60) days of each new school semester for students, teachers and staff.
MS Code § 37-11-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-6. Purchase and installation in each school of weather radio

 In order to provide public schools with immediate access to inclement weather warnings, the State Board of Education shall require each public school district to provide for the purchase and installation, before July 1, 1997, of a weather radio for each school in the district.
MS Code § 37-11-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-7. Acceptance of National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act

  The State of Mississippi does hereby accept and avail itself of all the provisions and benefits of acts passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled on June 4, 1946, known as the "National School Lunch Act," Chapter 281, 60 Stat 230, and on October 11, 1966, known as the "Child Nutrition Act," 80 Stat 885.   The State Department of Education is hereby designated and appointed as the state agency in Mississippi to carry out and execute the functions and duties required of a state agency under the terms and provisions of said acts and to administer the funds made available by the federal government for the school lunch and other child nutrition programs for and in the State of Mississippi under the provisions of said acts. For such purpose, the State Superintendent of Public Education is hereby authorized and empowered to do any and all things which may be required under the terms of said acts to enable the State of Mississippi to receive the benefits thereof, to enter into any and all agreements and contracts with any officer or agency of the United States of America, or any other person, agency or political subdivision, that may be necessary, expedient or advisable in administering said acts, and to appoint and employ a state supervisor of the child nutrition programs and such other administrative, supervisory, stenographic and clerical personnel as may be necessary in the administration of said acts.   The school boards of any combination of school districts may authorize by resolution the organization and operation of, or the participation in, a group purchase program with other participating child nutrition operators for the purchase of commodities, supplies, equipment and services provided under the school lunch and child nutrition programs, when it appears to said participating child nutrition operators that a group purchase program shall effect economy or efficiency in such operation. The State Department of Education may administer such group purchase program to provide commodities, supplies, equipment and services under the school lunch and child nutrition programs and may charge and collect reasonable fees from participating operators for the actual cost of administering such group purchase program. Purchases by participating operators in such group purchasing programs shall not be exempt from public bid requirements as prescribed in Sections 31-7-12 and 31-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The State Treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all monies received by the state from appropriations made to carry out the provisions of said acts of Congress, and he is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of same, and to make disbursements thereof in the manner provided for in said acts and for the purposes therein specified.
MS Code § 37-11-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-9. Payment by school board of medical expenses for injuries sustained in athletic activities; purchase of hospitalization insurance

 The board of trustees of any school district is authorized and empowered to pay out of the athletic fund or funds obtained from athletic activities all of the actual medical expenses evidenced by itemized bills of account, for injuries sustained by any regularly enrolled student while participating in athletic activities considered a part of any sport that said school engages in as a part of any regularly scheduled athletic contest with other schools, to include any injury sustained in any contest scheduled by the proper school authorities and any required training preparatory thereto.   In lieu of the payment set out in the first paragraph above, and in the discretion of the board of trustees, the board is authorized and empowered to contract for hospitalization insurance designed to fully compensate students for actual medical expenses in such cases. The payment of such hospitalization insurance shall be made from funds available as set out in the first paragraph above.
MS Code § 37-11-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-13. Employment of education personnel suffering from tuberculosis

 No person suffering from tuberculosis in an infectious or communicable stage will be employed in any school in this state, public or private, as an administrator, teacher, secretary, janitor, cook in lunchroom, bus driver, or in any other capacity.