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MS Code § 37-3-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-3. Office and seal of department

 The office of the State Department of Education shall be in the City of Jackson, Mississippi. The state capitol commission shall provide suitable quarters therefor.   The state superintendent of public education shall provide and keep a seal having around the margin thereof the words "State Department of Education" with the coat of arms of the state in the center. All official acts of the department shall be certified under said seal.
MS Code § 37-3-3.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-3.1. State Department of Education board room designated the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room

 The Board Room at the State Department of Education, located in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare a distinctive plaque to be placed in a prominent place within the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Grey Ferris.
MS Code § 37-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-5. General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department

 The State Department of Education is hereby charged with the execution of all laws relating to the administrative, supervisory and consultative services to the public schools and agricultural high schools of the school districts throughout the State of Mississippi. The State Department of Education is also authorized to grant property to public school districts and agricultural high schools of the State of Mississippi.   Subject to the direction of the State Board of Education as provided by law, the administration, management and control of the department is hereby vested in the State Superintendent of Public Education, who shall be directly responsible for the rightful functioning thereof.
MS Code § 37-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-7. Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities

  It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Department of Education, in addition to all other duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law, to make a survey and study relative to the problem of the cost of insuring public school buildings and other school facilities in this state. Such study and survey shall have as its purpose and object the development and ascertainment of the amount of insurance premiums paid by the school districts of this state for fire, extended coverage and other hazard insurance upon public school buildings and other school facilities in this state, the amount of losses paid by insurance companies under and by virtue of such insurance, the ratio of losses with respect to premiums collected, and such other facts and information with reference to the insurance of public school buildings and other school facilities and the cost thereof as shall be necessary and desirable.   In making such study and survey, the State Department of Education shall be authorized and empowered to inspect and examine the financial records and accounts of the school districts of this state and of such other local, county and state agencies and instrumentalities as shall be deemed to be proper and desirable. It shall be the duty and obligation of all such school districts to prepare and file with the State Department of Education such reports relative to insurance premiums paid, losses sustained or incurred, and other pertinent information with reference to the problem of insurance on school buildings and other school facilities as the State Department of Education shall request.   It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Insurance Commissioner, the State Fire Marshal, all other agencies of the State of Mississippi and the State Rating Bureau to cooperate with and assist the State Department of Education in the making of the study and survey herein provided for to the end that complete and accurate information shall be developed, and, for such purpose, it shall be the duty and obligation of all such agencies to furnish, upon request of the State Department of Education, all information, material and statistics relating to such study and survey as shall be within the keeping and possession of such agency.   The information developed by the State Department of Education shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by any interested party at all proper times.
MS Code § 37-3-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-8. Studies and reports by department of education relating to teaching out of fields and mastery of subject matters

 The State Department of Education shall conduct the following studies and shall report its findings to the State Board of Education on July 1, 1984, and the board shall submit these reports to the next regular session of the Legislature together with any corrective action taken and with recommendations for any further corrective action that might be required:   Teaching out of field. A study shall be conducted to determine the extent to which teachers are teaching out of their fields of certification; the conditions that promote such a practice; and the most appropriate remedies to the problem.   Mastery of subject matter and learning skills. A study shall be conducted to determine the extent to which children master one level of course work before being advanced to the next level; what may be done to assure that progression from one level to another is properly sequenced; and what steps are now being taken to assure that children are progressing satisfactorily toward mastery of the material under study.
MS Code § 37-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-9. Appointment, qualifications, compensation and bond of State Superintendent of Public Education

  There shall be a State Superintendent of Public Education who shall be appointed by the State Board of Education, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve at the board's will and pleasure. He shall be the Chief Administrative Officer for the State Department of Education and shall administer the department in accordance with the policies established by the State Board of Education. The State Superintendent of Education, serving on July 1, 2011, shall continue to receive the salary that he was receiving on January 1, 2011. From and after the completion of the term of the said superintendent serving on July 1, 2011, the salary of the State Superintendent of Education shall be established by the State Board of Education. The State Superintendent of Public Education shall have at least a master's degree in any field and a minimum of five (5) years' experience in administration in the educational field.   The State Superintendent shall give bond in the penalty of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), with sureties to be approved by the Governor, conditioned according to law. The bond, when approved, shall be filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State.
MS Code § 37-3-12 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-12. Responsibility of state superintendent for planning functions of department

 The state superintendent of public education shall be responsible for all planning functions for the department, including collection, analysis and interpretation of all data, information, test results, evaluations and other indicators that are used to formulate policy, identify areas of concern and need and to serve as a basis for short-range and long-range planning. Such planning shall include assembling data, conducting appropriate studies and surveys and sponsoring research and development activities designed to provide information about educational needs and the effect of alternative educational practices.
MS Code § 37-3-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-13. Appointment and compensation of deputy superintendents, associate superintendents, directors and other employees; exemption of personnel actions of State Department of Education from State Personnel Board procedures for limited time period

  The deputy superintendents, associate superintendents and directors shall be selected by and hold office subject to the will of the State Superintendent of Public Education subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. All other personnel shall be competitively appointed by the State Superintendent and shall be dismissed only for cause in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The State Board of Education shall set the salary of the deputy superintendents, associate superintendents and divisional directors, and the members of the teaching staffs and employees of the Mississippi School of the Arts. The State Superintendent, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board, shall fix the amount of compensation of all other employees of the State Department of Education. All salaries, compensation or expenses of any of the personnel of the department shall be paid upon the requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Education and warrant issued thereunder by the State Auditor out of funds appropriated by the Legislature in a lump sum upon the basis of budgetary requirements submitted by the Superintendent of Education or out of funds otherwise made available. The entire expense of administering the department shall never exceed the amount appropriated therefor, plus funds received from other sources other than state appropriations. For a violation of this provision, the superintendent shall be liable, and he and the sureties on his bond shall be required to restore any such excess.   For a period of two (2) years beginning July 1, 2014, the provisions of subsection (1) regarding the personnel actions of the State Department of Education shall not be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board for all personnel employed by the department within that period. All personnel hired within the period of exemption from the state personnel system shall be classified as nonstate service and must meet the criteria of the State Personnel Board as it presently exists for employment.
MS Code § 37-3-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-25. Appointment, compensation and duties of Director of Division of Vocational and Technical Education

  The Director of the Division of Vocational and Technical Education of the State Department of Education who shall be an associate state superintendent of education shall be appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Education. The director's salary shall be set by the State Board of Education subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board. His salary, compensation, travel expenses or other expenses shall be provided for out of any funds made available for such purpose by the Legislature, the federal government, or other gifts or grants. The director shall be responsible to the State Superintendent of Public Education for the proper administration of the programs of vocational and technical education in conformity with the policies adopted by the State Board of Education and shall be responsible for appointing any necessary supervisors, assistants, and employees to assist in carrying out the programs of vocational and technical education. The director shall have the authority to employ, compensate, terminate, promote, demote, transfer or reprimand employees of the division. The salary and compensation of such employees shall be subject to the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Personnel Board as created under Section 25-9-101 et seq. However, if for any reason within the two-year period beginning July 1, 2014, a new Director of the Division of Vocational and Technical Education or other personnel within the division are employed by the department, the employment shall not be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, except as otherwise provided in Section 25-9-127(4).   The Director of the Division of Vocational and Technical Education, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education, shall have charge of and be responsible for vocational and technical education training in:   Agriculture;   Occupational and consumer home economics;   Consumer and homemaking education;   Trades and industry;   Distributive education;   Secondary adult education;   Teacher training and supervision;   Business and office;   Health;   Industrial arts;   Guidance services;   Technical education;   Cooperative education; and   All other specialized training not requiring a bachelors degree, with the exception of programs of nursing education regulated under the provisions of Section 37-129-1.
MS Code § 37-3-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-39. Custody and disbursement of funds of department

 The state treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all funds made available to the state department of education other than such funds as may be appropriated by the legislature, and he is hereby authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the same. All such funds shall be disbursed by the treasurer on warrants drawn therefor by the state auditor on requisitions of the state superintendent of public education.
MS Code § 37-3-46 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-46. Assistance to certain local schools or school districts to establish program of educational accountability and assessment of performance; personnel appraisal and compensation system for school employees; programs to prevent dropouts

  The State Department of Education, in regard to any school within a school district or any school district not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards, as defined by the State Board of Education, shall, subject to appropriation:   Provide to local school districts, or specific schools within those districts, financial, training and other assistance to implement and maintain a state program of educational accountability and assessment of performance.   Provide to local school districts, or specific schools within those districts, technical assistance and training in the development, implementation and administration of a personnel appraisal and compensation system for all school employees.   Provide to local school districts, or specific schools within those districts, technical assistance in the development, implementation and administration of programs designed to keep children in school voluntarily and to prevent dropouts.     Schools or school districts receiving assistance from the State Department of Education as outlined in subsection (1) of this section shall be required to implement any training, programs, and any other requirements as specified by the State Superintendent of Public Education.
MS Code § 37-3-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-51. Notification of Department of Education of conviction of licensed person of certain felonies or sex offenses

  Upon the conviction of any licensed personnel, as defined in Section 37-9-1, employed by a public school district or any person employed by a charter or private elementary or secondary school in a position that requires licensure in the public school districts, of any felony, or of a sex offense as defined in subsection (2) of this section, the district attorney or other prosecuting attorney shall identify those defendants for the circuit clerk. Each circuit clerk shall provide the State Department of Education with notice of the conviction of any such personnel of a felony or a sex offense. In addition, if the convicted person is an employee of a charter school, the circuit clerk must provide the same notice to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board.   "Sex offense" shall mean any of the following offenses:   Section 97-3-65, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the carnal knowledge of a child under fourteen (14) years of age;   Section 97-3-95, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to sexual battery;   Section 97-5-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to seduction of a child under age eighteen (18);   Section 97-5-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the touching of a child for lustful purposes;   Section 97-5-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the dissemination of sexually oriented material to children;   Section 97-5-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the exploitation of children;   Section 97-5-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the carnal knowledge of a stepchild, adopted child, or child of a cohabitating partner;   Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to unnatural intercourse; or   Any other offense committed in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be deemed to be such a crime without regard to its designation elsewhere.     In addition, the State Department of Education is considered to be the employer of such personnel for purposes of requesting criminal record background checks.
MS Code § 37-3-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-53. "Mississippi Report Card" on performance of students, public schools and charter schools

    Each school year, the State Board of Education, acting through the Office of Educational Accountability, shall develop a public school reporting system, or "Mississippi Report Card," on the performance of students and public schools, including charter schools, at the local, district and state level. In developing the report card, the Office of Educational Accountability shall collect school, district and state level student achievement data in the appropriate grades as designated by the State Board of Education in all core subjects, and compare the data with national standards to identify students' strengths and weaknesses. The Mississippi Report Card shall provide more than reports to parents on the level at which their children are performing; the report shall provide clear and comparable public information on the level at which schools, school districts and the state public education system are performing. The Office of Educational Accountability shall encourage local school districts and the general public to use Mississippi Report Card information along with local individual student data to assess the quality of instructional programs and the performance of schools and to plan and implement programs of instructional improvement.   Beginning with the 1998-1999 school year, the Mississippi Report Card shall include information, as compiled by the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement, which demonstrates clearly the absenteeism and dropout rates in each school district, charter school and the state as a whole and whether those rates reflect a positive or negative change from the same information as reported in the previous year's Mississippi Report Card.   Each local school district shall be required to develop and publish an annual report as prescribed by the State Board of Education. By November 1 of each year, as prescribed by the State Board of Education, the report shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county and posted on the school district's website in a printable format. The public notice shall include information on the report's availability on the district's website, with the website address, and the location(s) in the school district where a copy of the report can be obtained.     The State Department of Education may benefit from the use of performance data from the Mississippi Report Card in making evaluations under Section 37-19-9.
MS Code § 37-3-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-61. Alliance for Families programs; authorization; objectives

 The State Board of Education may provide for the establishment of an Alliance for Families program for the purpose of mobilizing public and parental support for education and to strengthen communication between the school, student and parents. The program's goal shall be to increase student success in Mississippi public school districts, K-12, by generating focused, effective parent involvement. The objectives of the program shall be as follows:   To engage parents in supporting the schools and their children's education.   To implement effective home-school communication systems which allow parents to be kept well informed about the school and their children's progress.   To train school administrators on successful strategies for involving parents both at home and at school and in developing community support for the schools.   To train teachers on successful strategies for communicating with parents and teaching parents to reinforce skills being learned at school.   To promote reading as the key curricular activity for parental focus.   To involve the business, medical and religious communities in supporting the schools through direct assistance, and to develop positive public relations for the schools in the community.   Publication of a resource manual to assist schools and school districts in implementation of Alliance for Families program.
MS Code § 37-3-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-63. Alliance for Families program; procedure for establishment

 The procedure for establishing an Alliance for Families program in a district shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:   A district assessment which shall include an assessment of school personnel, levels of parent and community support, and the student population; research on school district demographics, attitudes, test scores and the need for parent involvement. Contact shall be made with key persons and school officials in each district and meetings held.   A recommendation for a district Alliance for Families program shall be developed which responds to the school district's needs. The plan shall include the district's goals and objectives for implementation of its Alliance for Families program.   A project coordinator shall be assigned to school districts based on student population and need, except that each school district shall have one (1) assigned coordinator. The role of the district coordinator shall be to provide support for the project and to ensure continuity of the program. Included in the district coordinator's responsibilities shall be visits to school sites, and meetings with principals, teachers and parents to offer assistance with implementation of the program.
MS Code § 37-3-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-65. Alliance for Families program; purpose

 It shall be the purpose of the Alliance for Families program to provide on a district level:   Enhanced communication with participating principals and teachers;   A parent involvement plan tailored to each school's needs;   Assistance with the support and strategies necessary for successful program implementation;   Support and assistance in other areas as needed to enhance school-wide effectiveness.