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MS Code § 37-29-555 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-555. President's powers and authority

 The president of the community college shall have the power to recommend to the trustees all teachers to be employed; and he may remove or suspend any member of the faculty subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.   The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Sections 37-29-551 through 37-29-569 and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.
MS Code § 37-29-557 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-557. Operation and control of district vested in board of trustees; area represented; number and selection

 The operation and control of the Coahoma Community College District shall be vested in a board of trustees representing the counties lying within the district. The board shall consist of fourteen (14) trustees selected in the manner provided in Section 37-29-65(4), Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 37-29-559 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-559. President and Board of Trustees, powers; authority of Mississippi Community College Board

 The President and the Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the powers to do all things necessary for the successful operation of the district and the campuses located therein.   The college of the district shall be under the direction of the board of trustees and the president. The board of trustees shall, by resolution or order, provide for the government, maintenance and operation of the campus of the district.   The President and the Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the same powers as the presidents and trustees of other community colleges in the State of Mississippi.   The delineation and enumeration of the powers and purposes set out in Sections 37-29-551 through 37-29-569 shall be deemed to be supplemental and additional and shall not be construed to restrict the powers of the governing authorities of the district or of any college or campus located therein so as to deny any of the rights, privileges and powers enjoyed by other community/junior colleges and community/junior college districts in the State of Mississippi.   The Coahoma Community College District shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Community College Board as now established or as the same may be hereafter changed by law, and shall be subject to all rules and regulations and all statutory limitations which are now in effect or may hereafter be imposed, except as the same may be in direct conflict with the provisions of Sections 37-29-551 through 37-29-569.
MS Code § 37-29-561 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-561. Annual budget

 The Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall each year, on or before June 15, prepare a budget which shall contain a detailed estimate of the revenues and expenses anticipated for the ensuing year for general operation and maintenance, and shall set forth the reasonable requirements for anticipated needs for capital outlays for land, buildings, initial equipment for new buildings and major repairs, a reasonable accumulation for such purposes being hereby expressly authorized.
MS Code § 37-29-563 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-563. Board of Trustees, authority to purchase property, lease or use private or public facilities, make capital improvements

 The Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the authority to purchase property, make capital improvements, and lease or use private or public facilities at the campus, in the discretion of the board.
MS Code § 37-29-565 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-565. District responsible for providing pre-professional, liberal arts, technical, vocational and adult education courses and to transport students

 The Coahoma Community College District is charged with the responsibility for providing preprofessional courses, liberal arts, technical, vocational and adult education courses, and shall undertake to provide the same as conveniently as is possible to the residents of the district, and to this end the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to transport such students as, in its discretion, should be transported in the best interest of the district.
MS Code § 37-29-567 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-567. General borrowing and bonding authority; taxing authority

 The Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the general borrowing and bonding authority provided in Sections 37-29-101 through 37-29-127. The board of trustees shall have the taxation authority provided in Sections 37-29-141 through 37-29-145.
MS Code § 37-29-569 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-569. Property transferred to District

 All of the property located in Coahoma County and belonging to the Board of Trustees of Mississippi Delta Community College prior to and as of the effective date hereof, cooperating in the Coahoma County Community College, and utilized or held for the present or future use and benefit of such community college, shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and vested in the Coahoma County Community College District as created by Sections 37-29-551 through 37-29-569.
MS Code § 37-29-571 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Coahoma Community College District|§ 37-29-571. Counties, support and maintenance of community colleges, allocation of millage

 All counties located within the Coahoma Community College District shall allocate fifty percent (50%) of any millage levied for the support and maintenance of community colleges by such county under Section 37-29-141, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the Coahoma Community College District and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of such millage to the other community college district in which such county is located. Provided, however, that Coahoma County shall allocate one hundred percent (100%) of the millage levied for the support and maintenance of community colleges to the Coahoma Community College District. Provided further, however, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, Tunica County's allocation of any millage shall be prorated with thirty-five percent (35%) being allocated to the Coahoma Community College District and the remaining sixty-five percent (65%) being allocated to the Northwest Community College District. From and after July 1, 1996, the Tunica County millage shall be divided equally between the Coahoma Community College District and the Northwest Community College District.
MS Code § 37-29-601 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Educational Building Corporations|§ 37-29-601. Authorization and procedure for organization of nonprofit educational building corporations

 Whenever the Mississippi Community College Board shall, by a proper resolution, declare the necessity of the formation of nonprofit corporations for the purpose of acquiring or constructing facilities for community and junior colleges under its jurisdiction, any number of natural persons, not less than three (3), who are residents of the State of Mississippi may file with the Secretary of State an application in writing for authority to incorporate a public nonprofit corporation, known as an "educational building corporation." If it shall be made to appear that each of the persons is a duly qualified resident of this state, then the persons filing such application shall be authorized, subject to the prior approval by the board of the form of the articles of incorporation and bylaws thereof, to proceed to form the corporation as provided by the general law of this state with respect to corporations organized not-for-profit except as provided in Sections 37-29-601 through 37-29-613. The Secretary of State, upon receipt of the application, shall forthwith issue a certificate of incorporation.
MS Code § 37-29-603 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Educational Building Corporations|§ 37-29-603. General powers of corporations

 Each corporation formed under the provisions of Section 37-29-601 shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:   To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity, specified in its certificate of incorporation;   To sue and be sued and to defend suits against it;   To make use of a corporate seal and to alter it at pleasure;   To acquire, whether by purchase, construction or gift, facilities for one or more community or junior college and land therefor;   To equip, maintain, enlarge or improve such facilities;   To lease under such terms and conditions as its board of directors may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with the provisions of Sections 37-29-601 through 37-29-613 to the Mississippi Community College Board or to such other entity as may be approved by the board subject to prior approval by the board of each issue of bonds;   To issue its bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, enlarging, improving or equipping any of such facilities or land in the manner provided in Section 37-29-601;   To secure the payment of such bonds through the pledge of and lien on such revenues or other sources of income, including lease payments, entering into trust agreements, and the making of such covenants as are provided in Section 37-101-101;   To refund bonds previously issued;   To enter into contracts and agreements or do any act necessary for or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under Sections 37-29-601 through 37-29-613;   To accept gifts from any source whatsoever;   To appoint and employ such officers and agents, including attorneys, as its business may require; and   To provide for such insurance as its board of directors may deem advisable.
MS Code § 37-29-605 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Educational Building Corporations|§ 37-29-605. Issuance of bonds

 All bonds issued by an educational building corporation may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date, may be payable at such place or places, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent with Sections 37-29-601 through 37-29-613, all as may be provided by resolution of its board of directors.The bonds issued by any such corporation shall be signed by the chairman of its board of directors or other chief executive officer and attested by its secretary, and the seal of such corporation shall be affixed thereto.Any such bonds may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board of directors to be most advantageous, and the corporation may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which its board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds.All such bonds shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
MS Code § 37-29-607 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Educational Building Corporations|§ 37-29-607. Liability on bonds

  All bonds issued by an educational building corporation shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the corporation and shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Mississippi.The state shall not pledge its full faith or credit for the payment of any debt incurred or bonds issued by such corporation.   All such bonds shall not constitute a debt of the community or junior college for which the facilities are to be constructed.
MS Code § 37-29-609 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Educational Building Corporations|§ 37-29-609. Bonds as legal investments

 All bonds issued by an educational building corporation shall be lawful investments for trusts, insurance companies, savings companies, banks and other financial institutions organized under the laws of this state.
MS Code § 37-29-611 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 29 - Junior Colleges|Educational Building Corporations|§ 37-29-611. Declaration of necessity of formation of educational building corporation; vesting of title to facilities upon retirement of bonds

  The Mississippi Community College Board is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to pass proper resolutions declaring the necessity of the formation of nonprofit educational building corporations, as set forth in Section 37-29-601.   When the principal of and the interest on any bonds of an educational building corporation payable from the revenues derived from the operation of facilities owned by the corporation shall have been paid in full, then such facilities shall become the property of the community or junior college on whose campus they are located and title to the facilities shall thereupon immediately vest in the community or junior college on whose campus they are located.
MS Code § 37-31-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Vocational Education Act|§ 37-31-1. Federal vocational education act accepted

 The State of Mississippi hereby accepts all the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, entitled: "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for co-operation with the state in the promotion of such education in agriculture, trades and industries, home economics and distributive education; to provide for co-operation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects, and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure," approved February 23, nineteen hundred seventeen, and known as the "Smith-Hughes Act."
MS Code § 37-31-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Vocational Education Act|§ 37-31-7. Authority of State Board of Education

 The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the "Smith-Hughes Act" and all subsequent federal vocational education and training acts, to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Mississippi, and to administer the funds provided by the federal government and the State of Mississippi under the provisions of Sections 37-31-1 through 37-31-15 for the promotion of vocational and technical education not terminating in a bachelors degree. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for the promotion of vocational and technical education in such subjects as are an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in the State of Mississippi, to provide for the preparation of teachers of such subjects, and to escrow funds for students participating in recognized articulated business/industry specific worksite learning programs. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer the "Smith-Hughes Act" and Sections 37-31-1 through 37-31-15 for the State of Mississippi and to pay such compensation and other necessary expenses of administration from funds appropriated under provisions of said sections. It shall have authority to make studies and investigations relating to vocational and technical education in such subjects; to publish the results of such investigations and to issue other publications as seem necessary by the board; to promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of schools, departments or classes giving training in such subjects; to cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of such schools, department or classes; to prescribe qualifications for the teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects, and to have full authority to provide for the licensure and renewal of licenses of such teachers, directors and supervisors; to cooperate in the maintenance of classes supported and controlled by the public for the preparation of teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects or to maintain such classes under its own direction and control; and to establish and determine by general regulations the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of vocational and technical teachers.
MS Code § 37-31-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Vocational Education Act|§ 37-31-9. Duties of state treasurer

 The state treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all moneys received by the state from the appropriations made by the "Smith-Hughes Act," and he is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the same, and to make disbursements thereof in the manner provided for in said act and for the purposes therein specified. He shall also pay out any moneys appropriated by the State of Mississippi for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Sections 37-31-1 through 37-31-15 upon the order of the state board of education.
MS Code § 37-31-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Vocational Education Act|§ 37-31-11. State appropriations for vocational education

 The State of Mississippi shall appropriate sums of money for the support of vocational education from year to year, sufficient at least to equal the amounts allotted year by year to the State of Mississippi for vocational education by the federal government under the provisions of the "Smith-Hughes Act."
MS Code § 37-31-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Vocational Education Act|§ 37-31-13. How state appropriations shall be used

  Any appropriation that may be made under the provisions of Sections 37-31-1 through 37-31-15 shall be used by the board for the promotion of vocational education as provided for in the Smith-Hughes Act and for the purpose set forth in Sections 37-31-1 through 37-31-15. The state appropriation shall not be used for payments to high schools which are now receiving other state funds, except in lieu of not more than one-half (1/2) the amount that may be due such high schools from federal funds. Only such portion of the state appropriation shall be used as may be absolutely necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 37-31-1 through 37-31-15, and to meet the federal requirements. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the state appropriation shall not be used for payments to high schools for conducting vocational programs for more than ten (10) months in any school year, and only funds other than adequate education program funds may be expended for such purpose.   Subject to annual approval by the State Board of Education, extended contracts for vocational agriculture education services and other related vocational education services which contribute to economic development may be conducted by local school districts, and state appropriations may be used for payments to school districts providing such services. The board of trustees of each school district shall determine whether any proposed services contribute to the economic development of the area. Local districts may apply to the Division of Vocational and Technical Education of the State Department of Education for any state funds available for these extended contracts. The State Board of Education shall establish the application process and the selection criteria for this program. The number of state funded extended contracts approved by the State Board of Education will be determined by the availability of funds specified for this purpose. The State Board of Education's decision shall be final. Payments under this subsection shall only be available to those high schools whose teachers of vocational programs are responsible for the following programs of instruction during those months between the academic years: (a) supervision and instruction of students in agricultural or other vocational experience programs; (b) group and individual instruction of farmers and agribusinessmen; (c) supervision of student members of youth groups who are involved in leadership training or other activity required by state or federal law; or (d) any program of vocational agriculture or other vocational-related services established by the Division of Vocational and Technical Education of the State Department of Education that contribute to the economic development of the geographic area.
MS Code § 37-31-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Vocational Education Act|§ 37-31-15. School boards authorized to establish and maintain vocational and technical schools and classes

 The school board may, in its discretion, cooperate with the State Board of Education in the establishment and maintenance of vocational and technical schools or classes giving instruction in vocational and technical training which does not terminate in a bachelors degree to persons in need of such instruction, and may use for paying the cost of such cooperation any monies raised by public taxation in the same manner as monies for other school purposes are used for the maintenance and support of public schools.
MS Code § 37-31-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 31 - Vocational Education|Securing Benefits of Federal Social Security Act|§ 37-31-31. Declaration of intent

 The intention of Sections 37-31-31 through 37-31-41 is to enable the State of Mississippi, by and through the state board of education to secure the benefits of the federal social security act pertaining to services for crippled children, and said sections shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate such intention.