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MS Code § 37-151-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|In General|§ 37-151-9. Office of Educational Accountability established; director; duties and responsibilities

  The State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education shall establish within the State Department of Education a special unit at the division level called the Office of Educational Accountability. The Director of the Office of Educational Accountability shall hold a position comparable to a deputy superintendent and shall be appointed by the State Board of Education with the advice and consent of the Senate. He shall serve at the will and pleasure of the State Board of Education and may employ necessary professional, administrative and clerical staff. The Director of the Office of Educational Accountability shall provide all reports to the Legislature, Governor, Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation and State Board of Education and respond to any inquiries for information.   The Office of Educational Accountability is responsible for monitoring and reviewing programs developed under the Education Reform Act, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program Act of 1994, the Education Enhancement Fund, and subsequent education initiatives, and shall provide information, recommendations and an annual assessment to the Legislature, Governor, Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation and the State Board of Education. Commencing in 1995, the annual assessment of education reform programs shall be performed by the Office of Educational Accountability by December 1 of each year. The Office of Educational Accountability shall specifically monitor the implementation of Level III accreditation in all school districts, and shall make an assessment with recommendations to the 1996 Regular Session of the Legislature.   In addition, the Office of Educational Accountability shall have the following specific duties and responsibilities:   Developing and maintaining a system of communication with school district personnel;   Provide opportunities for public comment on the current functions of the State Department of Education's programs, needed public education services and innovative suggestions;   Assess both positive and negative impact on school districts of new education programs, including but not limited to The Mississippi Report Card and alternative school programs.
MS Code § 37-151-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Exemplary Performance Awards|§ 37-151-11. "Teacher of the Year" Award Program

 The State Board of Education shall establish and design an annual program of awards for exemplary performing teachers in Mississippi's public school districts, to be called the "Mississippi Teacher of the Year" Award Program.   The board shall establish criteria and guidelines for making the annual award to one (1) exemplary performing teacher in Mississippi, which shall include a cash award of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to be paid by the State Department of Education pursuant to appropriation therefor and shall be unrestricted as to its use by the recipient. Such award shall be paid as a supplement to such teacher's contracted salary in the year subsequent to receiving the recognition.   The State Board of Education shall utilize such awards to bring the best teaching practices to the attention of other schools. The awards shall include public recognition by the local school board and the State Board of Education and the awarding of plaques, certificates and the monetary award for teachers that perform well.
MS Code § 37-151-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Exemplary Performance Awards|§ 37-151-13. "Mississippi Administrator of the Year" Award Program

 The State Board of Education shall establish and design an annual program of awards for exemplary performing administrators in Mississippi's public school districts, to be called the "Mississippi Administrator of the Year" Award Program.   The board shall establish criteria and guidelines for making the annual award to one (1) exemplary performing administrator in Mississippi, which shall include a cash award of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to be paid by the State Department of Education pursuant to appropriation therefor and shall be unrestricted as to its use by the recipient. Such award shall be paid as a supplement to such administrator's contracted salary in the year subsequent to receiving the recognition.   The State Board of Education shall utilize such awards to bring the best administrative practices to the attention of other schools. The awards shall include public recognition by the local school board and the State Board of Education and the awarding of plaques, certificates and the monetary award for administrators that perform well.
MS Code § 37-151-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Education Technology Enhancement|§ 37-151-25. Tech-Prep Fund; purposes; funded community college programs must admit qualifying high school graduates

 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Tech-Prep Fund." Any unexpended balance in said fund at the end of the fiscal year shall carry over to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not lapse into the State General Fund. The fund shall be credited with any funds appropriated by the Legislature for the implementation of the Tech-Prep program in Grades 7-12 and in the public community colleges and junior colleges through approved programs and from the proceeds of bonds issued under Sections 31 through 51 of Laws, 1997, Chapter 612, and shall be allocated to school districts by the State Board of Education for the following purposes:   Equip labs for hands-on: Career Discovery Course in the 7th grade, Computer Discovery Course in the 8th grade, and Technology Discovery Course in the 9th grade;   Implement application based teaching methodology in existing academic courses;   Develop and implement articulation, integration and sequential course study plans in Vocational and Academic courses;   Administer Occupational Tests;   Implement and Update Career/Educational Plans for each student;   Implement Career Centers for each school;   To provide equipment upgrades to meet technology demands, staff development and teaching materials to implement application based methodology for each of the community college sites.   The State Department of Education is authorized to escalate spending authority based upon the proceeds of bonds issued under Sections 31 through 51 of Laws, 1997, Chapter 612.   No community or junior college shall deny admittance into its Tech-Prep program funded under this section to any student who has graduated from high school with a qualifying grade point average, regardless of the curriculum or course work completed by the student.
MS Code § 37-151-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Education Technology Enhancement|§ 37-151-59. Effect of chapter on school district bonds

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a school district from issuing its bonds, negotiable notes or certificates of indebtedness for the purposes, in the manner, to the extent and subject to the limitations provided by Sections 37-59-1 through 37-59-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, or any other applicable sections, and the authority granted by this article shall be construed as being additional, supplemental and cumulative thereto. The proceeds of the sale of any such bonds, negotiable notes or certificates of indebtedness so issued by any such school district may be used for the purpose for which they were issued and may be expended in conjunction with funds provided by the Council for Education Technology under the provisions of this article, or may be expended without such funds, if same be not available.
MS Code § 37-151-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Education Technology Enhancement|§ 37-151-61. Appeal of grievances of school board

 Any school board of any school district which may be aggrieved by any final rule, regulation or order of the State Board of Education adopted under the provisions of this chapter shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the chancery court of the county in which the school district involved or any part thereof is located in like manner, within the same time, with like effect, and subject in all other respects to appeals from orders, rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the provisions of which are hereby made applicable in all respects to appeals from orders, rules and regulations of the commission under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 37-151-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Enhancing School to Work Transition|§ 37-151-63. Work Force Education Act of 1994

 Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75 shall be known and may be cited as the "Work Force Education Act of 1994."
MS Code § 37-151-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Enhancing School to Work Transition|§ 37-151-65. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75 to provide for the creation and development of a regionally based system in Mississippi for education and training which: responds to the needs of Mississippi's work force and employers; is driven by the demands of industry and a competitive economy; makes maximum use of limited resources; and provides for continuing improvement through constant assessment of the results of education and training for individual workers and employers.
MS Code § 37-151-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Enhancing School to Work Transition|§ 37-151-67. Definitions

 For purposes of Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "State council" means the Mississippi Work Force Development Advisory Council; and   "District councils" means the District Work Force Development Councils.
MS Code § 37-151-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Enhancing School to Work Transition|§ 37-151-75. Mississippi Community College Board designated as primary support agency; powers

 The Mississippi Community College Board is designated as the primary support agency to the career centers and district councils. The state board may exercise the following powers:   To provide the career centers the assistance necessary to accomplish the purposes of Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75;   To provide the career centers consistent standards and benchmarks to guide development of the local workforce development system and to provide a means by which the outcomes of local services can be measured;   To develop the staff capacity to provide, broker or contract for the provision of technical assistance to the career centers, including, but not limited to:   Training local staff in methods of recruiting, assessment and career counseling;   Establishing rigorous and comprehensive local pre-employment training programs;   Developing local institutional capacity to deliver Total Quality Management training;   Developing local institutional capacity to transfer new technologists into the marketplace;   Expanding the Skills Enhancement Program and improving the quality of adult literacy programs; and   Developing data for strategic planning;   To collaborate with the Department of Economic and Community Development and other economic development organizations to increase the community college systems' economic development potential;   To administer presented and approved certification programs by the community colleges for tax credits and partnership funding for corporate training;   To create and maintain an evaluation team that examines which kinds of curricula and programs and what forms of quality control of training are most productive so that the knowledge developed at one (1) institution of education can be transferred to others;   To develop internal capacity to provide services and to contract for services from universities and other providers directly to local institutions;   To develop and administer an incentive certification program; and   To develop and hire staff and purchase equipment necessary to accomplish the goals set forth in this section.
MS Code § 37-151-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Pupil-Teacher Ratios|§ 37-151-77. Pupil-teacher ratio

 To qualify for funds provided in this chapter, each school district shall not exceed a pupil-teacher ratio based on enrollment in Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 as follows: 27:1.   For Grades Kindergarten and 5 through 12, pupil-teacher ratio shall be determined based on appropriate accreditation standards developed by the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation.   Any local district may apply to the State Board of Education for approval of a waiver to this section by submitting and justifying an alternative educational program to serve the needs of enrollment in Grades Kindergarten and 1 through 4. The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove of such waiver forty-five (45) days after receipt of such application. If a school district violates the provisions of this section, the state aid for the ensuing fiscal year to such school district shall be reduced by the percentage variance that the actual pupil-teacher ratios in such school district has to the required pupil-teacher ratios mandated in this section. Provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the State Board of Education is authorized to waive the pupil-teacher requirements specified herein upon a finding that a good faith effort is being made by the school district concerned to comply with the ratio provisions but that for lack of classroom space which was beyond its control it is physically impossible for the district to comply, and the cost of temporary classroom space cannot be justified. In the event any school district meets the highest levels of accreditation standards as determined by the State Board of Education in the state's accountability system, the State Board of Education may, in its discretion, exempt such school district from the maximum pupil-teacher ratio in Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 prescribed herein.
MS Code § 37-151-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Add-On Program Costs|§ 37-151-79. Allowance of state funds for vocational education programs

 In addition to other funds provided for in this chapter, there shall be added to the allotment for each school district for each vocational teacher employed full time during the regular school term in a vocational education program approved by the State Department of Education the value of one-half (1/2) of the adequate education program salary schedule provided in Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, based on the type of certificate and number of years' teaching experience held by each approved vocational teacher plus one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable employer's rate for Social Security and State Retirement.
MS Code § 37-151-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Add-On Program Costs|§ 37-151-83. Allowance of state funds for alternative school programs

  In addition to other funds allowed under the Adequate Education Program, each school district shall receive a grant for the support of alternative school programs established under Section 37-13-92, Mississippi Code of 1972, in accordance with the following: Three-fourths of one percent (.75%) of the school district's average daily attendance or twelve (12) pupils, whichever is greater, multiplied by the average expenditure of public monies per pupil in the State of Mississippi, as determined by the State Board of Education.   An alternative school advisory board may be created within each school district maintaining a freestanding alternative school or two (2) or more adjacent school districts operating a freestanding alternative school pursuant to a contract approved by the State Board of Education. The advisory board shall meet no less than two (2) times during each school year to study the alternative school program and to make recommendations for improvements to the superintendent of the local school board or boards, as the case may be, and the State Superintendent of Education. The alternative school advisory board shall consist of the following members: one (1) school administrator to be appointed by each local school board of the school district or districts operating the alternative school; one (1) school board member and one (1) parent to be appointed by each superintendent of the school district or districts operating the alternative school; one (1) classroom teacher to be appointed by the classroom teachers in each school district operating the alternative school; one (1) individual to be appointed by the local youth court judge, or if there is no such court the chancery court judge; and one (1) law enforcement officer to be appointed by the local sheriff. The initial members of the advisory board shall serve as follows: One-third (1/3) of the members shall serve two (2) years; one-third (1/3) of the members shall serve three (3) years; and one-third (1/3) of the members shall serve four (4) years, to be designated by the appointing authority at the time of appointment. Thereafter, the term of each member shall be for a period of four (4) years.  An alternative school advisory board shall have no governing authority over the alternative school program, and not in any manner shall an advisory board's authority supersede the authority of the school district or lead district in those alternative school programs operated jointly by two (2) or more districts.
MS Code § 37-151-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Funds for Teacher Salaries|§ 37-151-87. Reduction of local supplement or support from ad valorem taxation

 No school district shall pay any teacher less than the state minimum salary.Provided, however, that school districts are authorized to reduce the state minimum salary by a pro rata daily amount in order to comply with the school district employee furlough provisions of Section 37-7-308.From and after July 1, 2012, no school district shall receive any funds under the provisions of this chapter for any school year during which the aggregate amount of local supplement as defined in Section 37-151-5 shall have been reduced below such amount for the previous year.However, (a) where there has been a reduction in adequate education program allocations for such district in such year, (b) where there has been a reduction in the amount of federal funds to such district below the previous year, or (c) where there has been a reduction in ad valorem taxes to such school district for the 1986-1987 school year below the amount for the previous year due to the exemption of nuclear generating plants from ad valorem taxation pursuant to Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code of 1972, the aggregate amount of local supplement in such district may be reduced in the discretion of the local school board without loss of funds under this chapter.No school district may receive any funds under the provisions of this chapter for any school year if the aggregate amount of support from ad valorem taxation shall be reduced during such school year below such amount for the previous year; however, where there is a loss in adequate education program allocations, or where there is or heretofore has been a decrease in the total assessed value of taxable property within a school district, the aggregate amount of such support may be reduced proportionately.Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any school district from adopting or continuing a program or plan whereby teachers are paid varying salaries according to the teaching ability, classroom performance and other similar standards.
MS Code § 37-151-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Funds for Teacher Salaries|§ 37-151-89. Salary payments from other funds

 The minimum base pay for all classroom teachers may be increased by the district from any funds available to it; and those districts which have not prior to July 1, 1978, so increased said base pay, shall increase the minimum base pay for classroom teachers as fixed by this chapter and as authorized by any of the provisions of or standards set forth in this chapter.
MS Code § 37-151-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 151 - Mississippi Accountability and Adequate Education Program Act of 1997|Funds for Teacher Salaries|§ 37-151-91. Salary schedules

 The school boards of all school districts may establish salary schedules based on training, experience and other such factors as may be incorporated therein, including student progress and performance as developed by the State Board of Education, paying teachers greater amounts than the scale provided herein, but no teacher may be paid less than the amount based upon the minimum scale of pay provided in the adequate education program as prescribed in Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all supplements paid from local funds shall be based upon the salary schedules so established. The school boards may call upon the State Department of Education for aid and assistance in formulating and establishing such salary schedules, and it shall be the duty of the State Department of Education, when so called upon, to render such aid and assistance. The amount actually paid to each teacher shall be based upon and determined by the type of certificate held by such teacher.