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MS Code § 37-11-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-17. Physical examinations of employees for infectious or communicable diseases; spinal curvature screening program for students

  The State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Mississippi Community College Board, the boards of trustees of the several junior colleges, the county boards of education, the governing authorities of any county, municipal or other public school districts, such other boards set up by law for any educational institution, school, college or university, or their authorized representative, or the State Health Officer or his authorized representative, may require any teacher, supervisor, janitor or other employee of the school to submit to a thorough physical examination, deemed advisable to determine whether he has any infectious or communicable disease.   The State Board of Education may develop a program to accomplish the identification of public school district students with abnormal spinal curvature. No state funds shall be expended for the purposes of implementing this subsection. Such program shall:   Provide that an adequate number of school personnel in each district be instructed by qualified medical experts in the proper examination of students for abnormal spinal curvatures;   Provide that all public school district students who are at least ten (10) years old be screened at least every two (2) years but at least in the fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth grades or at such other times as may be recommended by medical experts on a per case basis;   Provide that students identified as having abnormal spinal curvatures or potential for abnormal spinal curvatures be referred to the county health officer or to the student's personal physician or chiropractor with notice of the evaluation; and   Provide for notification of the parent or guardian of any student identified under this program and for the supplying to such parent or guardian information on the condition and resources available for the correction or treatment of such condition. However, the requirement for screening shall not apply to a child whose parent or guardian objects thereto on grounds that the requirement conflicts with his conscientiously held religious beliefs.
MS Code § 37-11-18 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-18. Expulsion of student possessing controlled substance or weapon or committing violent act on school property

 Any student in any school who possesses any controlled substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, a knife, handgun, other firearm or any other instrument considered to be dangerous and capable of causing bodily harm or who commits a violent act on educational property as defined in Section 97-37-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be subject to automatic expulsion for a calendar year by the superintendent or principal of the school in which the student is enrolled; provided, however, that the superintendent of the school shall be authorized to modify the period of time for such expulsion on a case by case basis. Such expulsion shall take effect immediately subject to the constitutional rights of due process, which shall include the student's right to appeal to the local school board.
MS Code § 37-11-18.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-18.1. Expulsion of habitually disruptive students aged 13 years or older upon third occurrence of disruptive behavior within school year

  For the purposes of this section:   The term "disruptive behavior" means conduct of a student that is so unruly, disruptive or abusive that it seriously interferes with a school teacher's or school administrator's ability to communicate with the students in a classroom, with a student's ability to learn, or with the operation of a school or school-related activity, and which is not covered by other laws related to violence or possession of weapons or controlled substances on school property, school vehicles or at school-related activities. Such behaviors include, but are not limited to: foul, profane, obscene, threatening, defiant or abusive language or action toward teachers or other school employees; defiance, ridicule or verbal attack of a teacher; and willful, deliberate and overt acts of disobedience of the directions of a teacher; and   The term "habitually disruptive" refers to such actions of a student which cause disruption in a classroom, on school property or vehicles or at a school-related activity on more than two (2) occasions during a school year, and to disruptive behavior that was initiated, willful and overt on the part of the student and which required the attention of school personnel to deal with the disruption. However, no student shall be considered to be habitually disruptive before the development of a behavior modification plan for the student in accordance with the code of student conduct and discipline plans of the school district.     Every behavior modification plan written pursuant to this section must be developed by utilizing evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports. The plan must be implemented no later than two (2) weeks after the occurrence of the disruptive behavior.   Any student who is thirteen (13) years of age or older for whom a behavior modification plan is developed by the school principal, reporting teacher and student's parent and which student does not comply with the plan shall be deemed habitually disruptive and subject to expulsion on the occurrence of the third act of disruptive behavior during a school year. After the second act of disruptive behavior during a school year by a student, a psychological evaluation shall be performed upon the child.
MS Code § 37-11-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-19. Suspension or expulsion of student damaging school property; liability of parent or custodian

 If any pupil shall wilfully destroy, cut, deface, damage, or injure any school building, equipment or other school property he shall be liable to suspension or expulsion and his parents or person or persons in loco parentis shall be liable for all damages.
MS Code § 37-11-20 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-20. Intimidation, threatening or coercion of students for purpose of interfering with attendance of classes

 It shall be unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten or coerce, whether by illegal force, threats of force or by the distribution of intimidating, threatening or coercive material, any person enrolled in any school for the purpose of interfering with the right of that person to attend school classes or of causing him not to attend such classes.   Upon conviction of violation of any provision of this section, such individual shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), imprisonment in jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both. Any person under the age of seventeen (17) years who violates any provision of this section shall be treated as a delinquent within the jurisdiction of the youth court.
MS Code § 37-11-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-21. Abuse of superintendent, principal, teacher, or bus driver

 If any parent, guardian or other person, shall abuse any superintendent, principal, teacher or school bus driver while school is in session or at a school-related activity, in the presence of school pupils, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
MS Code § 37-11-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-23. Disturbing public school sessions or meetings

 If any person shall wilfully disturb any session of the public school or any public school meeting, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
MS Code § 37-11-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-25. Interest in proceeds or profits of sale or rental of property used in public schools

 If any public school official of this state or of any county or municipality or school district thereof, or any superintendent, principal, or teacher in the public schools, or any trustee of a school district shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in the proceeds or profits of the sale or rental of any book, furniture, equipment or other property to be used in any public schools of this state such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, he shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). However, nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the receipt of royalties on books or other publications used in the public schools.
MS Code § 37-11-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-27. Interest in contracts involving public schools

 It shall be unlawful for any member of the board of trustees of any school district, any member of the county board of education, the county superintendent of education or any superintendent, principal, teacher, or employee of a county board of education or any school district to have or own any direct or indirect interest individually or as agent or employee of any person, partnership, firm, or corporation in any contract made or let by the county board of education, the county superintendent of education or the board of trustees of the school district for the construction, repair, or improvement of any school facility, the furnishing of any supplies, materials, or other articles, the doing of any public work or the transportation of children or upon any subcontract arising therefrom or connected therewith in any manner. The board of trustees of any school district shall be authorized to contract with a teacher or school district employee to perform extra work without being in violation of the provisions of this section. The board of trustees shall make a case by case determination of the possible conflicts of interest arising from any extra work contracts and such decision by the board shall be final. Any contract entered into in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void and of no effect. Any person who shall authorize or enter into any contract in violation of the provisions hereof, or who shall knowingly or wilfully pay out or receive any money upon any such contract shall be civilly liable for the amount so paid or received, and, in the case of an official who has furnished a bond, the surety upon such bond shall likewise be liable for such amount. In addition thereto, any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 37-11-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-31. Contents of report pursuant to § 37-11-29

 Such report as is required pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-11-29(2), shall contain the full name of the student; the place, date and time of arrest; a brief statement of the charge or charges upon which he was arrested, and any other charges placed against him after his arrest but before the making of the report, and the disposition, if any, which may have been made of said charges by the arresting officer or the law enforcement department of which he be a member; whether the student was released on bail and, if so, the amount thereof; and the person's home address and the school or educational institution in which he was enrolled. If the report be made after the trial of such person it shall contain all of the foregoing information and, in addition, a brief statement of the charge or charges upon which he was tried, whether acquitted or convicted; if convicted, the punishment inflicted; if any appeal has been taken from the decision of the justice court judge or circuit court such shall be so stated; and if such person be admitted to bail either before or after trial, the amount thereof shall be stated, together with the name of each surety upon his bail bond.
MS Code § 37-11-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-33. Fees for reports pursuant to § 37-11-29; disposition of reports

 The office or law enforcement department or agency or the justice court judge or the clerk of the circuit court making such reports as are required pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-11-29(2), shall receive the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each such report made, which sum shall be paid from the general fund by the town, city, or county where such report or reports are made, upon proper bill being submitted therefor supported by certificate or affidavit that such reports have been made.   All such reports shall be preserved by each recipient thereof and a copy retained in the office or law enforcement department or agency, state, county or municipal, and in the office of any justice of the peace or circuit clerk, as the case may be, who or which made such report or reports.
MS Code § 37-11-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-35. Penalties for failure to file reports pursuant to Section 37-11-29 or 97-5-24

  If any person charged by Section 37-11-29(2) or (3) to make the reports therein provided for shall willfully fail, refuse or neglect to file any such report, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both.   If any person charged by Section 97-5-24 to make the reports therein provided for shall willfully fail, refuse or neglect to file any such report, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 37-11-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-37. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; definition

 A public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society, as contemplated by Sections 37-11-37 through 37-11-45, is hereby defined to be any organization composed wholly, or in part, of public high school pupils, which seeks to perpetuate itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in such high school on the basis of the decision of the membership of such fraternity, sorority or secret society, rather than upon the free choice of any pupil in the school. However, this does not apply to the Order of DeMolay or a similar organization sponsored by any branch of the Masonic Orders or like adult fraternal organization.
MS Code § 37-11-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-39. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; illegality

 Any public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society organization as defined in Section 37-11-37 is hereby declared to be inimical to public free schools and therefore unlawful.
MS Code § 37-11-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-41. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; membership or participation in activities

 It shall be unlawful for any pupil attending the public schools of this state to become a member of or to belong to or participate in the activities of any high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society as defined in Section 37-11-37.
MS Code § 37-11-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-43. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; duties of boards of trustees

 All boards of trustees of public high schools shall prohibit fraternities, sororities, or secret societies in all high schools under their respective jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of said boards of trustees to suspend or expel from said high schools under their control, any pupil or pupils who shall be or remain a member of, or shall join or promise to join, or who shall become pledged to become a member, or who shall solicit or encourage any other person to join, promise to join, or be pledged to become a member of, any such public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society, as defined in Section 37-11-37.
MS Code § 37-11-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-45. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; solicitation of pupils

 It shall be unlawful for any person not enrolled in any such public high school to solicit any pupil enrolled in any such public high school, to join or pledge himself or herself to become a member of any such public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society, or to solicit any such pupil to attend a meeting thereof or any meeting where the joining of any such public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret organization shall be encouraged.   Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each and every offense.
MS Code § 37-11-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-47. Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board; Memorial Fund

  There is hereby created the Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board, which shall have as its purpose the memorializing of that great American and Confederate General, Stonewall Jackson, through a program of education initiated by Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc. The Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board shall be governed by a board of trustees, who shall serve without compensation. The board of trustees shall be composed of three (3) members, the Mississippi State Superintendent of Public Education, the Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the President of Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc. The board of trustees shall be vested with the power to administer this section in its entirety and to establish the Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund.   From and after March 13, 1990, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board shall be abolished by operation of law, and any monies appropriated or donated to or deposited in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund shall be received, invested and administered by the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as it deems advisable in line with sound business procedure. The Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History may spend the interest derived from the Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund to support the programs and activities of the Junior Historical Society of Mississippi and thereby promote the study of Mississippi history. No part of the principal of such fund shall be disbursed for any purpose, and all grants to the Junior Historical Society shall be taken from the interest derived from investments only.
MS Code § 37-11-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 11 - General Provisions Pertaining to Education|§ 37-11-49. Wearing of approved eye protective devices required during participation in certain vocational, industrial arts, and chemical-physical laboratory courses of instruction

  Each student and teacher in schools, colleges, universities, or other educational institutions, while participating in or observing any of the following courses of instruction:   Vocational, technical, industrial arts, chemical, or chemical-physical, involving exposure to:   Hot molten metals, or other molten materials;   Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamping of any solid materials;   Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials;   Gas or electric arc welding, or other forms of welding processes;   Caustic or explosive materials; or     Chemical, physical, or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive materials, hot liquids or solids, injurious radiations, or other hazards not enumerated; is required to wear an appropriate industrial quality eye protective device at all times.     For purposes of this section unless the context indicates otherwise "Industrial quality eye protective device" shall mean a device meeting the standards of the American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z 87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof, approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc.   Such devices may, at the discretion of the individual school, be   furnished for all students and teachers;   purchased and sold at cost to students and teachers; or   made available for a moderate rental fee.  Such devices shall be furnished to all visitors to such shops and laboratories.      The state superintendent of education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of this section.