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MS Code § 37-101-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-3. Appointment and terms of office of members of Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; attendance at meetings

  The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, one (1) member from each congressional district of the state as existing as of March 31, 1944, one (1) member from each Supreme Court district and two (2) members from the state at large, with the terms of each to begin on May 8, 1944. One-third (1/3) of the membership of said board so appointed shall be appointed for a period of four (4) years, one-third (1/3) for a period of eight (8) years and one-third (1/3) for a period of twelve (12) years. On the expiration of any of said terms of office the Governor shall appoint successors, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of twelve (12) years in each case.  The current president, or his/her designee, of the Student Body President's Council of Mississippi (SBPCM) shall have a reserved seat at each meeting of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. No less than once a year, the board shall seek the advise and counsel of the student body president's organization.    In case of a vacancy on said board by death or resignation of a member or from any other cause than the expiration of such member's term of office, the board shall elect his successor who shall hold office until the end of the next session of the Legislature. During such term of the session of the Legislature, the Governor shall appoint the successor member of the board from the district from which his predecessor was appointed to hold office until the end of the period or term for which said original trustee was appointed, to the end that one-third (1/3) of such trustees' terms shall expire each four (4) years.   The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board, or his designee, and one (1) member of the Mississippi Community College Board, to be designated by the chairman of said board, shall attend all regular meetings of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Said community/junior college representatives shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the board. The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board and any designee who is a state employee shall receive no per diem for attending meetings of the board, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expense reimbursement and mileage for attending meetings at locations other than Jackson, Mississippi. The designee of the Mississippi Community College Board shall receive per diem compensation as authorized by Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, for attending said meetings, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expense reimbursement and mileage, which shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
MS Code § 37-101-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-4. Felix La Bauve Scholarship Trust

 There shall be a trusteeship, to be known as the Felix La Bauve Scholarship Trust, for the Felix La Bauve Scholarship that exists for the benefit of the University of Mississippi. The trusteeship shall be composed of three (3) persons. The initial composition of the trusteeship shall be the two (2) persons who last filled the position of La Bauve trustee on the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and, as an ex officio voting member, the person holding the office of DeSoto County Superintendent of Education. The term of the trustee who served as La Bauve trustee on the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning from 1980-1984 shall be four (4) years. The term of the trustee who served in that position from 1984-1988 shall be eight (8) years. The term of each of the trustees shall begin on June 1, 1988.   At least one (1) month before the expiration of the term of a trustee, other than the DeSoto County Superintendent of Education, the trusteeship shall choose a successor who shall serve a term of eight (8) years. No trustee other than the DeSoto County Superintendent of Education shall serve more than one (1) term of office. Any person chosen as a trustee other than the Superintendent of Education shall be a resident of DeSoto County and shall hold an undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi.   In case of the death, disability or resignation of any trustee, other than the DeSoto County Superintendent of Education, the trusteeship shall appoint a person to serve the remainder of the term of his predecessor who shall be a resident of DeSoto County and shall hold an undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi.   The trusteeship shall be responsible for recommending to the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi prospective students who are eligible recipients of the La Bauve Scholarship. The Chancellor shall choose the best qualified student or students from those nominated, depending on the amount of monies available for scholarship awards.   The Legislature shall continue to appropriate the annual sum to the University of Mississippi that has been paid in lieu of the interest earned on the original corpus of the La Bauve Scholarship Fund until such time as the Legislature restores the original corpus of the fund, adjusted to current value at the time of restoration. Once the Legislature has restored the fund as hereinbefore provided, the annual appropriation shall cease, and scholarships shall be awarded from the income on the corpus of the fund. Thereafter, no expenditure shall be made from the corpus of the fund for any purpose.
MS Code § 37-101-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-5. Qualifications of members of board

 There shall be appointed only men or women to membership on the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning as shall be qualified electors residing in the district from which each is appointed and at least twenty-five years of age and of the highest order of intelligence, character, learning and fitness for the performance of such duties to the end that such board shall perform the high and honorable duties thereof to the greatest advantage of the people of the state and of such institutions, uninfluenced by any political considerations.
MS Code § 37-101-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-9. Compensation of members of board; meetings

 The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall serve without salary compensation but shall receive a per diem and mileage as authorized by law including time of going to and returning from meetings of said board, together with actual travel and hotel expenses incident to the meetings of the board, and in the discharge of duties prescribed by the board.   The board of trustees shall hold two (2) regular slated meetings annually, one (1) in June and the other in January, and as many special meetings as may be necessary on call of the president or on call of five (5) members. In either case, the call shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered letter with return receipt requested, or by certified mail, to each and every member at least five (5) days prior to the date of meeting. Eight (8) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
MS Code § 37-101-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-11. Official seal

 The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to adopt and have an official seal in such form as it deems appropriate for its official use.
MS Code § 37-101-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-13. Study of role and scope of institutions; supervision and control of programs, etc.

 It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the boards of trustees of the community colleges to begin immediately a comprehensive study of gaming and related programs, degrees and courses offered. Following the completion of such study, the board shall make such adjustments as may be found to be necessary in the programs of the various institutions, to the end that the broadest possible educational opportunities shall be offered to the citizens of this state without inefficient and needless duplication. Subject to the provisions of Section 75-76-34, the board shall, through such officers of the board and through such procedures as it shall see fit to establish, exercise continuing jurisdiction and control over the establishment of new courses of study, new departments and new functions and activities in each institution so that the growth and development of the program of higher education in the state shall proceed in an orderly and rational manner, inefficient and needless duplication may be avoided, and new expanded programs will be undertaken only as the same may become justified, based upon objective criteria to be established by the board. In carrying out the purposes of this section, particular attention shall be given to the extension programs of the various institutions. The boards, in conjunction with the chancellor and presidents of the institutions, shall take such steps as may be necessary to improve and coordinate such programs and shall exercise such direct control over the establishment, organization, operation and granting of credit for such programs as may be necessary to accomplish such purposes.
MS Code § 37-101-16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-16. Development and implementation of system of manpower management

 The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning shall develop a system of manpower management which shall be implemented in all institutions under the control of the board. The manpower management system shall be so designed to insure accurate and rapid reporting of all manpower positions within each institution by job classification to include position number and title, grade, salary and fringe benefits, name of incumbent, social security number and date of hire.
MS Code § 37-101-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-19. Marine research laboratory

 The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a marine research laboratory on lands belonging to the State of Mississippi, said lands being a part of the Magnolia State Park in Jackson County, Mississippi, and to be assigned for the use of such laboratory by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.   The marine research laboratory may, in the discretion of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, be operated by the Mississippi Academy of Science, Inc., under the supervision and control of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.   The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is hereby authorized and empowered to expend annually out of its regular appropriation for the support and maintenance of institutions of higher learning a sum not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the support and maintenance of the marine research laboratory.
MS Code § 37-101-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-21. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

 A body politic and corporate is hereby created under the name of Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, to have perpetual succession, with powers to contract and be contracted with; to receive and acquire, by any legal method, property of any description, necessary or convenient for its operation, and to hold, employ, use and convey the same; to adopt and use a corporate seal; and to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the same, its employees, officials, agents, and members.   The object and purposes of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory shall be to promote the study and knowledge of science including the natural resources of the State of Mississippi and to provide for the dissemination of research findings and specimens from the Gulf Coast area.   The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory shall be under the control and supervision of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, and the powers of said laboratory shall be vested in and its duties performed by said board.   The laboratory shall be located at some appropriate place within the state and on the Gulf of Mexico to be determined by the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning.   It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to appoint or elect a director for said laboratory, determine the number of instructors, assistants and other employees and fix their compensation, and in cooperation with the Mississippi Academy of Science, prescribe rules, regulations, and policies governing the operation of the institution, qualifications of instructors and employees and for the admission of students, and for the direction of research programs.
MS Code § 37-101-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-23. Establishment of Mississippi Small Farm Development Center; offices and officers; functions generally

  The Mississippi Small Farm Development Center, which shall be referred to in this section as the SFDC, is established under the management and control of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. The principal offices of the SFDC shall be located at Alcorn State University and shall be under the direction of the president of the university subject to the governance of the board of trustees. The president shall appoint a director of the SFDC who shall recommend to the president necessary professional and administrative staff of the center, all subject to the approval of the board of trustees.   It shall be the function and duty of the SFDC to:   Develop a system to deliver management and technical assistance to small farms utilizing the resources of local, state and federal government programs, various segments of the private sector, and universities and colleges throughout the state;   Make management and technical assistance available to small farms by linking together with the above resources;   Research and develop small farm opportunities for new or alternative crops;   Develop a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of agricultural and economic data; and   Assist small farms in developing more efficient marketing and distribution channels, including foreign trade marketing.
MS Code § 37-101-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-25. Development by center of plan to foster certain small enterprises

 The Mississippi Small Farm Development Center shall develop a plan to foster and encourage the development in this state of small enterprises which process "cash crops," timber, or food and fiber products produced in Mississippi. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:   Means to identify small entrepreneurs who are in the business of processing, or are interested in starting a business to process, "cash crops," timber, or food and fiber products;   Means to encourage participation by such small entrepreneurs in available business management and technical assistance programs; and   Any appropriate financial assistance to assist such small entrepreneurs in financing their business, such as interest-free state loans similar to existing Department of Economic and Community Development programs administered out of the Emerging Crops Fund.
MS Code § 37-101-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|In General|§ 37-101-29. Performance reports; teacher education programs; contents; compilation of reports

 Each institution of higher learning with a teacher education program approved by the State Board of Education shall prepare and submit to the State Board of Education and to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning an annual performance report on the institution's teacher education program. The report shall include the following information:   Teacher enrollment data;   Professional education faculty data;   Characteristics of students receiving initial licensure;   Number and percentage of program completers scoring at or above the proficiency level on the prescribed teacher education exit tests;   Satisfaction rate of employers and graduates;   Follow-up profiles of graduates of the teacher education program; and   Any other information required by the State Board of Education. Before requiring any other information, the State Board of Education shall conduct collaborative planning activities with the Mississippi Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.   The State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Mississippi Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, shall prepare a common form for the preparation and submission of the annual performance reports. The State Department of Education shall establish the date by which such reports must be submitted to the board. No later than sixty (60) days after the deadline date established for the submission of reports, the department shall submit a compilation of all annual performance reports received from the state institutions of higher learning to the Chairmen of the Education Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
MS Code § 37-101-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Reserve Fund to Guarantee Payment of Student Loans|§ 37-101-31. Establishment by board

 In addition to the powers vested in the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning by Section 213-A, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 and by this chapter, said board is hereby authorized to establish a reserve fund to receive funds from state, federal or private sources for the purpose of guaranteeing payment of loans obtained by college or university students from public or private lenders or banking institutions. The board is authorized and empowered to do and perform all the necessary and requisite acts and deeds necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-101-42 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Construction of Housing and Dormitory Facilities by Private Financing|§ 37-101-42. Creation of advisory committee for lease of certain property to private developers; membership

 There is created an advisory committee to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the lease of the property described in Sections 37-101-41, 37-101-43 and 37-101-44, which shall be composed of the following members:   The respective Chairmen of the Public Property Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate;   The respective Chairmen of the Universities and Colleges Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate;   One (1) member of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; and   One (1) member of the Senate, to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.   Before selecting the private developer to which to lease the property described in Sections 37-101-41, 37-101-43 and 37-101-44, and while negotiating the terms of the lease with the private developer that has been selected, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall consult with the advisory committee and consider any suggestions and recommendations made by the advisory committee regarding the lease of the property.
MS Code § 37-101-44 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Construction of Housing and Dormitory Facilities by Private Financing|§ 37-101-44. Authorization to contract with single entity for privately financed design and construction or renovation and maintaining, furnishing and equipping of facilities; administration of design-build delivery system

  In lieu of exercising the authority set forth in Section 37-101-43 and before entering into or awarding any lease under Section 37-101-41, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, subject to the provisions of Section 37-101-42, may award contracts to a single entity for privately financed design and construction or renovation of facilities on university campuses, as well as for maintaining, furnishing and equipping of such facilities, if the entities receiving the contract or contracts and those entities to which work or services are subcontracted are duly licensed and qualified in the state to perform the contract or contracts. State General Fund appropriations or bonds backed by the state may not be used to finance the construction or maintenance of any such facility.   The design-build delivery system described under subsection (1) of this section shall be administered pursuant to Section 31-7-13.1 and may be authorized only when the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning makes a determination, entered on its minutes, with specific findings for the project demonstrating how it is in the best interest of the public to enter into a design-build contract.
MS Code § 37-101-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Construction of Housing and Dormitory Facilities by Private Financing|§ 37-101-45. Lessee's rights and remedies

 Any holder of lease rights arising under the provisions of Section 37-101-41, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, or other proceeding, may protect and enforce any and all rights granted thereunder, or under the resolution pursuant to which such lease was signed, or under said lease, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by said section to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of the lease obligations set out in said lease.
MS Code § 37-101-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions|Construction of Housing and Dormitory Facilities by Private Financing|§ 37-101-47. Leases deemed legal investments

 Any leases executed under the provisions of Section 37-101-41 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for banks, trust companies, and insurance companies authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi.