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MS Code § 43-3-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Assistance to the Blind|§ 43-3-89. Detailed report to the Legislature

 The State Board of Public Welfare shall make a detailed report to the Legislature each year in which it convenes, showing all appropriations and donations received and how same have been expended, and covering its activities and accomplishments and making recommendations therein for the further improvement of the conditions of the blind in the state.
MS Code § 43-3-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Assistance to the Blind|§ 43-3-91. Donations may be received and expended

 The State Board of Public Welfare is hereby authorized and empowered to receive donations from any and all sources and expend same for the purpose herein outlined.
MS Code § 43-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Mississippi Industries for the Blind|§ 43-3-101. Mississippi Industries for the Blind; general powers

 There is hereby created and established an agency of the State of Mississippi known as the Mississippi Industries for the Blind, hereinafter referred to as the "MIB." The MIB shall be a body politic and corporate, may acquire and hold real and personal property, may receive, hold and disperse monies appropriated to it by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi received from the federal government, received from the sale of products which it produces, and received from any other sources whatsoever, and may sue and be sued in its name. The MIB is authorized and empowered to establish nonprofit entities for the purpose of defraying costs incurred in the performance of the MIB's purpose and responsibilities.
MS Code § 43-3-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Mississippi Industries for the Blind|§ 43-3-105. Duties of executive director

 The executive director of the MIB shall:   Employ all necessary employees at MIB and dismiss them as is necessary;   Administer the daily operations at MIB;   Execute any contracts on behalf of MIB; and   Take any further actions which are necessary and proper toward the achievement of MIB's purposes.
MS Code § 43-3-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Mississippi Industries for the Blind|§ 43-3-107. Purpose

 The purposes of MIB are as follows:   To establish industries, businesses, shops and workshops primarily for the employment of blind persons and other persons;   To employ blind persons whose training is not otherwise provided for and to market their products; and   To furnish materials, tools and books for use in rehabilitating blind persons for employment, and to do any and all other things for blind persons as it deems advisable.
MS Code § 43-3-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Mississippi Industries for the Blind|§ 43-3-109. Current operating funds

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the executive director of the MIB is hereby empowered to maintain sufficient funds to cover disbursements for current operations. The executive director shall deposit any excess funds with any official depository of the state and invest such excess funds as he deems appropriate.
MS Code § 43-3-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 3 - Blind Persons|Mississippi Industries for the Blind|§ 43-3-111. Funds generated by sale of goods

 Any funds obtained by MIB as a result of a sale of goods manufactured by it shall be accounted for separate and apart from any funds received by MIB through appropriation from the state legislature. All nonappropriated funds generated by MIB shall not be subject to appropriation by the state legislature.
MS Code § 43-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-1. State Board of Education to be Board of Trustees of Mississippi School for the Deaf and Mississippi School for the Blind; no consolidation of schools required

  The State Board of Education shall be the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Blind and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Blind. Wherever the term Board of Trustees of the Mississippi School for the Deaf and Mississippi School for the Blind appears in any law the same shall mean the State Board of Education.   The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require any consolidation or combination of the Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Blind other than where economies can be realized through the common utilization of maintenance personnel and equipment, physical facilities, vehicles and administrative personnel, where the same can be done without impairment of the effectiveness of the educational programs of the two (2) institutions or the welfare of the students.   The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require any consolidation of services involving curriculum or instructional programs of the two (2) institutions.   The State Board of Education, on behalf of each of these institutions, shall have the power to receive and hold property, real and personal, and to accept and use as provided by law, separate from the needs of the other institutions, all bequests, devices and donations made or which may in the future be made to or for it, and shall continue to enjoy the rights and privileges heretofore conferred upon it by law and such as are necessary now, or hereafter, to accomplish the purposes of its own establishment and operation and maintenance hereunder, provided that the same be not inconsistent with or in conflict with this chapter.
MS Code § 43-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-5. Powers and duties of Board

 The State Board of Education shall adopt all needful rules and regulations for the government of the schools. The State Board of Education shall have authority and control over the pupils and over the properties of each school except where otherwise prescribed by law. The State Board of Education shall provide and maintain libraries for each school, and shall provide for proper and needful recreational facilities for the pupils of the separate schools, and encourage their physical and hygienic and religious advancement, including facilities for church attendances on the Sabbath.
MS Code § 43-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-7. Powers and duties of State Superintendent of Schools

 The State Superintendent of Education, or his designee, shall make regular and frequent inspections of each of the two (2) schools, and shall personally visit each school at least once a month during every school session, and shall prescribe when and where and by whom and in what quantities all supplies and sustenance of every kind shall be purchased. As far as practicable the purchases for each school shall be on basis of wholesale rather than at retail prices. The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare in writing, monthly, the status of the schools and needs, and the physical and moral conditions of the pupils, and they shall require that the records of each school are preserved, and shall assume such duties as may through legislative enactment hereafter be placed upon the State Superintendent of Education.
MS Code § 43-5-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-8. Superintendents of Schools for Blind and Deaf; appointment; powers and duties; budget responsibilities

 The Superintendent of the School for the Blind and the Superintendent of the School for the Deaf and all principals and directors shall be selected by and hold office subject to the will and pleasure of the State Superintendent of Education, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education may provide housing for the two (2) superintendents so employed either on- or off-campus. Each superintendent shall at all times maintain supervision of the physical properties of the school he serves unless otherwise provided. All other personnel shall be competitively appointed by the state superintendent and shall be dismissed only for cause in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The state superintendent, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board, shall fix the amount of compensation or expenses of any of the personnel of the schools, which shall be paid upon the requisition of the state superintendent and warrant issued thereunder by the State Auditor out of the funds appropriated by the Legislature in a lump sum upon the basis of budgetary requirements submitted by the Superintendent of Education or out of funds otherwise made available. The entire expense of administering the schools shall never exceed the amount appropriated therefor, plus funds received from sources other than state appropriations. For a violation of this provision, the superintendent shall be liable, and he and the sureties on his bond shall be required to restore any excess. However, if for any reason within the two-year period beginning July 1, 2014, a new Superintendent of the School for the Blind, Superintendent of the School for the Deaf or other administrative or instructional personnel are employed by the department, the employment shall not be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, except as otherwise provided in Section 25-9-127(4).
MS Code § 43-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-11. Annual report of Board

 The State Board of Education shall make a report to every annual term of the Legislature, showing the needs and condition and status of the School for the Blind and the School for the Deaf. Such report to the Legislature shall show how the money appropriated to the schools has been expended during the preceding year, beginning and ending with the fiscal year of each school. Such report shall exhibit the salaries paid to teachers, officers and employees and each and every item of receipt and expenditure. Each report shall be balanced and shall begin with the balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year. If any property belonging to the state or either school is used for profit such report shall show the expenses incurred in managing the property and the amount received from the same. Such report shall also show a summary of the gross receipts and gross disbursements for each fiscal year and shall show the money on hand at the beginning of the fiscal period of each school preceding each session of the Legislature and the necessary amount of expenses to be incurred from said date to January 1 next following.
MS Code § 43-5-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-13. Braille and lip-reading to be taught

 Braille print, designated commonly as revised Braille Grade Two, shall be taught in the School for the Blind. The use of this print shall be included in the high school literary courses of students in such school. Every teacher or instructor in the School for the Deaf, whose duties include oral instruction of pupils, shall become acquainted with the most efficient and advanced methods of lipreading, but every teacher shall also master the manual alphabet in order to be able to communicate with pupils who cannot read lips and in order to aid and participate in student activities outside the classrooms. Every pupil entering the school shall be given oral instruction until it is clearly determined whether he can master lipreading to an extent enabling him to progress satisfactorily in his studies, but manual instruction shall be provided in all subjects for all pupils unable to progress satisfactorily under oral instruction alone. The State Board of Education may set and determine the additional requirements necessary for each teacher or instructor. All teachers and instructors must enter into written contracts of employment to indicate and cover the period for which they are respectively employed. Complete courses in shorthand and typewriting are to be offered at the School for the Deaf.
MS Code § 43-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-15. Pupils; classification; course of training

 Each of the two (2) schools shall be open to receive all pupils eligible to attend it, and shall provide for the proper lodging, maintenance, care and education while in attendance. A student shall not be admitted to or continue as a pupil in the School for the Blind whose acuity of vision is, or becomes, habitually greater than fifty percent (50%) of normal vision, and a pupil shall not be admitted or remain as a pupil in the school for the deaf whose ability to hear is customarily sufficient for him or her to attend the public schools provided for normal children. The board, in its discretion, shall establish the age of eligibility for students seeking admission to the schools. No person shall be admitted to either institution as a pupil who is not a bona fide resident of this state or who is not of good moral character.   The State Board of Education shall fix the amount to be paid, and the terms of payment, by pupils in each school for board, and the conditions of admission, subject to the provisions of this chapter; and shall admit free of charges, upon the certificate of the county superintendent of education of any county in the state, all pupils eligible to attend the school, provided the amount appropriated by the Legislature is sufficient properly to care for the same. Each school shall provide requisite facilities for every pupil therein to acquire as complete a literary and musical education as practicable; and shall provide and maintain an industrial department in which expert instruction shall be given in such trades and crafts as may be suited to render the pupil therein self-sustaining in after life.
MS Code § 43-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|In General|§ 43-5-17. Diplomas and certificates of proficiency

 The State Board of Education shall maintain the two (2) schools at as high a grade of work and education as may be practicable, and shall endeavor to give the pupils the same extent and scope of education that the pupils would receive if attending the public schools of this state; and shall have diplomas or certificates granted unto those pupils who have successfully finished the prescribed courses taught.
MS Code § 43-5-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|Annual Conference of Representatives|§ 43-5-31. Annual conference of representatives of state and other agencies

 The Department of Education, hereinafter called "department," shall annually call a conference of representatives of state agencies, other governmental and private agencies, and institutions in the manner set forth by Sections 43-5-31 through 43-5-39 for the general purpose of the coordination of programs relating to the training, education and assistance of blind and deaf citizens of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 43-5-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|Annual Conference of Representatives|§ 43-5-33. Appointment of director of conference

 The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a director for this conference who may be an employee of the department or an employee of either the School for the Deaf or the School for the Blind.
MS Code § 43-5-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|Annual Conference of Representatives|§ 43-5-35. Notice of conference

 The director shall publish notification of the conference in the following manner:   Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the conference the director shall mail notices of this meeting to the executive officer of any agency or institution of the State of Mississippi which, in the opinion of the board, is charged with or can contribute to the education, training or assistance of blind or deaf citizens of the State of Mississippi. It shall be the duty of such executive officer upon receipt of such notification to attend or appoint an officer or employee of his agency to attend and participate in the conference.   The notice required by this subsection shall include time and place of the conference and reference to Sections 43-5-31 through 43-5-39 regarding the required attendance of a representative from a designated agency.   The director shall cause notice to be published in a newspaper or newspapers having general circulation throughout the state. Such notice shall appear at least three (3) times with the first publication appearing not less than twenty-five (25) days prior to the date of the conference and the last publication appearing not more than five (5) days prior to the date of the conference.   The director is directed and authorized to utilize any mass communication media that may be available at no cost to the board to publicize the conference.   The director shall notify private organizations and persons known to have an interest in the education, training and assistance of the deaf and blind of the meeting and to invite their attendance and participation.
MS Code § 43-5-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|Annual Conference of Representatives|§ 43-5-37. Duties of conference director

 The director shall arrange and organize the conference and is charged specifically with the following duties regarding the conference:   The director shall arrange for a meeting hall, seating, public address systems and appurtenant equipment and supplies.   The director shall organize the program and set an agenda for the conference.   The director is authorized to arrange meetings of groups who are concerned with the problems of the blind or the deaf. Such meeting may be held before or during the conference; however, there shall be at least one (1) general session of all participants during the conference.
MS Code § 43-5-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 5 - Schools for the Blind and Deaf|Annual Conference of Representatives|§ 43-5-39. Report of activities and findings of conference

 The board shall include a report of the activities and findings of the conference in the annual report of the Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Blind.
MS Code § 43-6-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-1. Definitions

 As used in this article, "blind," "totally blind," "visually handicapped," and "partially blind" mean having central visual acuity not to exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses as measured by the Snellen test, or having visual acuity greater than 20/200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle not greater than twenty (20) degrees.   As used in this article, "deaf person" means a person who cannot readily understand spoken language through hearing alone with or without a hearing aid, and who may also have a speech defect which renders his speech unintelligible to most people with normal hearing.
MS Code § 43-6-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-3. Right to use public facilities

 Blind persons, visually handicapped persons, deaf persons and other physically disabled persons shall have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places.
MS Code § 43-6-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-5. Right of access to public conveyances and accommodations

 Blind persons, visually handicapped persons, deaf persons and other physically disabled persons shall be entitled to full and equal access, as are other members of the general public, to accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motorbuses, streetcars, boats or any other public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, lodging places, places of public accommodation, amusement or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, or state or federal regulation, and applicable alike to all persons.
MS Code § 43-6-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-7. Right to be accompanied by guide dog or hearing ear dog

 Every totally or partially blind person and every deaf person shall have the right to be accompanied by a guide dog or hearing ear dog on a blaze orange leash, especially trained for the purpose, in any of the places specified in Section 43-6-5 without being required to pay an extra charge for the guide dog or hearing ear dog on a blaze orange leash. However, such person shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.
MS Code § 43-6-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-9. Blind and deaf pedestrians

 A totally or partially blind pedestrian or deaf person shall have all the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances specified in Sections 43-6-3 and 43-6-5, notwithstanding the fact that such person is not carrying a predominantly white cane (with or without a red tip), or using a guide dog or hearing ear dog on a blaze orange leash. The failure of a totally or partially blind person or deaf person to carry such a cane or to use such a guide dog or hearing ear dog on a blaze orange leash shall not constitute negligence per se.
MS Code § 43-6-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-11. Penalties

 Any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities as specified in Sections 43-6-3 and 43-6-5, or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind person, deaf person or other disabled person under Sections 43-6-3 through 43-6-7, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.