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MS Code § 37-139-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein, except when the context clearly indicates a different meaning:   "Board" means the State Board of Education.   "School" means the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science.
MS Code § 37-139-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-3. Creation of school; purpose; State Board of Education as governing body; duties of Board

  There is hereby created the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science which shall be a residential school for eleventh and twelfth grade high school students located on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women.   The school shall be governed by the State Board of Education.   The board shall develop a plan relating to the opening, the operation and the funding of the school. Such plan shall be presented to the Legislature during the 1988 Regular Session and shall include an equitable and reasonable plan for student recruitment without regard to race, creed or color.   The purpose of the school shall be to educate the gifted and talented students of the state, and its curriculum and admissions policies shall reflect such purpose.   The board shall prepare the annual budget for the school.
MS Code § 37-139-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-5. Director of school

 The board may hire a director when it so deems one necessary and when sufficient funds have been appropriated. The director shall serve at the board's will and pleasure. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the school and shall administer the school in accordance with policies established by the board. The director shall be responsible for such administrative duties and functions as the board shall so prescribe. The board shall be authorized, in its discretion, to delegate to the director such of its powers and duties as it deems appropriate.
MS Code § 37-139-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-7. Assistance of Department of Education and Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; authority of governing body to enter into agreements and contracts

 The board shall be authorized to solicit and utilize the staff of the State Department of Education, staff of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and other state agencies as required for the implementation of this chapter. In addition, the board shall be authorized to contract or enter into agreements with other agencies and/or private research centers that it may deem necessary to carry out its duties and functions.
MS Code § 37-139-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-9. State Board of Education as exclusive governing body; rules and regulations; emphasis of school

 The board shall be the exclusive governing body of the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science and is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations required to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The emphasis of this school shall be dedicated to the academic teaching of mathematics and the sciences, but shall not preclude some emphasis being placed on the arts and humanities as deemed appropriate by the board.
MS Code § 37-139-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-11. Authority to receive contributions

 For the operation and support of the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, the board is authorized and empowered to receive contributions, donations, gifts, bequests of money, other forms of financial assistance and/or property, equipment, materials or manpower from persons, foundations, trust funds, corporations, organizations and other sources, private or public, to be expended and utilized by said board in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 37-139-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 139 - Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science|§ 37-139-13. Authorization and procedures for expenditures

 All expenditures shall be authorized by the board. Such expenditures shall be paid therefrom by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the State Fiscal Management Board. Said State Fiscal Management Board shall issue its warrant upon requisition signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 37-140-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Board" means the State Board of Education.   "School" means the Mississippi School of the Arts.
MS Code § 37-140-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-3. Creation of school; purpose; initial enrollment

  There is created the Mississippi School of the Arts, which shall be a residential school for eleventh and twelfth grade high school students located on the campus of Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The purpose of the school shall be to provide a more challenging educational experience for artistically talented and gifted students of the state to develop their full potential, including the teaching of humanities, creative writing, literature, theater, music, dance and visual arts, and the school's curriculum and admissions policies shall reflect that purpose.   The 2001-2002 school year shall be the first year that the school shall admit students for enrollment, which shall be limited to students in the eleventh grade during the school's first year. Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the school shall enroll students in the eleventh and twelfth grades.
MS Code § 37-140-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-7. Director of school

 Subject to the availability of funding appropriated therefor, the board may hire a director of the school, who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the board. The director shall be the chief administrative officer of the school and shall administer the school in accordance with the policies established by the board. The director shall be responsible for those administrative duties and functions prescribed by the board, and the board, in its discretion, may delegate to the director such powers and duties as it deems appropriate.
MS Code § 37-140-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-9. Promulgation of rules and regulations; emphasis of school on performing, visual, and literary arts

 The board shall be the exclusive governing body of the school and shall promulgate rules and regulations required for the administration and operation of the school, consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The emphasis of the school shall be on the education and training of students in the performing, visual and literary arts and in the humanities, but this emphasis shall not preclude the teaching of those liberal arts and science courses, math and science deemed necessary by the board to provide students with a well-rounded education.
MS Code § 37-140-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-11. Preparation of annual budget; authority to receive contributions

 The board shall prepare the annual budget for the school. For the operation and support of the school, the board may receive contributions, donations, gifts, bequests of money, other forms of financial assistance and property, equipment, materials or manpower from persons, foundations, trust funds, corporations, organizations and other sources, public or private, to be expended and utilized by the board in carrying out this chapter.
MS Code § 37-140-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-13. Expenditures

 All expenditures for the school shall be paid by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer, and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisition signed by the proper person, officer or officers.
MS Code § 37-140-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-15. Authority to contract with professional organizations for instruction and educational services

  The State Board of Education may enter into agreements with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra for providing classical music educational services to students in Grades Kindergarten through 12 at the Mississippi School of the Arts or at any other public school facility in Mississippi, subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature. Such educational services shall include: (a) music history, music instrument, and music performance instruction in the classroom; (b) symphony concerts for the students, programmed to support and enhance the teaching of history, literature and science; (c) chamber ensemble and chamber orchestra performances where members serve as educators as well as performers; (d) organizing and developing student performing ensembles, where members serve as music instrument instructors, conductors and performers; (e) symphony concerts for students, parents and other residents to enhance the position of the school as center of the local community; and (f) other services to be determined by agreement.   The State Board of Education is encouraged to enter into contractual agreements with professional arts organizations, including the Mississippi Museum of Art, New Stage Theatre and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, for providing instruction, concerts, exhibits, performances and other outreach programs at the Mississippi School of the Arts or at any other public school facility in Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-140-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 140 - Mississippi School of the Arts|§ 37-140-17. "‘Helen Furlow Scruggs Y Hut" designated

 From and after July 1, 2003, the "Y Hut," located on the campus of the Mississippi School of the Arts, shall be renamed the "Helen Furlow Scruggs Y Hut."
MS Code § 37-144-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-1. Mississippi Rural Physicians Program established

 There is established the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program for the purpose of identifying and recruiting qualified university and college students from rural areas of the state for medical or osteopathic school matriculation. The program shall consist of three (3) distinct phases through which participants will progress, including:   Undergraduate premedical education;   Medical or osteopathic school and residency; and   Post-residency entry into medical practice in a rural or underserved area of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-144-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-5. Powers and duties of commission

 The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Commission shall have the following powers and duties:   Developing the administrative policy for the commission and the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program;   Promulgating rules and regulations, with the advice and consent of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, pertaining to the implementation and operation of the Rural Physicians Scholarship Program;   Developing and implementing strategies and activities for the identification and recruitment of students and for marketing the program and for the implementation of the program. In developing these strategies, the board shall seek the input of various organizations and entities, including the Mississippi State Medical Association, the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians, the Mississippi Chapters of the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of OB-GYN, the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association, the Mississippi Osteopathic Medicine Association and the American Psychiatric Association;   Establishing a budget, with the advice and consent of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, to support the activities of the program and periodically reviewing and if appropriate, revising, the scholarship and other stipends offered through the program;   Advising the University of Mississippi Medical Center regarding hiring an executive director and support staff necessary for the commission's work. The commission shall nominate at least two (2) individuals to serve as executive director;   Reviewing participants progress in the program and mentoring students and physicians participating in the program;   Developing and participating in programs that provide initial practice support in collaboration with other interested professional organizations;   The commission shall have the authority through use of generally applicable definitions, to designate an area of the state as underserved or rural. The method by which these designations shall be made shall be contained in rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.
MS Code § 37-144-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-7. Identification and recruitment of undergraduate participants; designation of underserved or rural area; applicant qualifications; maximum number of new admissions per year; exception for certain fourth-year students desiring to practice psychiatry in rural Mississippi

  The commission shall develop and implement policies and procedures designed to recruit, identify and enroll undergraduate students who demonstrate necessary interest, commitment, aptitude and academic achievement to pursue careers as family physicians or other generalist physicians in rural or medically underserved areas of Mississippi, and to develop and implement the programs designed to foster successful entry of participants into medical school, completion of medical school, enrollment into and completion of family medicine or other generalist residency, and establishment and maintenance of a career in family medicine or other generalist specialty in a rural or underserved area of Mississippi.   The commission shall have the authority through use of generally applicable definitions to designate an area of the state as underserved or rural.   The commission, in conjunction with the University of Mississippi Medical Center, shall have the authority to provide students selected for scholarship funding with faculty mentors and other programs designed to enhance the students' likelihood of admission to the medical school. The commission and the University of Mississippi Medical Center will develop coursework that will provide scholarship students with the skills necessary for sustained and successful medical practice in rural Mississippi.   Each applicant for admission to the program must submit an application to the commission that conforms to requirements established by the commission.   In selecting participants for the program, the board may only accept an applicant if his or her academic record and other characteristics, if given consideration by the University of Mississippi School of Medicine Admissions Committee, would be considered credible and competitive.   An applicant for the program may be admitted only upon a majority vote of the members of the commission.   Not less than fifteen (15) students will be admitted to the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program each year, provided that there are fifteen (15) or more qualified applicants for the program.   Upon the funding of sixty-one (61) or more rural physicians scholarships by the Legislature and recognizing the importance of balancing the needs of comprehensive primary care along with a critical shortage of psychiatrists in Mississippi, the commission may grant an exception for fourth-year medical or osteopathic school (M4) students who demonstrate a desire to practice psychiatry in rural Mississippi and who use a practice model and enter the practice of medicine in a rural or underserved area in Mississippi, as defined by the commission, beginning for the M4 class of 2020.
MS Code § 37-144-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-9. Participants to adhere to program policies and practices to remain in program; forgiveness or repayment of financial assistance under certain circumstances

  Participants must adhere to the policies and practices as stipulated by the commission to continue in the program.   Students in the program may receive tuition or other financial support that may be provided by the commission. If a student in the program is admitted to and completes medical or osteopathic school, any tuition or other educational and living support provided to the student by the commission will be forgiven. However, if the student is not successful in being accepted into medical or osteopathic school within three (3) years of entry into the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program, or if the student otherwise breaches his or her agreement with the commission, all financial assistance provided to the student must be repaid according to policies adopted by the board.
MS Code § 37-144-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-11. Participants may apply to any accredited medical or osteopathic school; early admissions process for students applying to University of Mississippi School of Medicine

  Students in the program may apply to any medical or osteopathic school that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).   Students in the program seeking admission to the University of Mississippi School of Medicine shall be eligible for a special admissions process pursuant to criteria established by the School of Medicine Admissions Committee which will include special consideration of the attributes of participation in the program.   In carrying out the admissions process developed for the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program participants under this section, the goal is for the program to work with the School of Medicine to enhance the capability of participants to successfully enter and complete medical school, train in family medicine or other generalist primary care specialty and enter practice in rural or underserved areas in Mississippi. To the extent feasible, the early admissions process should be completed before November 1 of the year preceding a student's admission to medical school.
MS Code § 37-144-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-13. Ongoing financial support for program participants who attend medical or osteopathic school; preference for ongoing support to University of Mississippi School of Medicine students; students obligated for one year of practice for every year of financial assistance received

  Subject to the availability of funding, students in the program who successfully matriculate to medical or osteopathic school are eligible for ongoing financial support in accordance with policies and requirements of the commission and in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. The number of students to be supported at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and at other schools will be established by policy prescribed by the commission.   Subject to the availability of funding, students enrolled at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine may receive tuition support, funding to assist with the cost of books and a living stipend, as prescribed by policy of the commission and in accordance with applicable regulations. Preferences for ongoing funding must be given to those students admitted to the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.   For each year that a student in medical or osteopathic school receives financial assistance, the student is obligated for one (1) year of practice as a primary care physician in a rural or underserved area in Mississippi. Breach of the agreement at any stage of training shall invoke the repayment of all financial assistance provided to the student through the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program, including assistance provided during undergraduate school, as well as in medical or osteopathic school, along with other penalties that may be prescribed in policy by the commission.
MS Code § 37-144-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program|§ 37-144-15. Ongoing financial support for students entering family medicine or other generalist residency programs

 Medical and osteopathic students in the program must enter family medicine or other generalist residency programs according to their choice of specialty. Depending upon the availability of funds, students who successfully enter residency programs which have been approved by the commission may receive further financial support from the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program subject to applicable rules and policies of the commission. All funding for financial support from the commission to participants during their residency must be disbursed in accordance with applicable regulations.