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MS Code § 37-9-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Education Employment Procedures Law|§ 37-9-105. Written notice of decision not to offer employee renewal contract; deadline for notification of nonreemployment

 If a recommendation is made by the school district not to offer an employee a renewal contract for a successive year, written notice of the proposed nonreemployment stating the reasons for the proposed nonreemployment shall be given no later than the following:   If the employee is a principal, the superintendent, without further board action, shall give notice of nonreemployment on or before March 1; or   If the employee is a teacher, administrator or other professional educator covered under Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the superintendent, without further board action, shall give notice of nonreemployment on or before April 15, or within ten (10) calendar days after the date that the Governor approves the appropriation bill(s) comprising the state's education budget for funding K-12, whichever date is later.   An interim conservator appointed pursuant to Section 37-17-6(15)(a) or a school board acting on the recommendation of a school district financial advisor appointed pursuant to Section 37-9-18 shall not be required to comply with the time limitations prescribed in this section for recommending the reemployment of principals, teachers, administrators or other professional educators.
MS Code § 37-9-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Education Employment Procedures Law|§ 37-9-109. Rights of employee receiving notice of nonrenewal generally; request for hearing; finality of decision

 An employee who has received notice under Section 37-9-105, upon written request from the employee received by the district within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice by the employee, shall be entitled to:   Written notice of the specific reasons for nonreemployment, together with a summary of the factual basis therefor, a list of witnesses and a copy of documentary evidence substantiating the reasons intended to be presented at the hearing, which notice shall be given at least fourteen (14) days prior to any hearing; if the district fails to provide this information to the employee, then the recommendation for nonreemployment shall be null and void, and the board shall order the execution of a contract with the employee for an additional period of one (1) year;   An opportunity for a hearing at which to present matters relevant to the reasons given for the proposed nonreemployment, including any reasons alleged by the employee to be the reason for nonreemployment; provided, however, that any school superintendent whose employment has been terminated by the school board under Section 37-9-59, or whose employment contract has not been renewed by the school board shall not have the right to request a hearing before the school board or a hearing officer;   Receive a fair and impartial hearing before the board or hearing officer; provided, however, that any school superintendent whose employment has been terminated by the school board under Section 37-9-59, or whose employment contract has not been renewed by the school board shall not have the right to request a hearing before the school board or a hearing officer;   Be represented by legal counsel, at his own expense.   Any employee requesting a hearing shall provide the district, not less than five (5) days before the scheduled date for the hearing, a response to the specific reasons for nonreemployment, a list of witnesses and a copy of documentary evidence in support of the response intended to be presented at the hearing. If the employee fails to provide this information, then the recommendation of nonreemployment shall be final without the necessity of a hearing.   If the employee does not request a hearing, the recommendation regarding the nonreemployment of the employee shall be final.
MS Code § 37-9-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Education Employment Procedures Law|§ 37-9-113. Judicial review

  Any employee aggrieved by a final decision of the school board is entitled to judicial review thereof, as hereinafter provided.   An appeal may be taken by such employee to the chancery court of the judicial district in which the school district is located, by filing a petition with the clerk of that court and executing and filing bond payable to the school board with sufficient sureties, in the penalty of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), conditioned upon the payment of all of the costs of appeal, within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the final decision of the board.   The scope of review of the chancery court in such cases shall be limited to a review of the record made before the school board or hearing officer to determine if the action of the school board is unlawful for the reason that it was:   Not supported by any substantial evidence;   Arbitrary or capricious; or   In violation of some statutory or constitutional right of the employee.     No relief shall be granted based upon a court's finding of harmless error by the board in complying with the procedural requirements of Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113. However, in the event that there is a finding of prejudicial error in the proceedings, the cause shall be remanded for a rehearing consistent with the findings of the court.   Any party aggrieved by action of the chancery court may appeal to the Supreme Court in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 37-9-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-201. Definitions

 As used in Sections 37-9-201 through 37-9-213:   "Beginning teacher" means a teacher who:   Possesses a teaching license issued by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development;   Is employed at least half time, primarily as a classroom teacher, by a school district; and   Has taught fewer than ninety (90) consecutive days, or one hundred eighty (180) days total, as a licensed teacher in any public school.   "District" means any local school district.   "Formal assistance" means a program provided by a mentor teacher to a beginning teacher that includes, but is not limited to, direct classroom observation and consultation; assistance in instructional planning and preparation; support in implementation and delivery of classroom instruction; and other assistance intended to enhance the professional performance and development of the beginning teacher.   "Mentor teacher" means a teacher who:   Possesses a standard teaching personnel service or administrative license issued by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development;   At the time of selection, is employed under contract primarily as a classroom teacher by a public school district or is retired from a public school district;   Has successfully taught for three (3) or more years as a licensed teacher in any public school;   Has been selected and trained as described in Section 37-9-211; and   Has demonstrated mastery of teaching skills and subject matter knowledge.   "Teacher" means a licensed employee of a local school district who has direct responsibility for instruction, coordination of educational programs or supervision of teachers and who is compensated for services from public funds.
MS Code § 37-9-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-203. Legislative findings

 The Legislature finds that:   The quality of teaching in the public schools is of vital importance to the future of this state;   This state has a special interest in insuring that the induction of beginning teachers into their profession is conducive to their professional growth and development; and   The formal assignment of mentor teachers who have demonstrated mastery of teaching skills and subject matter knowledge should substantially improve the induction and professional growth of beginning teachers in this state, as well as provide mentor teachers with additional and valuable opportunities to enhance their own professional growth.
MS Code § 37-9-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-205. Establishment of beginning teacher support program

  The Mississippi Teacher Center of the State Department of Education shall establish a beginning teacher support program to provide eligible beginning teachers in this state with continued and sustained support from a formally assigned mentor teacher during the first full year of teaching.   After the 1992-1993 school year, any district is eligible to participate in the beginning teacher support program.   Two (2) or more districts may operate jointly a beginning teacher support program if they meet all the requirements of Sections 37-9-201 through 37-9-213.   Educational consortia established for approved teacher education programs pursuant to rules of the Mississippi Teacher Center are eligible to operate a beginning teacher support program to serve beginning teachers in a participating school district.   To the extent practicable, school districts may coordinate with institutions of higher education in the design, implementation and evaluation of mentorship programs.
MS Code § 37-9-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-207. Application by school district to participate in program

 Each district that wishes to participate in the beginning teacher support program shall submit a formal application to the Mississippi Teacher Center no later than September 15 of each school year, according to rules of the Mississippi Teacher Center. By that date, districts shall inform the department of:   The names of all eligible beginning teachers employed by the district and a description of their teaching assignments and extracurricular duties;   The names of mentor teachers selected by a district and a description of their teaching assignments and the endorsement area in which they are certified to teach;   A description of the content and calendar of the proposed beginning teacher support program. The program must provide a minimum of ninety (90) hours of direct contact between mentor teachers and beginning teachers, including observation of or assistance with classroom teaching, or both, during the school day;   A description of the amount and nature of each eligible beginning teacher's classroom and extracurricular duties and assurance that these duties are not unreasonable for a beginning teacher; and   A certification that no eligible beginning teacher is or may be misassigned outside the teacher's endorsement area, except as provided for by rules of the Mississippi Teacher Center.
MS Code § 37-9-209 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-209. Workshops to provide training for mentor teachers and beginning teachers

 After consulting with representatives of teachers, administrators, school boards, schools of education, the institutions of higher learning and such others as it considers appropriate, the Mississippi Teacher Center shall develop or approve workshops to provide training for mentor teachers and beginning teachers.
MS Code § 37-9-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-211. Selection, nature and extent of duties of mentor teachers

  The selection, nature and extent of duties of mentor teachers shall be determined by the school district. The following guidelines shall apply:   No teacher shall be designated as a mentor teacher unless willing to perform in that role;   No mentor teacher shall participate in the evaluation of beginning teachers;   Each mentor teacher shall complete successfully a training workshop provided or approved by the Mississippi Teacher Center prior to participating in the beginning teacher support program; and   If a mentor teacher receives additional release time to support a beginning teacher, it is expected that the total workload of other teachers regularly employed by the school district should not increase in any substantial manner.     A district may: (a) compensate mentor teachers from any available funds for additional duties to support a beginning teacher which are performed after regular school hours; (b) grant additional release time to mentor teachers for additional duties to support a beginning teacher which are performed after regular school hours; and (c) employ and compensate substitute teachers from any available funds for assuming the regular teaching duties of mentor teachers who are participating in the beginning teacher program.
MS Code § 37-9-213 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees|Beginning Teacher Support Program|§ 37-9-213. Powers and duties of Mississippi Teacher Center

 The Mississippi Teacher Center shall be responsible for the regular and ongoing evaluation of the beginning teacher support program and may contract for such evaluation. The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, assessments of the following:   A survey and follow-up of all eligible mentor teachers and beginning teachers and appropriate district officials, to assess satisfaction with and the effectiveness of the beginning teacher support program;   The amount and quality of the contact time between mentor teachers and beginning teachers;   The effectiveness of workshops and other training required under Sections 37-9-201 through 37-9-211;   The effectiveness of the mentor program in enhancing the professional development and retention of new teachers in the district;   The desirability of extending this assistance program to students participating in graduate level teacher preparation programs similar to those which have been proposed by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; and   The desirability of extending this assistance program to all probationary teachers.
MS Code § 37-13-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-1. Uniform system of free public schools

 There shall be maintained a uniform system of free public schools consisting of grades one through twelve, which may be divided between grammar schools, junior high schools and high schools, or any combination thereof, on such basis and in such grades as the board of trustees of the school district involved, in its discretion, shall deem necessary and desirable.
MS Code § 37-13-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-3. Doctrinal, sectarian or denominational teaching

 No doctrinal, sectarian or denominational teaching shall be permitted in public schools of this state. It shall be the duty of the county superintendents of education and the superintendents of municipal separate school districts to enforce the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 37-13-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-4. Voluntary participation in prayer generally

 It shall be lawful for any teacher or school administrator in any of the schools of the state which are supported, in whole or in part, by the public funds of the state, to permit the voluntary participation by students or others in prayer. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize any teacher or other school authority to prescribe the form or content of any prayer. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to amend or repeal the provisions of Section 37-13-4.1 but shall be considered as supplemental and in addition to the provisions of Section 37-13-4.1.
MS Code § 37-13-4.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-4.1. Voluntary prayer at school-related student events

  The legislative intent and purpose for this section is to protect the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, to define for the citizens of Mississippi the rights and privileges that are accorded them on public school property, other public property or other property at school-related events; and to provide guidance to public school officials on the rights and requirements of law that they must apply. The intent and purpose of the Legislature is to accommodate the free exercise of religious rights of its student citizens in the public schools and at public school events as provided to them by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the judicial interpretations thereof as given by the United States Supreme Court.   On public school property, other public property or other property, invocations, benedictions or nonsectarian, nonproselytizing student-initiated voluntary prayer shall be permitted during compulsory or noncompulsory school-related student assemblies, student sporting events, graduation or commencement ceremonies and other school-related student events.   This section shall not diminish the right of any student or person to exercise his rights of free speech and religion, including prayer, as permitted by the United States Constitution, on public school property, other public property or other property, at times or events other than those stated in subsection (2) of this section.   The exercise of the rights guaranteed under subsection (2) of this section shall not be construed to indicate any support, approval or sanction of the contents of any such prayer, invocation, benediction or other activity, or be construed as an unconstitutional use of any public property or other property by the State of Mississippi or any agency, department, board, commission, institution or other instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision of the state, including any county or municipality and any instrumentality thereof. The exercise of these rights on public school property, other public property or on other property for school-related activities, by students or others, shall not be construed as the promotion or establishment of any religion or religious belief.   The provisions of this section are severable. If any part of this section is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part or parts that remain.
MS Code § 37-13-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-5. Display of Mississippi and United States flags; course of study

  The flag of the State of Mississippi and the flag of the United States shall be displayed in close proximity to the school building at all times during the hours of daylight when the school is in session when the weather will permit without damage to the flag. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of the school district to provide for the flags and their display.   Whenever the flag of the United States is to be flown at half-staff by order or instructions of the President or pursuant to federal law, all public schools shall lower the United States flag in accordance with the executive order or instructions or federal law. The school shall announce the reason that the flag is being flown at half-staff to all students in assembly or by teachers in the various classrooms or by prominently displaying written notice throughout the school stating the reason that the flag has been lowered.   In all public schools there shall be given a course of study concerning the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Mississippi. The course of study shall include the history of each flag and what they represent and the proper respect therefor. There also shall be taught in the public schools the duties and obligations of citizenship, patriotism, Americanism and respect for and obedience to law.
MS Code § 37-13-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-6. Display of United States flag near public school buildings and in classrooms; student instruction in proper flag etiquette; daily recitation of pledge of allegiance at beginning of school day

  The flag of the United States shall be displayed in close proximity to the school building, on a proper staff, at all times during the hours of daylight when the school is in session when the weather will permit without damage to the flag. In addition, the flag of the United States shall be displayed in each classroom and in each principal room of the school building at all times while school is in session. It shall be the duty of the school boards of each school district to provide for the flags, proper flag staffs and their proper display. Each school district shall provide student instruction in the proper etiquette toward, correct display of, and respect for the flag, and in patriotic exercises. The instruction shall be a part of the district's fifth grade social studies curriculum or history curriculum, with the assistance of the State Department of Education.   From and after July 1, 2002, the school boards of all public schools of this state shall require the teachers under their control to have all pupils repeat the oath of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America at the beginning of the first hour of class each day school is in session, such oath of allegiance being as follows:  "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."   Any student or teacher who objects to reciting the oath of allegiance shall be excused from participating without penalty.
MS Code § 37-13-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-7. Pledges of allegiance to United States and Mississippi flags

  The boards of trustees of the public schools of this state shall require the teachers under their control to have all pupils repeat the oath of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America at least once during each school month, such oath of allegiance being as follows:  "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."    The official pledge of the State of Mississippi shall read as follows:  "I salute the flag of Mississippi and the sovereign state for which it stands with pride in her history and achievements and with confidence in her future under the guidance of Almighty God."   The pledge of allegiance to the Mississippi flag shall be taught in the public schools of this state, along with the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag.
MS Code § 37-13-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 13 - Curriculum; School Year and Attendance|In General|§ 37-13-8. Period of quiet reflection at opening of school day

  In each public school classroom, the local school governing board may authorize a brief period of quiet reflection for not more than sixty (60) seconds at the opening of school upon every school day.   The moment of quiet reflection authorized by subsection (1) of this section is not intended to be and shall not be conducted as a religious service or exercise but is considered an opportunity for a moment of silent reflection.