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MS Code § 37-7-339 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 7 - Boards of Trustees; General Powers and Duties|§ 37-7-339. Extended day and school year programs; funding; authority to adopt orders, policies, rules and regulations; goal

  The school board of any local school district, in its discretion, may provide extended day and extended school year programs for kindergarten or compulsory-school-age students, or both, and may expend any funds for these purposes which are available from sources other than the adequate education program. It is not the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to interfere with the Headstart program. School boards, in their discretion, may charge participants a reasonable fee for such programs.   The school board of any school district may adopt any orders, policies, rules or regulations with respect to instruction within that school district for which no specific provision has been made by general law and which are not inconsistent with the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any order, policy, rule or regulation of the State Board of Education; those school boards also may alter, modify and repeal any orders, policies, rules or regulations enacted under this subsection. Any such program pertaining to reading must further the goal that Mississippi students will demonstrate a growing proficiency in reading and will reach or exceed the national average within the next decade.
MS Code § 37-7-341 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 7 - Boards of Trustees; General Powers and Duties|§ 37-7-341. Expenditure of funds for student field trips to nonprofit museums

 The school board of a local school district may expend funds from any available sources for the purpose of defraying the cost of student field trips to public or private nonprofit museums, including the cost of admission to such museums.
MS Code § 37-7-342 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 7 - Boards of Trustees; General Powers and Duties|§ 37-7-342. Use of service or assistance dogs trained to alert to symptoms of illness or disability authorized in all district facilities

  The Legislature recognizes the necessity of school districts to provide reasonable accommodations to students and licensed employees of a school district who are diagnosed with debilitating illnesses or disabilities, including, but not limited to, diabetes and epilepsy.   The school board of any school district shall authorize the use, in all district facilities and property, of service or assistance dogs which have been specifically trained to alert people of symptoms or conditions resulting from a debilitating illness or disability that threaten their health.   In providing accommodations for students, the parent of a child with such illness or disability, the teacher or teachers of the student and the appropriate school administrator shall meet and develop a written 504 Plan consistent with the provisions of Chapter 23, Title 37, Mississippi Code of 1972, that would permit the use of service dogs in the school facility. Also, in providing accommodations for students, the teacher or teachers of the student and the appropriate school administrator shall develop a plan designed to educate other students of the appropriate behavior in the presence of such dogs, as well as the proper handling of such dogs in the presence of those students who may have an allergic reaction to the dog and the reasonable care to be taken in efforts to prevent contact by students who are allergic with such dogs.
MS Code § 37-7-343 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 7 - Boards of Trustees; General Powers and Duties|§ 37-7-343. Authority to enter into contracts for training and professional development of district employees

 The school board of a local school district may enter into contracts or agreements with persons or entities, public or private, to provide training or professional development activities, or both, for employees of the district.
MS Code § 37-7-346 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 7 - Boards of Trustees; General Powers and Duties|§ 37-7-346. Regional educational service agencies and State Department of Education to jointly develop a plan for increasing duties and responsibilities of the agencies

 The State Department of Education and the Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) shall prepare jointly a report, to be submitted before December 15, 2006, for consideration of the Legislature and Governor, detailing the plans that shall be enacted by State Board of Education policy of how RESAs will work in partnership with the State Department of Education to increase their function as a local provider of educational services and purchasing consortia as provided in Section 37-7-345(6). These services must be prescribed by policies and standards of the State Department of Education and must include, but not necessarily be limited to, professional development, instructional materials, educational technology, curriculum development, alternative educational programs, purchasing cooperatives, insurance cooperatives, business manager services, auditing and accounting services, school safety/risk prevention, data processing and student records, communications/public information, employee background checks, grants management, printing/publications and internships.
MS Code § 37-7-351 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 8 - Emergency School Leasing Authority|§ 37-7-351. Short title

 Sections 37-7-351 through 37-7-359 shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency School Leasing Authority Act of 1986."
MS Code § 37-7-353 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 8 - Emergency School Leasing Authority|§ 37-7-353. Legislative findings and declarations

 The Legislature finds and declares that there exists an urgent shortage of adequate public school facilities, equipment and capital with which to provide such facilities and equipment for the attainment of a satisfactory level of public education in the schools of this state, and that this situation has become a critical priority of many school districts in order to provide adequate space for kindergarten programs as mandated by the Education Reform Act of 1982. It is the purpose of Sections 37-7-351 through 37-7-359 to provide the boards of trustees of the school districts of this state with additional options with which to provide for facilities, equipment and other property necessary, in the judgment of the boards of trustees of such school districts, to properly carry out the local education needs of the local school districts.
MS Code § 37-7-357 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 8 - Emergency School Leasing Authority|§ 37-7-357. Relationship of provisions with other laws

 Sections 37-7-351 through 37-7-359 are intended to be and shall be construed as being supplemental to all existing laws covering the acquisition, use and maintenance of school buildings by school districts. It is further provided that, as to school buildings constructed or leased pursuant to the provisions of Sections 37-7-351 through 37-7-359, it shall not be necessary to comply with the provisions of other laws concerning acquisition, use and maintenance of school buildings by school districts except as herein specifically required.
MS Code § 37-7-359 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 8 - Emergency School Leasing Authority|§ 37-7-359. Appropriations for lease rentals; tax levies

 Any school district which shall execute a lease rental contract under the provisions of Section 37-7-301(v) after June 30, 1987 or in connection with a sale-leaseback or lease-leaseback arrangement authorized under the provisions of Section 37-7-355 shall annually appropriate sufficient monies to pay the lease rentals stipulated to be paid by such school district in the lease contract and/or lease purchase agreement, which lease contract and/or lease-purchase agreement shall constitute a general obligation of the school district. Any lease contracts entered into under the authority granted by Section 37-7-301(v) or 37-7-351 through 37-7-359 shall not be considered bonded indebtedness for purposes of the limitations of indebtedness contained in Sections 37-59-5 and 37-59-7 and shall not be subject to such limitations. Any millage being initially levied on or before July 1, 1991, to fund leases under this section shall remain in force until such time as the lease term has expired and the school district has fulfilled all of its obligations thereafter.
MS Code § 37-7-701 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-701. Applicability of article; construction of article

 The provisions of this article shall be applicable only to those municipal separate school districts which have been or shall be organized, reorganized or reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, with added territory where the added territory, exclusive of any added territory which was a part of such municipal separate school district before such organization, reorganization or reconstitution, shall contain twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total number of educable children of such district. Such school districts, for the purposes of this article, shall be known as special municipal separate school districts. This article shall be supplementary and in addition to all existing school laws of this state and, except as herein expressly provided, all applicable statutes relative to the establishment, government, management, and operation of municipal separate school districts shall be fully applicable to such special municipal separate school districts.
MS Code § 37-7-703 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-703. Selection of trustees of county-wide district where majority of inhabitants reside within city limits

 In all such special municipal separate school districts which embrace the entire county in which, according to the latest available federal census, a majority of the inhabitants of the county reside within the corporate limits of the municipality, the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district shall be chosen and selected in the manner provided by subsection (1) of Section 37-7-203, and all of the provisions thereof shall be fully applicable in all respects to the selection and constitution of such board of trustees.
MS Code § 37-7-705 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-705. Selection of trustees of county-wide district where majority of inhabitants reside outside city limits

 In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the board of trustees of such district shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 37-7-707 through 37-7-711, unless the governing authorities of the municipality and of the county shall have provided for one of the alternative methods of organization as provided by Sections 37-7-715 and 37-7-717.
MS Code § 37-7-707 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-707. Composition of board of trustees; qualifications, election and terms of office of trustees

 In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the board of trustees of such district shall be composed of five members, one of whom shall be a resident qualified elector of each supervisors district of the county. Said trustees shall be elected from the county at large by the qualified electors of the county at the first regular general election following the approval by the state educational finance commission of the organization of such district. Such trustees shall take office on the first Monday of January following their election.   At such election the members of the said board from supervisors districts one and five shall be elected for a term of six years, the members from districts three and four shall be elected for a term of four years, and the members from district two shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter members shall be elected at regular general elections as vacancies occur for terms of six years each and shall take office on the first Monday of January after their election.
MS Code § 37-7-709 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-709. Filling of vacancies

 In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, all vacancies which may occur during the term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees, such appointee to have the same qualifications as other members of the board and to reside in the same supervisors district as the former member whose death, removal or resignation caused the vacancy. Such appointment shall be made within thirty days after the vacancy occurs. The person so appointed shall serve only until the first Monday of January following the next regular general election after such appointment and, at the regular general election next preceding such first Monday in January, a person shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term at the same time and in the same manner as a trustee is elected for the full term next expiring, and such person shall take office on said first Monday of January.
MS Code § 37-7-711 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-711. Filing of petition of nomination by candidate for board of trustees; determination of election results; runoff election

 In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the name of any qualified elector who is a candidate for the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district, whether such person be a candidate for an unexpired term or for a full term, shall be placed on the ballot used in the elections, provided that the candidate files with the county election commissioners, not more than ninety (90) days and not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such general election, a petition of nomination signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified electors of the county. Where there are less than one hundred (100) qualified electors in said area represented by the trustee, it shall only be required that said petition of nomination be signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors in said area.However, in any such special municipal separate school district which embraces the entire county and which borders the Mississippi River and in which Interstate Highway 20 and United States Highway 61 intersect and having a population in excess of forty-seven thousand (47,000) according to the 1990 federal decennial census, the candidate shall be required to file a petition of nomination with the county election commissioners not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such general election, in addition to the other requirements prescribed herein.   The candidate in each election who receives the majority of votes cast in the election shall be declared to have been elected. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast at the election, a runoff shall be held between the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first election. The runoff election, in the event that such is necessary, shall be held three (3) weeks after the first election.
MS Code § 37-7-713 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-713. Selection of trustees in districts embracing less than entire area of county

 In all special municipal separate school districts where the district embraces less than the entire area of the county and where the majority of the educable children of such district reside outside the limits of the municipality, unless the governing authorities of the municipality and the county provide for one of the alternative methods of organization as set out in Sections 37-7-715 and 37-7-717, the said special municipal separate school district shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of five members, to be elected by the qualified electors of such municipal separate school district from the district at large in the manner provided by Sections 37-7-209 through 37-7-219, and all duties imposed upon the county superintendent of education by said sections with reference to such elections shall be imposed upon and performed by the superintendent of the municipal separate school district. However, the first board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district shall be appointed in the following manner. The governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint three trustees, and such appointments shall be made so that one trustee shall be appointed to serve until the first Saturday of March following such appointment, one for two years longer, and one for four years longer. The board of education of the county shall appoint two trustees, such appointments to be made so that one trustee shall be appointed to serve until the first Saturday of March of the second year following such appointment, and one trustee for two years longer. After such original appointments the trustees of such a special municipal separate school district shall be elected for a term of five years, as herein provided. All such members of said board of trustees shall be residents and qualified electors of such school district. All vacancies which may occur during a term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees, such appointee to have the same qualifications as other members of the board. Such appointment shall be made within thirty days after the vacancy occurs. The person so appointed shall serve only until his successor shall have qualified. The successor to serve the remainder of the unexpired term shall be elected on the first Saturday of March next following the occurrence of such vacancy in the same manner as provided for by Sections 37-7-209 through 37-7-219.
MS Code § 37-7-715 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-715. Selection of trustees by agreement of governing authorities of county and municipality generally

 Upon the organization, reorganization or reconstitution of any special municipal separate school district, the board of supervisors of the county wherein such special municipal separate school district is located and the governing authorities of the municipality may, by an order spread upon their minutes within sixty days after such organization, reorganization or reconstitution shall have become final, expressing an agreement between both such governing authorities, choose to constitute the board of such special municipal separate school district under one of the optional methods of organization set out in Section 37-7-717. In the event that both the governing authorities hereinabove referred to shall enter such an order within said period, then the said board of trustees shall be thereafter constituted and selected according to the terms of such agreement, provided such agreement is in conformity with the terms of Section 37-7-717. It is further expressly provided that irregularities of a procedural nature in the adoption of such orders shall not affect the validity of the same or the validity of any acts of the board of trustees which may be constituted by virtue thereof.
MS Code § 37-7-717 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 13 - Special Municipal Separate School Districts|§ 37-7-717. Optional methods of selecting trustees pursuant to agreement

 Upon complying with the terms and provisions of Section 37-7-715, hereof, the board of supervisors of any county wherein there is a special municipal separate school district and the governing authorities of the municipality may provide that the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district shall be organized and constituted in one of the following manners:   The said board may consist of five members, all of whom shall be bona fide residents of and qualified electors of such school districts and who shall be appointed by either the board of supervisors, the governing authorities of the municipality, or by both of said bodies in such proportion as the governing bodies may agree upon. The first such board shall be appointed so that one trustee shall be appointed to serve for one year, one for one year longer, one for two years longer, one for three years longer, and one for four years longer. Upon the expiration of each such original term, each appointment shall be for five years and shall be made by the authority making the original appointment. In case of the occurrence of a vacancy, the authority which made the appointment of the trustee responsible for such vacancy shall appoint a successor to serve the remainder of the term of such trustee.   In case of a special municipal separate school district which embraces the entire county, the board of trustees may be constituted and selected in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 37-7-707 through 37-7-711, with the exception that one member of such board shall be elected by each supervisors district and shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district from which he is elected.   In case of a special municipal separate school district embracing the entire county, the board of trustees may be constituted and selected in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 37-7-713.