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MS Code § 37-7-435 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Exchange of School Property|§ 37-7-435. Conveyance of exchanged lands to school board members

 The lands shall be conveyed by warranty deed to the school board members or their successors in office of the school district. Said lands shall be conveyed by fee simple absolute.
MS Code § 37-7-437 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Exchange of School Property|§ 37-7-437. Relationship of provisions with other laws

 It is the intent of the legislature that Sections 37-7-431 through 37-7-435 shall authorize a new and different method of disposing of school lands in exchange for lands of equal value and shall not be construed to be in conflict with Sections 37-7-451 through 37-7-457, Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-483, or Sections 37-7-501 through 37-7-511, which deal with sales of school property no longer needed for school purposes.
MS Code § 37-7-451 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes|§ 37-7-451. Authorization of sale of property not used for school purposes

 When any school district shall own any land, buildings or other property that is not used for school or related school purposes and not needed in the operation of the schools of the district, the school board of such school district may sell and convey such land, buildings or other property in the manner provided in Sections 37-7-453 through 37-7-457.
MS Code § 37-7-457 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes|§ 37-7-457. All sales to be for cash; disposition of proceeds of sale

 All conveyances of property under the authority of Section 37-7-455 shall be for a cash consideration. The proceeds of such sale shall be placed in the maintenance fund of the school district. However, if any sale embraces realty, and the school district selling same owes outstanding bonds or notes, then in that event the proceeds of such sale shall be placed to the credit of the bond and interest sinking fund of such school district, or used to construct, renovate or purchase, under provisions elsewhere provided by law, similar type property or property of comparable value at attendance centers to be used for the same or other reasonably necessary purposes.
MS Code § 37-7-459 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes|§ 37-7-459. Sale of computers, peripheral equipment and adaptive devices to certain students; qualifications of students; disposition of proceeds

  Upon a resolution duly adopted by a majority of its members, the board of trustees of local public school districts may adopt a policy authorizing the sale of computers, peripheral equipment and adaptive devices to students to whom such devices and equipment have been issued during the course of an academic school year. However, the sale of computers by a public school district shall be limited to those students enrolled in Grade 12, who are in possession of a district-issued computer device or equipment, and who have satisfied all the requirements for graduation, as established by the school district. Students meeting the criteria established in this paragraph who verify to the school of enrollment before graduation an official document of acceptance to any Mississippi two-year or four-year college or university, whether public or private, shall be required to pay One Dollar ($1.00) for the cost of the district-issued computer device or peripheral equipment or adaptive device. Students meeting the requirements of this section who cannot sufficiently verify acceptance to a Mississippi two-year or four-year college or university shall be required to pay Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for the cost of the district-issued computer device or peripheral equipment. Verification of college acceptance must be submitted before the deadline for finalizing graduation eligibility established by each school district adopting a policy authorizing the sale of such devices to students.   All sales shall be final and without warranty of merchantability, given the prior and extended use of the computer, equipment or adaptive device by the purchasing student. All proceeds received from the sale of property authorized under paragraph (1) of this section shall be deposited into the school maintenance fund as provided under Section 37-7-457.   For purposes of this section the term "school board" also means the governing board of a charter school authorized by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. As used in this section, the term "school of enrollment" also means a charter school.
MS Code § 37-7-471 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-471. Authorization of sale, lease, etc., of property not used for school purposes; terms, conditions and consideration of sale

 Whenever the school board of any school district shall find and determine, by resolution duly and lawfully adopted and spread upon its minutes:   That any school building, land, property or other school facility is no longer needed for school or related purposes and is not to be used in the operation of the schools of the district, or that such school building, land, property or other school facility may yield a higher long-term economic value to the district, in the discretion of the local school board;   That the sale of the property in the manner otherwise provided by law is not necessary or desirable for the financial welfare of the school district; and   That the use of the school building, land, property or other school facility for the purpose for which it is to be sold, conveyed or leased will promote and foster the development and improvement of the community in which it is located and the civic, social, educational, cultural, moral, economic or industrial welfare thereof, the school board of such school district shall be authorized and empowered, in its discretion, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 37-7-477, to sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of same for any of the purposes set forth herein. Such sale, conveyance, lease or other disposition, including retention of partial interest, or undivided interest or other ownership interest, shall be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, nominal or otherwise, as the school board may, in its discretion, deem proper in consideration of the benefits which will inure to the school district or the community in which the school building, property or other facility is located by the use thereof for the purpose for which it is to be sold, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of. The authority conferred by Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-483 may be exercised by a school board in the sale, conveyance or lease of relocatable classrooms to the school board of another school district. Said sections without reference to another statute shall be deemed full and complete power for the exercise of the authority conferred hereby.
MS Code § 37-7-473 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-473. Persons to whom property may be disposed; authorized uses

 School buildings, land, property and related facilities may be sold, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of under Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-483, to any charter school, to any group of persons, to any association, club or corporation, or to any county, municipality or other political subdivision, to be used as a charter school facility, to be used as a civic, community, recreational or youth center, or to be used by any county or district fair association in connection with its activities, or to be used for church purposes, or to be used as a library or other public building, or to be used as a factory or otherwise in connection with an industrial enterprise, or to be used as part of a development activity to stimulate economic development activities within the district, or to enhance property values within the district, or to be used for any similar or related purpose or activity.
MS Code § 37-7-475 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-475. Execution of conveyance or lease by president and secretary of board

 Upon being authorized by a resolution of the school board as is provided by Section 37-7-471, the president and secretary shall be authorized and empowered to execute, for and on behalf of the school district, a conveyance or lease of the property for the purposes, upon the terms and conditions, and for the consideration provided and specified by the school board, including retention of a partial interest, or undivided interest or other ownership interest in the property, in the discretion of the school board. It shall not be necessary or requisite that competitive bids be advertised for or received in connection with such sale, conveyance, leasing or other disposition of property.
MS Code § 37-7-477 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-477. Reverter provisions in instrument disposing of property where board retains no interest; section not applicable to acquisition by United States of school or other real property possessed by state

  Unless a school board retains a partial interest, or undivided interest or other ownership interest in the school property being conveyed, any instrument conveying or leasing any school property under the provisions of Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-483, shall provide that the title to such property shall automatically revert to the school district, if such property shall cease to be used for the purpose for which it is conveyed or leased. Said instrument shall also contain the condition that the grantee or lessee shall keep and maintain said property in a good state of repair and shall keep said property insured in a reasonable amount against loss by fire, windstorm and other hazards. Upon breach of any of said conditions, the school board shall have the right of reentry upon said property as for condition broken and shall have the power and authority to bring and maintain such actions as shall be necessary and appropriate for such purpose in its own name. However, the provisions of this section shall not be mandatory in the event that the school board retains a partial interest, or undivided interest or other ownership interest in the school property being conveyed.   The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not be applicable to any transaction of acquisition by the United States, by purchase, condemnation, conveyance or otherwise of any school property or any other real property possessed by the state as authorized by Section 3-5-1.
MS Code § 37-7-479 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-479. Conditions under which disposed of property may later be sold; disposition of proceeds of sale

 Any group of persons, any association, club or corporation, or any county, municipality or other political subdivision having acquired school buildings, land, property or related facilities under the provisions of Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-483, may, by resolution duly adopted at a regular or special meeting called and convened for such purpose, determine that such school buildings, land, property or related facilities, or any portion thereof, are no longer needed or used for the purpose for which such was acquired, and may by such resolution provide for the sale of such school buildings, land, property or related facilities, or any portion thereof. Said resolution shall be forwarded to the school board of the school district involved, and if the said board shall adopt a resolution determining that such school buildings, land, property or related facilities, or such portion thereof as is sought to be sold, is no longer needed or used by the school district involved, then such school buildings, land, property or related facilities, or any portion thereof, may be sold in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 37-7-455.   The school board of such district shall by order entered on its minutes, provide for the distribution of the proceeds received from the sale of such property in such proportions as the said school board may, in its discretion, determine reasonable as the interests may appear between the district and the group of persons, association, club, corporation, county, municipality or other political subdivision having an interest in such property at the time of such sale.   However, the provisions of this section shall not be mandatory if the school board retains a partial interest, or undivided interest or other ownership interest in the school property being conveyed.
MS Code § 37-7-481 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-481. School boards empowered to exercise authority conferred

 The authority conferred by Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-483 may be exercised by the existing school board of any school district in which any such school building, land, property or other school facility is located or situated. Such school board may contract with any other school board, or any other governmental entity, to assign and transfer its rights and duties under this chapter, under such terms and conditions as the school board may determine, in its discretion, to further the public interest. The sections, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full, complete and exclusive power for the exercise of the authority conferred hereby.
MS Code § 37-7-483 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property Not Needed for School Purposes; Additional Method|§ 37-7-483. Declaration of legislative intent; relationship of provisions with other laws

 The Legislature hereby declares that it is its intention and purpose to authorize and permit each and every type of disposition of property permitted in Sections 37-7-471 through 37-7-481 and by each and every type of transfer mentioned, and by every combination possible thereunder.   Said sections shall be construed to be supplemental to Sections 37-7-451 through 37-7-457 and Sections 37-7-501 through 37-7-511, and to all other statutes dealing with the subject matter thereof, and shall be deemed to provide a supplemental, additional and alternate method for the disposition of school buildings, land, property and other school facilities which are no longer to be used for school purposes and are not needed in the operation of the schools of the district or for the conveyance of a partial ownership interest or for exchange, sale or conveyance of an undivided interest in school buildings, land, property or other school facilities that may yield a long-term economic value to the district, in the discretion of the local school board, based on an objective cost/benefit analysis as to whether the proposal shall maximize the interest of the taxpayers.
MS Code § 37-7-501 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property on Dissolution of School District|§ 37-7-501. Disposition of property of dissolved district having no outstanding bonds

 When any school district now existing or hereafter created under any of the laws of this state shall be dissolved, abolished or discontinued, either as a result of the reorganization and reconstitution of school district under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, or otherwise, and such school district at the time of the dissolution or discontinuance thereof shall have no outstanding bonds or other indebtedness then all funds, property and other assets which shall belong to such school district at the time of the dissolution or discontinuance thereof shall become the property, funds and assets of the school district to which the territory formerly comprising such dissolved district is annexed. If the territory of the dissolved district is annexed to or becomes a part of two (2) or more school districts, then such property, funds and other assets shall be divided and apportioned among such districts in proportion to the number of children enrolled in the schools of the dissolved district at the time of the dissolution thereof who reside in the territory annexed to each district, or in such other manner as may be agreed upon by the school boards of the districts involved. Any school property or other assets of the dissolved district which are not to be used by the school district or districts to which the territory of the dissolved district is annexed may be sold by the board of supervisors of the county in which the property or other assets are located, and, in such case, the proceeds of the sale thereof shall be disposed of in the manner otherwise provided in this section for the disposition of the funds and other assets of the dissolved district.
MS Code § 37-7-503 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property on Dissolution of School District|§ 37-7-503. Disposition of property of dissolved district having outstanding bonds

 When any school district now existing or hereafter created shall be dissolved, abolished or discontinued, either as a result of the reconstitution or reorganization of school districts under Article 1 of this chapter, or otherwise, and shall have outstanding bonds or other indebtedness, and such bonds or other indebtedness are not assumed by another school district under the provisions of Section 37-7-505, then all funds which may be on hand to the credit of the dissolved district at the time of the dissolution or abolition thereof shall be paid into the bond and interest sinking fund or into a special fund to be used for the payment of such outstanding bonds or other indebtedness. All property and other assets which shall belong to such dissolved district at the time of the dissolution or discontinuance thereof may be sold by the board of supervisors of the county in which the property or other assets are located, and the proceeds of such sale shall likewise be paid into the bond and sinking fund or other special fund for the payment of such bonds or other indebtedness. If, after paying such bonds or other indebtedness, any funds shall remain, the same shall become the property of the district to which the territory of the dissolved district is annexed, or if such territory be annexed to two (2) or more districts then such funds shall be divided among such districts in proportion to the number of children enrolled in the schools of the dissolved district at the time of the dissolution thereof who reside in the territory annexed to each district or in such other manner as may be agreed upon by the school boards of the districts involved. Said sales shall be conducted in the manner and following the procedure set up in Sections 37-7-451 through 37-7-457.
MS Code § 37-7-509 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property on Dissolution of School District|§ 37-7-509. Transfer of funds between school districts

 The superintendent of schools, upon order of the school board, shall be authorized and empowered to make such transfers of funds to and from the credit of the school districts involved as may be necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of Sections 37-7-501 through 37-7-511.
MS Code § 37-7-511 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Districts; Boards of Trustees of School Districts|Article 9 - Acquisition and Disposition of District Property|Disposition of Property on Dissolution of School District|§ 37-7-511. Authority to execute conveyances

 The school boards of the respective school districts in whom title to such property may be vested are hereby empowered and authorized to execute proper conveyances of such property in order to carry out the purposes of Sections 37-7-501 through 37-7-511.