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MS Code § 37-3-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-67. Alliance for Families program; components

 Components of the Alliance for Families program shall include, but shall not be limited to:   A signed parent pledge to assist with identification of ways to improve their child's performance;   Folder/notebook that is sent home periodically, but not less than once per month, for parent's signature;   Emphasis on "back to school night" or other family-oriented programs is key parent education events and as a beginning of establishing a partnership with the home;   Reading focus programs which require home reading programs;   Teacher, principal and parent training on how to participate most effectively in the program;   Newsletters to parents on school programs, classroom curriculum, and how parents can reinforce what their child is learning;   Home survey to assess parents' perceptions about communication, school programs and learning strategies for the home;   Parent/teacher conferences which involve training parents and teachers in effective conferencing strategies and cooperative methods to achieve student success.
MS Code § 37-3-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-69. Alliance for Families program; measurement of success

 The success of the Alliance for Families program shall be measured in terms of progress on test scores, increase in participation of school events, increase in numbers of persons/school districts participating in the program, and other appropriate measures.
MS Code § 37-3-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-71. Alliance for Families program; participation by students and school districts; evaluation and report by State Board of Education

 All students in all school districts are eligible to participate in the Alliance for Families program. The number of school districts that may participate shall be determined by the amount of funding. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the Alliance for Families program in participating school districts and shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on or before August 1, 1993, identifying exemplary programs and making recommendations regarding methods and criteria for funding such programs.
MS Code § 37-3-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-73. Rewarding of parents for involvement in school improvement; parent of year awards

 The State Board of Education shall establish an awards program to reward parents for becoming involved in school improvement efforts. A process shall be established which shall include, but not be limited to, the designation of a parent of the year in every school district in the state and the designation of one (1) "Parent of the Year" statewide.
MS Code § 37-3-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-75. Awards for exemplary performing public schools and school programs

 The State Board of Education shall establish and design a program of awards for exemplary performing public schools. The purpose of the awards program shall be to stimulate innovation and improvement in student achievement through the provision of awards to schools.   The board shall establish criteria and guidelines for making awards to exemplary performing public schools.   The board, in conjunction with the Governor, shall reward schools for exemplary performance and bring best practices to the attention of other schools. The awards shall include public recognition by the board and the Governor and the awarding of plaques, certificates, etc. for schools that perform well. The board shall have flexibility to recognize not only entire schools but also to recognize exemplary programs within a school.
MS Code § 37-3-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-77. State funding of programs provided for in §§ 37-3-55 through 37-3-71; expenditure of local funds for specified programs; implementation of specified programs deemed discretionary

  It is the intention of the Legislature that local school districts shall bear no cost of implementing any of the provisions of this act contained in Sections 37-3-55 through 37-3-71 [See Editor's Note below]. Any monetary mandates resulting from the passage of these sections shall be contingent solely upon full funding by the State of Mississippi.   In the event the school board of any school district shall choose, in its discretion, to expend local funds for the implementation of Sections 37-3-55 through 37-3-71, it is the intent of the Legislature that these expenditures shall not be considered funds expended for the purpose of implementing a "new program" mandated by the Legislature and any such funds shall not be generated from any taxes levied as an exemption from the tax increase limitation provisions prescribed in Sections 27-39-321 and 37-57-107.   No state officer or state agency, authorized to issue official opinions interpreting the laws of this state, shall issue any opinions stating that the educational programs prescribed under the provisions of Sections 37-3-55 through 37-3-71, are mandatory. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting such measures that these educational programs shall be discretionary as decided by local school boards.
MS Code § 37-3-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-79. Curriculum Coordinator of Music and Art Education

 The State Department of Education shall employ a Curriculum Coordinator of Music and Art Education who holds certification as a music and/or art teacher. The supervisor's responsibilities shall include the oversight of the elementary music/art programs as well as secondary programs.
MS Code § 37-3-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-81. School Safety Center

 The Department of Education, using only existing staff and resources, shall establish and maintain a School Safety Center, which shall operate a statewide information clearinghouse that: (a) provides assistance to school districts and communities during school crises; and (b) provides technical assistance, training and current resources to public school officials and parents who need assistance in researching, developing and implementing school safety plans and in maintaining a safe school environment. However, no monies from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant may be used for the School Safety Center.
MS Code § 37-3-82.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-82.1. Schools unable to meet financial requirements for participation in MCOPS program authorized to develop alternative plans for student security

 In the event that a public school district is unable to participate in the MCOPS program due to the district's inability to meet the necessary financial requirements of the local fund match, the local school board of that school district may develop a plan for the security of its students, faculty and administration, which must be approved by the State Board of Education and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety prior to its implementation. The local school board may still apply for grants under the MCOPS program for training of security personnel employed by the school district.
MS Code § 37-3-84 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-84. Confiscation of illegal firearms; reward

  Each school district in the state may pay a reward not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to any person who provides information that leads to the confiscation by the school district or a law enforcement agency of any illegal firearm on public school property.   Each school district shall establish a policy necessary to protect the confidentiality of any person who provides such information leading to the confiscation of an illegal firearm under this section.
MS Code § 37-3-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-87. Mississippi Better Sight for Better Learning Program; face-to-face comprehensive eye examination for children entering first grade if screening indicates need; student vision screening program

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Better Sight for Better Learning Program."   The State Board of Education shall recommend a child entering first grade, whose eye screening indicates a need to have a face-to-face comprehensive eye examination, to be completed by an optometrist or ophthalmologist by January 1 of the child's first grade year. A principal, director or other person in charge of a public school shall collect from the child's parent or legal guardian, evidence of the child's face-to-face comprehensive eye examination, as provided by regulation of the State Board of Education, or a signed request by the parent or legal guardian of each student opting out of the face-to-face comprehensive eye examination. A face-to-face comprehensive eye examination that was performed before a child's initial enrollment in a public school shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement of this section. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations under the authority provided in this section to implement the provisions of this section.   The State Department of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a student vision screening program to make eye screening services available to students in Grades K-12 in the public schools in order to detect vision problems which can lead to academic problems. Such eye screening service shall be based on a process that is screening in nature, and not diagnostic, which is intended to identify with a reasonably high probability, students with a wide range of eye problems who should seek the services of an eye care professional for examination, diagnosis and corrective recommendation. Such eye screening service shall provide each student screened with a report of the student's screening results to be taken home. Each school shall be provided with a list of the students screened, and their results. Statistical summaries of the screening results shall be provided to each school, and composite statistics by school system, county or district shall be provided to the State Department of Education. The State Department of Education may contract with any legal entity to administer the student vision screening program on the school district level, and such contract shall be let on a competitive basis. State funding for the program shall only be available subject to appropriation by the Legislature.   The school board of any local school district shall cooperate with the State Department of Education and any entity under contract with the department to implement the student face-to-face comprehensive eye examination or vision screening programs established under this section.
MS Code § 37-3-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-89. School discipline and classroom management courses; requirement; approval

 The State Board of Education, acting through the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development, shall require each educator preparation program in the state, as a condition for approval, to include a course or courses on school discipline or classroom management as a required part of the teacher education program. All school discipline or classroom management courses offered by a teacher education program shall be approved by the Educator License Commission.
MS Code § 37-3-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-91. Regional behavioral institutes; discipline and classroom management strategies; participation; standardized Memorandum of Understanding between mental health facilities and school districts to include referral protocols and standardized behavioral health screening

  Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose, the State Department of Education may establish regional behavioral institutes for the purpose of providing state-of-the-art training to teachers and administrators in discipline and classroom management strategies and behavioral health screenings for students.   Any school district may volunteer to participate in a regional behavioral institute. However, the State Department of Education may require a school district to participate in a regional behavioral institute if the department determines that such participation is in the best interest of the school district based upon:   Complaints received and determined by the department to be valid which relate to disciplinary problems in the school district;   Any visit to the school by representatives of the department which indicates disciplinary problems in the school district; or   A review of reports submitted by a school district to the department which indicates disciplinary problems in the school district.     Effective with the 2019-2020 school year, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health shall develop a standardized Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to be utilized by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health certified mental health providers and mental health facilities in providing mental health services to local school districts. The MOU shall include standardized behavioral health screening and referral protocols, procedures and forms to be utilized by the local school districts. Any standardized behavioral health screening and referral protocols shall only be performed on students with the approval of the student's parent or legal guardian. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health shall provide online training for appropriate school personnel to conduct initial behavioral health screenings of students experiencing or exhibiting behavioral stress or at risk of harming themselves or others.
MS Code § 37-3-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-95. Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) statewide coordinator; powers and duties

  Subject to the availability of funding for such purpose, the State Superintendent of Public Education shall employ within the State Department of Education or, in the alternative, contract with the Mississippi Military Department for a statewide coordinator for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs in the public schools. If employed by the State Department of Education, the JROTC statewide coordinator must be an active or retired member of the military and must meet any additional qualifications that may be established for the position by the State Superintendent of Public Education or State Personnel Board. However, if for any reason within the two-year period beginning July 1, 2014, a new JROTC statewide coordinator is employed by the department, the employment of such individual shall not be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, except as otherwise provided in Section 25-9-127(4).   The following are the powers and duties of the JROTC statewide coordinator:   To coordinate training of new JROTC instructors and continuing education programs for certified instructors;   To facilitate communication between JROTC programs in the various public schools;   To assist in organizing competitions among JROTC units from different high schools;   To assist in the development of the JROTC curriculum;   To compile information on scholarships available to JROTC participants and to solicit support for such scholarships;   To assist in establishing support groups for parents of students participating in a JROTC program;   To solicit and accept financial support for JROTC programs from private sector donors;   To promote the involvement of JROTC units within their local communities;   To facilitate interaction between JROTC units and the Mississippi National Guard and Mississippi Air National Guard;   To promote, in general, the JROTC program in high schools throughout the state;   To assist local schools with the application process for establishing new JROTC programs in high schools; and   To perform such other duties relating to the JROTC program established by the State Superintendent of Public Education or State Board of Education.
MS Code § 37-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-101. Local school districts to adopt policy on student suicide prevention and provide in-service training on suicide prevention education for all school district employees

  Each local school district shall adopt a policy on student suicide prevention. The policies shall be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professions, and suicide prevention experts, and shall, at a minimum, address procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. To assist districts in developing policies for student suicide prevention, the State Department of Education shall establish a model policy in consultation with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health for use by local school districts in accordance with this section.   In the 2017-2018 school year, the State Department of Education shall require that local school districts conduct in-service training on suicide prevention education for all school district employees. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health will be responsible for development of the content of the training. This education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials.
MS Code § 37-3-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-103. In-service training on suicide prevention education for newly employed school district employees

 Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year and annually thereafter, the State Department of Education shall require that local school districts conduct in-service training on suicide prevention education for all newly employed school district employees. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health will be responsible for development of the content of the training. This education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials.
MS Code § 37-3-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-105. In-service training for all licensed grades K through 3 public school district teachers to include intensive, comprehensive, research-based reading methods

 Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the State Department of Education shall require that in-service training shall include an emphasis on intensive, comprehensive and researched-based reading methods for all licensed teachers teaching Grades K through 3 in a public school district. The education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable intensive, comprehensive and researched-based reading materials.
MS Code § 37-3-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 3 - State Department of Education|§ 37-3-107. Curriculum guidelines for implementation of school bus safety curriculum for grades K through 3

 The State Department of Education shall develop and issue curriculum guidelines to school districts relating to the implementation of a school bus safety curriculum for implementation in Kindergarten through Grade 3.
MS Code § 37-4-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-1. Legislative findings and declaration of policy

 The Legislature finds and determines that the social, cultural and economic well-being of the people of Mississippi, and hence the state, are enhanced by various educational experiences beyond the elementary and secondary school years. The Legislature hereby provides a means for the continuation of a system of community and junior colleges and declares the following to be the policy of the State of Mississippi:   The general purpose of the community and junior colleges is to provide educational services for the people of its geographic area within the legal structure of the comprehensive community college. These services include the teaching and guiding of students who intend to transfer to senior colleges to pursue an academic degree and the teaching and guiding of career-oriented students in academic, technical and vocational programs. These services also include providing opportunities for continuing education in academic, technical, vocational and adult education, and providing leadership in civic, economic and cultural growth.   Different geographic regions of the state have differing needs for human development.   Local governance of the public community and junior colleges is an effective and efficient means of meeting the diverse local needs, as well as those needs and priorities established by the state.   All post-high school youth and adults who have the motivation and ability to benefit from additional educational services and experiences should be provided such an opportunity.   Community and junior colleges should provide quality instructional activities that are accessible geographically and financially to the people of the state, within the resources available for this purpose.   Instructional activities should be related to the needs of the individual, region and state, and should be available throughout one's life regardless of prior educational experiences or attainment.   An appropriate relationship between local district and state financial support of community and junior colleges shall be established.   Coordination between public schools, community and junior colleges and universities shall complement the educational goals and attainments of individuals and the state.   The Associate Degree should be a definitive and accepted higher educational degree, recognized for transfer to four-year institutions and for employment and promotion in business and industry.   The community and junior colleges shall be the presumptive deliverers of public post-secondary training designed to meet the needs of individuals, business and state development objectives. This includes, but is not limited to, post-secondary training conducted under federal and state vocational and technical acts.   Community and junior colleges shall be considered agencies of local government rather than agencies of the state.
MS Code § 37-4-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 4 - Mississippi Community College Board|§ 37-4-4. Persons required to attend meetings of board; compensation

 The Commissioner of Higher Education, or his designee, and one (1) member of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning to be designated by the chairman of said board, shall attend all regular meetings of the Mississippi Community College Board. Said university representatives shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within the jurisdiction of the board. The Commissioner of Higher Education and any designee who is a state employee shall receive no per diem for attending meetings of the board, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expense reimbursement and mileage for attending meetings at locations other than Jackson, Mississippi. The designee of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall receive per diem compensation as authorized by Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, for attending said meetings, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for all actual and necessary expense reimbursement and mileage, which shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Mississippi Community College Board.