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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-459 - General powers and duties of trustees

The President and the Board of Trustees of the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District shall have the powers to do all things necessary for the successful operation of said district and the campuses located therein.
The several colleges of the district shall be under the direction of the board of trustees and the president. The board of trustees shall, by resolution or order, provide for the government, maintenance and operation of each campus of the district.
The President and the Board of Trustees of the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District shall have the same powers as the presidents and trustees of other junior colleges in the State of Mississippi.
The delineation and enumeration of the powers and purposes set out in Sections
37-29-451
through
37-29-471
shall be deemed to be supplemental and additional and shall not be construed to restrict the powers of the governing authorities of the district or of any college or campus located therein so as to deny any of the rights, privileges and powers enjoyed by other junior colleges and junior college districts in the State of Mississippi.
The said Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District shall remain subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Mississippi Community College Board as now established or as the same may be hereafter changed by law, and shall be subject to all rules and regulations and all statutory limitations which are now in effect or may hereafter be imposed, except as the same may be in direct conflict with the provisions of Sections
37-29-451
through
37-29-471
.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 11, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature).
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 26, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-461 - Campuses

There shall be two (2) campuses in the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District: one (1) located in or near Natchez to be known as the Natchez Campus, and the other in or near Wesson to be known as the Copiah-Lincoln Campus.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 6, eff. 2/4/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-463 - Preparation of budget

The board of trustees of the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District shall each year, on or before June 15, prepare a budget which shall contain a detailed estimate of the revenues and expenses anticipated for the ensuing year for general operation and maintenance, and shall set forth the reasonable requirements for anticipated needs for capital outlays for land, buildings, initial equipment for new buildings and major repairs, a reasonable accumulation for such purposes being hereby expressly authorized.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 7, eff. 2/4/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-465 - Purchase of property; capital improvements; lease of facilities

The board of trustees of the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District shall have the authority to purchase property, make capital improvements, and lease or use private or public facilities at either the Copiah-Lincoln or Natchez Campuses, in the discretion of the board.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 8, eff. 2/4/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-467 - Transportation of pupils

The Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District is charged with the responsibility for providing preprofessional courses, liberal arts, technical, vocational and adult education courses, and shall undertake to provide the same as conveniently as is possible to the residents of the district, and to this end the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to transport such students as, in its discretion, should be transported in the best interest of the district.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 9, eff. 2/4/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-469 - Borrowing of money; taxation

The board of trustees of the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District shall have the general borrowing and bonding authority provided in Sections
37-29-101
through
37-29-127
. The said board of trustees shall have the taxation authority provided in Sections
37-29-141
through
37-29-145
.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 10, eff. 2/4/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-451 — 37-29-471) › Section 37-29-471 - Transfer of property to junior college district

All of the property belonging to the board of trustees of Copiah-Lincoln Junior College and all of the property belonging to any or all of the counties, prior to and as of the effective date hereof, cooperating in the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College or the agricultural high school-junior college located at Wesson, Mississippi or the campus in Adams County, Mississippi, and utilized or held for the present or future use and benefit of said junior college and/or agricultural high school-junior college, shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and vested in the Copiah-Lincoln Junior College District as created by Sections
37-29-451
through 37-29-471.
Laws, 1975, ch. 301, § 11, eff. 2/4/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-501 - Meridian Junior College District created

There is hereby created a junior college district comprised of the territory lying within the Meridian Municipal Separate School District and having boundaries coinciding with the external boundaries thereof. The name of the said junior college district shall be the Meridian Junior College District and the said district shall be and the same is hereby constituted a legal political governmental subdivision and a body corporate.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 1, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-503 - Transfer of property to district

All of the property owned by the Meridian Municipal Separate School District utilized by Meridian Junior College as of September 1, 1979, shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and vested in the board of trustees of the Meridian Junior College District and their successors in office.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 2, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-505 - Board of trustees; terms of office; vacancies

The control and operation of the Meridian Junior College District shall be vested in a board of trustees appointed by the city council of the City of Meridian. The board of trustees of the Meridian Junior College District shall consist of five (5) members. When the initial appointments are made, the first appointee shall serve for a term of one (1) year, the second appointee for a term of two (2) years, the third appointee for a term of three (3) years, the fourth appointee for a term of four (4) years and the fifth appointee for a term of five (5) years; thereafter all appointments shall be for a term of five (5) years. Trustees of the Meridian Junior College District shall be appointed by a majority vote of the full membership of the city council of the City of Meridian at the first meeting of the council held in the month of February of each year, and the term of office of each trustee so appointed shall commence on the first Saturday of March following, except that the existing trustees of the Meridian Municipal Separate School District as of April 30, 1980, shall constitute the initial board of trustees of the Meridian Junior College District. As the terms of these individual trustees expire, trustees for the Meridian Junior College District shall be appointed as provided herein. All vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms by appointment by majority vote of the full membership of the city council.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 3, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-507 - General powers and duties of trustees

(1)
The Board of Trustees of the Meridian Junior College District shall have the power to do all things necessary for the successful operation of the district; and, the duties of such board shall be the general government of the district and the direction of the administration thereof.
(2)
The Meridian Junior College District shall have all the powers of other junior colleges and junior college districts in the State of Mississippi; and, the delineation and enumeration of the powers and purposes set out in Sections
37-29-501
through
37-29-515
shall not be construed to restrict the powers of the governing authorities of the district so as to deny to the district any of the rights, privileges and powers enjoyed by other junior colleges and junior college districts in the State of Mississippi.
(3)
The Meridian Junior College District shall remain subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Mississippi Community College Board as now established or as the same may be hereafter changed by law and shall be subject to all rules and regulations and all statutory limitations which are now in effect or may hereafter be imposed, except as the same may be in direct conflict with the provisions of Sections
37-29-501
through
37-29-515
.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 4; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 12, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature).
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 27, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-509 - President; powers and duties

(1)
The Meridian Junior College District shall be under the executive direction of a president elected by the board of trustees of such district.
(2)
The president of the community college shall be general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, employ, direct and discharge any and all employees other than faculty. He shall have the power to recommend to the board of trustees all faculty to be employed, and he may remove or suspend any member of the faculty subject to the approval of the board of trustees. The president shall have the authority, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of faculty and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 5, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-511 - Preparation of budget

The board of trustees of the Meridian Junior College District shall on or before the twenty-fifth day of June each year prepare and file the annual budget of the district. The budget shall contain a detailed estimate of the revenues and expenses anticipated for the ensuing year for general operation and maintenance and shall set forth reasonable requirements for anticipated needs for capital outlays for land, buildings, equipment and major repairs, a reasonable accumulation for such purposes being hereby expressly authorized. Funds derived from the levy for capital outlay shall be kept in a separate account and expended for capital outlay purposes only.
Laws, 1980, ch 428, § 6, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-513 - Tax levy for maintenance of Meridian Junior College District

After the annual budget has been prepared, the board of trustees of the Meridian Junior College District shall certify the same in writing to the city council of the City of Meridian and shall certify to the number of mills of ad valorem taxation required to make provisions for the revenue required in said budget. It shall thereupon become the duty of the City of Meridian to levy taxes upon the Meridian Junior College District in the amount specified by the board of trustees. The tax levy for maintenance and operation of the Meridian Junior College District shall not exceed three (3) mills nor shall the levy for construction exceed an additional three (3) mills.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 7, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-501 — 37-29-515) › Section 37-29-515 - Receipt and expenditure of tax revenues

On or before the thirtieth day of each month, the city council of the City of Meridian shall transmit warrants constituting all of the revenues received from taxation for the prior month for purposes of support of the Meridian Junior College District to the president of the Meridian Junior College. Such warrant or warrants shall bear indication of revenues received for general support and maintenance and revenues received for capital outlay purposes. All such warrants evidencing income from the authorized tax levies shall be deposited forthwith in one (1) or more banking institutions and public depositories previously selected by the board of trustees of the Meridian Junior College District and spread upon its official minutes. Such funds shall be paid out of the depository by order of the board of trustees for lawful purposes only.
Laws, 1980, ch. 428, § 8, eff. 4/30/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-551 - Coahoma Community College District; creation; boundaries

There is hereby created the Coahoma Community College District comprised of the territory lying within Coahoma County, Tunica County, Quitman County, Bolivar County and Tallahatchie County, and having boundaries coinciding with the external boundaries thereof. The district shall be, and is hereby constituted, a legal political governmental subdivision and a body corporate.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-553 - President; election by trustees of district; term not to exceed four years

The Coahoma Community College District shall be under the executive direction of a president elected by the board of trustees of the district for a term not to exceed four (4) years.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 2, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-555 - President's powers and authority

The president of the community college shall have the power to recommend to the trustees all teachers to be employed; and he may remove or suspend any member of the faculty subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.
The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Sections
37-29-551
through
37-29-569
and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 3, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-557 - Operation and control of district vested in board of trustees; area represented; number and selection

The operation and control of the Coahoma Community College District shall be vested in a board of trustees representing the counties lying within the district. The board shall consist of fourteen (14) trustees selected in the manner provided in Section
37-29-65(4)
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 4 eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-559 - President and Board of Trustees, powers; authority of Mississippi Community College Board

The President and the Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the powers to do all things necessary for the successful operation of the district and the campuses located therein.
The college of the district shall be under the direction of the board of trustees and the president. The board of trustees shall, by resolution or order, provide for the government, maintenance and operation of the campus of the district.
The President and the Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the same powers as the presidents and trustees of other community colleges in the State of Mississippi.
The delineation and enumeration of the powers and purposes set out in Sections
37-29-551
through
37-29-569
shall be deemed to be supplemental and additional and shall not be construed to restrict the powers of the governing authorities of the district or of any college or campus located therein so as to deny any of the rights, privileges and powers enjoyed by other community/junior colleges and community/junior college districts in the State of Mississippi.
The Coahoma Community College District shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Community College Board as now established or as the same may be hereafter changed by law, and shall be subject to all rules and regulations and all statutory limitations which are now in effect or may hereafter be imposed, except as the same may be in direct conflict with the provisions of Sections
37-29-551
through
37-29-569
.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 5, eff. 7/1/1995.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 28, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-561 - Annual budget

The Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall each year, on or before June 15, prepare a budget which shall contain a detailed estimate of the revenues and expenses anticipated for the ensuing year for general operation and maintenance, and shall set forth the reasonable requirements for anticipated needs for capital outlays for land, buildings, initial equipment for new buildings and major repairs, a reasonable accumulation for such purposes being hereby expressly authorized.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 6, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-563 - Board of Trustees, authority to purchase property, lease or use private or public facilities, make capital improvements

The Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the authority to purchase property, make capital improvements, and lease or use private or public facilities at the campus, in the discretion of the board.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 7, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-565 - District responsible for providing pre-professional, liberal arts, technical, vocational and adult education courses and to transport students

The Coahoma Community College District is charged with the responsibility for providing preprofessional courses, liberal arts, technical, vocational and adult education courses, and shall undertake to provide the same as conveniently as is possible to the residents of the district, and to this end the board of trustees is authorized and empowered to transport such students as, in its discretion, should be transported in the best interest of the district.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 8, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-567 - General borrowing and bonding authority; taxing authority

The Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Community College District shall have the general borrowing and bonding authority provided in Sections
37-29-101
through
37-29-127
. The board of trustees shall have the taxation authority provided in Sections
37-29-141
through
37-29-145
.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 9, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-569 - Property transferred to District

All of the property located in Coahoma County and belonging to the Board of Trustees of Mississippi Delta Community College prior to and as of the effective date hereof, cooperating in the Coahoma County Community College, and utilized or held for the present or future use and benefit of such community college, shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and vested in the Coahoma County Community College District as created by Sections
37-29-551
through 37-29-569.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 10, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-29-551 — 37-29-571) › Section 37-29-571 - Counties, support and maintenance of community colleges, allocation of millage

All counties located within the Coahoma Community College District shall allocate fifty percent (50%) of any millage levied for the support and maintenance of community colleges by such county under Section
37-29-141
, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the Coahoma Community College District and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of such millage to the other community college district in which such county is located. Provided, however, that Coahoma County shall allocate one hundred percent (100%) of the millage levied for the support and maintenance of community colleges to the Coahoma Community College District. Provided further, however, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, Tunica County's allocation of any millage shall be prorated with thirty-five percent (35%) being allocated to the Coahoma Community College District and the remaining sixty-five percent (65%) being allocated to the Northwest Community College District. From and after July 1, 1996, the Tunica County millage shall be divided equally between the Coahoma Community College District and the Northwest Community College District.
Laws, 1995, ch. 605, § 11, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATIONS (§§ 37-29-601 — 37-29-613) › Section 37-29-601 - Authorization and procedure for organization of nonprofit educational building corporations

Whenever the Mississippi Community College Board shall, by a proper resolution, declare the necessity of the formation of nonprofit corporations for the purpose of acquiring or constructing facilities for community and junior colleges under its jurisdiction, any number of natural persons, not less than three (3), who are residents of the State of Mississippi may file with the Secretary of State an application in writing for authority to incorporate a public nonprofit corporation, known as an "educational building corporation." If it shall be made to appear that each of the persons is a duly qualified resident of this state, then the persons filing such application shall be authorized, subject to the prior approval by the board of the form of the articles of incorporation and bylaws thereof, to proceed to form the corporation as provided by the general law of this state with respect to corporations organized not-for-profit except as provided in Sections 37-29-601 through
37-29-613
. The Secretary of State, upon receipt of the application, shall forthwith issue a certificate of incorporation.
Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 18, eff. 4/13/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 29, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATIONS (§§ 37-29-601 — 37-29-613) › Section 37-29-603 - General powers of corporations

Each corporation formed under the provisions of Section
37-29-601
shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:
(a)
To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity, specified in its certificate of incorporation;
(b)
To sue and be sued and to defend suits against it;
(c)
To make use of a corporate seal and to alter it at pleasure;
(d)
To acquire, whether by purchase, construction or gift, facilities for one or more community or junior college and land therefor;
(e)
To equip, maintain, enlarge or improve such facilities;
(f)
To lease under such terms and conditions as its board of directors may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with the provisions of Sections
37-29-601
through
37-29-613
to the Mississippi Community College Board or to such other entity as may be approved by the board subject to prior approval by the board of each issue of bonds;
(g)
To issue its bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, enlarging, improving or equipping any of such facilities or land in the manner provided in Section
37-29-601
;
(h)
To secure the payment of such bonds through the pledge of and lien on such revenues or other sources of income, including lease payments, entering into trust agreements, and the making of such covenants as are provided in Section
37-101-101
;
(i)
To refund bonds previously issued;
(j)
To enter into contracts and agreements or do any act necessary for or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under Sections
37-29-601
through
37-29-613
;
(k)
To accept gifts from any source whatsoever;
(l)
To appoint and employ such officers and agents, including attorneys, as its business may require; and
(m)
To provide for such insurance as its board of directors may deem advisable.
Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 19, eff. 4/13/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 30, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATIONS (§§ 37-29-601 — 37-29-613) › Section 37-29-605 - Issuance of bonds

All bonds issued by an educational building corporation may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date, may be payable at such place or places, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent with Sections
37-29-601
through
37-29-613
, all as may be provided by resolution of its board of directors. The bonds issued by any such corporation shall be signed by the chairman of its board of directors or other chief executive officer and attested by its secretary, and the seal of such corporation shall be affixed thereto. Any such bonds may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board of directors to be most advantageous, and the corporation may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which its board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds. All such bonds shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 20, eff. 4/13/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATIONS (§§ 37-29-601 — 37-29-613) › Section 37-29-607 - Liability on bonds

(1)
All bonds issued by an educational building corporation shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the corporation and shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Mississippi. The state shall not pledge its full faith or credit for the payment of any debt incurred or bonds issued by such corporation.
(2)
All such bonds shall not constitute a debt of the community or junior college for which the facilities are to be constructed.
Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 21, eff. 4/13/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATIONS (§§ 37-29-601 — 37-29-613) › Section 37-29-609 - Bonds as legal investments

All bonds issued by an educational building corporation shall be lawful investments for trusts, insurance companies, savings companies, banks and other financial institutions organized under the laws of this state.
Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 22, eff. 4/13/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 29 - JUNIOR COLLEGES (§§ 37-29-1 — 37-29-613) › EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATIONS (§§ 37-29-601 — 37-29-613) › Section 37-29-611 - Declaration of necessity of formation of educational building corporation; vesting of title to facilities upon retirement of bonds

(1)
The Mississippi Community College Board is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to pass proper resolutions declaring the necessity of the formation of nonprofit educational building corporations, as set forth in Section
37-29-601
.
(2)
When the principal of and the interest on any bonds of an educational building corporation payable from the revenues derived from the operation of facilities owned by the corporation shall have been paid in full, then such facilities shall become the property of the community or junior college on whose campus they are located and title to the facilities shall thereupon immediately vest in the community or junior college on whose campus they are located.
Laws, 2010, ch. 511, § 23, eff. 4/13/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 31, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-15) › Section 37-31-1 - Federal vocational education act accepted

The State of Mississippi hereby accepts all the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, entitled: "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for co-operation with the state in the promotion of such education in agriculture, trades and industries, home economics and distributive education; to provide for co-operation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects, and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure," approved February 23, nineteen hundred seventeen, and known as the "Smith-Hughes Act."
Codes, 1930, § 6701; 1942, § 6487; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1940, ch. 176.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-15) › Section 37-31-3 - and 37-31-5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 493, § 19, eff. 7/1/1983.
§ 37-31-3. [Codes, 1930, § 6703; 1942, § 6489; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1936, ch. 214; Laws, 1946, ch. 314, §§ 1, 2] § 31-37-5. [Codes, 1930, § 6704; 1942, § 6490; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-15) › Section 37-31-7 - Authority of State Board of Education

The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the "Smith-Hughes Act" and all subsequent federal vocational education and training acts, to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Mississippi, and to administer the funds provided by the federal government and the State of Mississippi under the provisions of Sections
37-31-1
through
37-31-15
for the promotion of vocational and technical education not terminating in a bachelors degree. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for the promotion of vocational and technical education in such subjects as are an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in the State of Mississippi, to provide for the preparation of teachers of such subjects, and to escrow funds for students participating in recognized articulated business/industry specific worksite learning programs. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer the "Smith-Hughes Act" and Sections
37-31-1
through
37-31-15
for the State of Mississippi and to pay such compensation and other necessary expenses of administration from funds appropriated under provisions of said sections. It shall have authority to make studies and investigations relating to vocational and technical education in such subjects; to publish the results of such investigations and to issue other publications as seem necessary by the board; to promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of schools, departments or classes giving training in such subjects; to cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of such schools, department or classes; to prescribe qualifications for the teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects, and to have full authority to provide for the licensure and renewal of licenses of such teachers, directors and supervisors; to cooperate in the maintenance of classes supported and controlled by the public for the preparation of teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects or to maintain such classes under its own direction and control; and to establish and determine by general regulations the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of vocational and technical teachers.
Codes, 1930, § 6705; 1942, § 6491; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1940, ch. 176; Laws, 1982, ch. 493, § 10; Laws, 1992, ch. 482, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 386, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 458, § 2, eff. 7/1/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-15) › Section 37-31-9 - Duties of state treasurer

The state treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all moneys received by the state from the appropriations made by the "Smith-Hughes Act," and he is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the same, and to make disbursements thereof in the manner provided for in said act and for the purposes therein specified. He shall also pay out any moneys appropriated by the State of Mississippi for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Sections
37-31-1
through
37-31-15
upon the order of the state board of education.
Codes, 1930, § 6702; 1942, § 6488; Laws, 1924, ch. 238; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-15) › Section 37-31-11 - State appropriations for vocational education

The State of Mississippi shall appropriate sums of money for the support of vocational education from year to year, sufficient at least to equal the amounts allotted year by year to the State of Mississippi for vocational education by the federal government under the provisions of the "Smith-Hughes Act."
Codes, 1930, § 6708; 1942, § 6494; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-15) › Section 37-31-15 - School boards authorized to establish and maintain vocational and technical schools and classes

The school board may, in its discretion, cooperate with the State Board of Education in the establishment and maintenance of vocational and technical schools or classes giving instruction in vocational and technical training which does not terminate in a bachelors degree to persons in need of such instruction, and may use for paying the cost of such cooperation any monies raised by public taxation in the same manner as monies for other school purposes are used for the maintenance and support of public schools.
Codes, 1930, § 6707; 1942, § 6493; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1940, ch. 176; Laws, 1944, ch. 296; Laws, 1982, ch. 493, § 12; Laws, 1992, ch. 482, § 3, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (§§ 37-31-31 — 37-31-41) › Section 37-31-31 - Declaration of intent

The intention of Sections 37-31-31 through
37-31-41
is to enable the State of Mississippi, by and through the state board of education to secure the benefits of the federal social security act pertaining to services for crippled children, and said sections shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate such intention.
Codes, 1942, § 6502; Laws, 1936, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (§§ 37-31-31 — 37-31-41) › Section 37-31-33 - Utilization of appropriated funds

For the purpose of enabling the state board of education to comply with the provisions of the federal social security act and to continue to extend and improve as far as practicable the services now maintained by said state board for locating crippled children and for providing medical, surgical, corrective, and other services, care and treatment, and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and after-care for children who are crippled or who are suffering from conditions which lead to crippling, any and all funds appropriated for physical restoration of crippled children for the above purposes may be used for the purposes set forth in this section.
Codes, 1942, § 6497; Laws, 1936, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (§§ 37-31-31 — 37-31-41) › Section 37-31-35 - Duties of state board

Sections
37-31-31
through
37-31-41
, together with funds made available through that section of those sections of the federal social security act which relates to crippled children, together with any and all available state and federal appropriations, shall be administered by the state board of education, and shall be used in the further development of the state's program of physical restoration of crippled children. The state board of education is hereby authorized to accept donations, gifts and bequests and to expend same on approval of the executive officer of the board, for purposes approved under regulations of the state board of education.
Codes, 1942, § 6498; Laws, 1936, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (§§ 37-31-31 — 37-31-41) › Section 37-31-37 - Reports

The state board of education shall make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may from time to time require under the terms of the federal social security act, and shall comply with such provisions as the secretary may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.
Codes, 1942, § 6499; Laws, 1936, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (§§ 37-31-31 — 37-31-41) › Section 37-31-39 - Cooperation authorized

The state board of education shall cooperate with medical, health, nursing and welfare groups and organizations and with any other agencies in the state charged with administering state laws providing for vocational rehabilitation of physically handicapped children. Said state board is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with the federal government in such manner as to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the federal social security act pertaining to crippled children.
Codes, 1942, § 6500; Laws, 1936, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › SECURING BENEFITS OF FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (§§ 37-31-31 — 37-31-41) › Section 37-31-41 - Payment of funds

All funds made available for carrying out the provisions of Sections
37-31-31
through 37-31-41 shall be paid by the state treasurer on warrants drawn therefor by the state auditor on requisitions of the state superintendent of public education.
Codes, 1942, § 6501; Laws, 1936, ch. 290.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, CLASSES OR COURSES (§§ 37-31-61 — 37-31-69) › Section 37-31-61 - Board authorized to establish and conduct vocational and technical schools, classes or courses

The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and conduct schools, classes or courses, for preparing, equipping and training citizens of the State of Mississippi for employment in gainful vocational and technical occupations which do not terminate in a bachelors degree, in conjunction with any public school, agricultural high school or community/junior college.
The trustees of such school districts, as classified and defined by law, including those already having this authority, and the trustees of agricultural high schools and community/junior colleges may, with the consent in writing of the State Board of Education, establish and conduct such schools, classes or courses, under the provisions herein stated and under the general supervision of the board.
Codes, 1942, § 6241; Laws, 1940, ch. 186; Laws, 1982, ch. 493, § 13; Laws, 1992, ch. 482, § 4, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 31 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (§§ 37-31-1 — 37-31-211) › VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, CLASSES OR COURSES (§§ 37-31-61 — 37-31-69) › Section 37-31-63 - General powers of those establishing vocational and technical classes or courses

The State Board of Education, the trustees of the school districts as classified and defined by law, and the trustees of agricultural high schools or community/junior colleges, are hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use any land, building or buildings, being either the property of the State of Mississippi or of any of the school districts or agricultural high schools or community/junior colleges, or being the property of private sources, which may be designated, donated or leased for the purpose expressed in Section
37-31-61
, and to use such funds as may be made available, and to accept donations and contributions for supplies, equipment, and materials incident to the purpose for which any such schools, classes or courses are established.
The board, the trustees of the school districts, as classified and defined by law, and the trustees of agricultural high schools or community/junior colleges, are hereby authorized and empowered to accept and receive donations, contributions and endowments, to charge tuition and registration fees, to receive payment for services rendered or commodities produced incident to training in said schools, courses or classes, and to accept any funds which may be made available for the purpose sought to be accomplished in Section
37-31-61
from any sources.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6242, 6243; Laws, 1940, ch. 186; Laws, 1982, ch. 493, § 14; Laws, 1992, ch. 482, § 5, eff. 7/1/1992.