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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 7 - BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES (§§ 37-7-301 — 37-7-346) › Section 37-7-343 - Authority to enter into contracts for training and professional development of district employees

The school board of a local school district may enter into contracts or agreements with persons or entities, public or private, to provide training or professional development activities, or both, for employees of the district.
Laws, 2002, ch. 611, § 3, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 7 - BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES (§§ 37-7-301 — 37-7-346) › Section 37-7-346 - Regional educational service agencies and State Department of Education to jointly develop a plan for increasing duties and responsibilities of the agencies

The State Department of Education and the Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) shall prepare jointly a report, to be submitted before December 15, 2006, for consideration of the Legislature and Governor, detailing the plans that shall be enacted by State Board of Education policy of how RESAs will work in partnership with the State Department of Education to increase their function as a local provider of educational services and purchasing consortia as provided in Section
37-7-345(6)
. These services must be prescribed by policies and standards of the State Department of Education and must include, but not necessarily be limited to, professional development, instructional materials, educational technology, curriculum development, alternative educational programs, purchasing cooperatives, insurance cooperatives, business manager services, auditing and accounting services, school safety/risk prevention, data processing and student records, communications/public information, employee background checks, grants management, printing/publications and internships.
Laws, 2006, ch. 346, § 6; Laws, 2006, ch. 504, § 15, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 8 - EMERGENCY SCHOOL LEASING AUTHORITY (§§ 37-7-351 — 37-7-359) › Section 37-7-351 - Short title

Sections 37-7-351 through
37-7-359
shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency School Leasing Authority Act of 1986."
Laws, 1986, ch. 415, § 1, eff. 3/31/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 8 - EMERGENCY SCHOOL LEASING AUTHORITY (§§ 37-7-351 — 37-7-359) › Section 37-7-353 - Legislative findings and declarations

The Legislature finds and declares that there exists an urgent shortage of adequate public school facilities, equipment and capital with which to provide such facilities and equipment for the attainment of a satisfactory level of public education in the schools of this state, and that this situation has become a critical priority of many school districts in order to provide adequate space for kindergarten programs as mandated by the Education Reform Act of 1982. It is the purpose of Sections
37-7-351
through
37-7-359
to provide the boards of trustees of the school districts of this state with additional options with which to provide for facilities, equipment and other property necessary, in the judgment of the boards of trustees of such school districts, to properly carry out the local education needs of the local school districts.
Laws, 1986, ch. 415, § 2, eff. 3/31/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 8 - EMERGENCY SCHOOL LEASING AUTHORITY (§§ 37-7-351 — 37-7-359) › Section 37-7-357 - Relationship of provisions with other laws

Sections
37-7-351
through
37-7-359
are intended to be and shall be construed as being supplemental to all existing laws covering the acquisition, use and maintenance of school buildings by school districts. It is further provided that, as to school buildings constructed or leased pursuant to the provisions of Sections
37-7-351
through
37-7-359
, it shall not be necessary to comply with the provisions of other laws concerning acquisition, use and maintenance of school buildings by school districts except as herein specifically required.
Laws, 1986, ch. 415, § 5, eff. 3/31/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 8 - EMERGENCY SCHOOL LEASING AUTHORITY (§§ 37-7-351 — 37-7-359) › Section 37-7-359 - Appropriations for lease rentals; tax levies

Any school district which shall execute a lease rental contract under the provisions of Section
37-7-301(v)
after June 30, 1987 or in connection with a sale-leaseback or lease-leaseback arrangement authorized under the provisions of Section
37-7-355
shall annually appropriate sufficient monies to pay the lease rentals stipulated to be paid by such school district in the lease contract and/or lease purchase agreement, which lease contract and/or lease-purchase agreement shall constitute a general obligation of the school district. Any lease contracts entered into under the authority granted by Section
37-7-301(v)
or
37-7-351
through 37-7-359 shall not be considered bonded indebtedness for purposes of the limitations of indebtedness contained in Sections
37-59-5
and
37-59-7
and shall not be subject to such limitations. Any millage being initially levied on or before July 1, 1991, to fund leases under this section shall remain in force until such time as the lease term has expired and the school district has fulfilled all of its obligations thereafter.
Laws, 1986, ch. 415, § 6; Laws, 1986, ch. 503; Laws, 1987, ch. 307, § 44; Laws, 1995, ch. 440, § 2, eff. 3/21/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-401 - Acquisition of land outside of district for construction of school buildings

In all cases where the same shall be necessary, advantageous or desirable from the standpoint of transportation, the efficiency of operating schools, or other pertinent considerations, any school district which has been reconstituted, reorganized or created under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter may, with the prior consent and approval of the State Board of Education, acquire land outside of the boundaries of said school district and thereon construct, erect and equip any needed school building or other school facility of such school district. Any available state public school building funds, or any available funds derived from bonds issued by the school district for such purpose, or any other funds which are available to said school district for such purpose, may be expended for the construction, erecting and equipping of such a school building or school facility, all, however, subject to the prior consent and approval of the State Board of Education. Any school building or school facility so constructed outside of the boundaries of the school district owning same shall be operated, managed and supervised by the school board of the school district owning same in the same manner as though the building or facility were located within the school district, and all the laws of this state concerning the operation of schools shall be fully applicable thereto, and the school board shall have the power to specify the grades which shall be taught therein.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-71; Laws, 1956, ch. 266, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 23, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-403 - Authorization of joint construction of buildings or other facilities or operation of schools by adjoining school districts

In addition to the power and authority conferred by Section
37-7-401
, two or more adjoining school districts which have been reconstituted, reorganized or created under Article 1 of this chapter may join, unite and cooperate in the construction, erecting and equipping of a school building or other school facility situated within the boundaries of either or any of the cooperating districts which is to be used jointly by the school districts uniting and joining in the construction, erecting and equipping thereof. In addition thereto, any two or more such school districts may, by appropriate written agreement join and unite in the joint operation of one or more schools, school buildings or other school facilities which have been or may be constructed, erected or equipped wholly by one of such districts. No school districts, however, shall join, unite or cooperate in the construction, erecting and equipping or contract for the joint operation of a school or joint school building unless the proposal so to do shall first be submitted to and approved by the state educational finance commission.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-72; Laws, 1956, ch. 266, § 2, 1960, ch. 301, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-405 - Agreement between boards of trustees as to joint construction of buildings or operation of schools

When any two (2) or more adjoining school districts shall desire and propose to join, unite and cooperate in the construction, erecting and equipping of a joint school building or for the joint operation of a school or other school facility which has been or may be constructed, erected or equipped wholly by one of such districts, as authorized by Section
37-7-403
, the school boards of all school districts concerned shall enter into an appropriate agreement as to the location and site of said school building, the manner of providing funds to defray the operating expenses thereof, the grades to be taught therein, the proportion or amount of funds for the construction, erecting and equipping of said school building to be paid or contributed by each district, the proportionate ownership of such building by each district, and all other material and pertinent considerations. In the event the school building or facility involved has been or is to be constructed, erected and equipped entirely by one of such districts, acting alone, the contract may provide that the entire ownership of the building and equipment therein shall be in the school district so constructing, erecting and equipping same.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-73; Laws, 1956, ch. 266, § 3; Laws, 1960, ch. 301, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 24, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-407 - Approval of agreements of boards of trustees as to joint construction of buildings or operation of schools

Such contract or agreement provided for in Section
37-7-405
, shall be transmitted to the state educational finance commission which shall consider and pass upon same from the standpoint of whether or not same will promote the welfare of the school districts involved and the efficiency of the operation of the schools thereof. If said agreement shall be approved by the said state educational finance commission, then the school districts involved shall be authorized to proceed as set forth in said agreement. If, however, the state educational finance commission shall disapprove said agreement then the school districts involved shall not be authorized to proceed thereunder. Any such agreement, with the prior consent and approval of the state educational finance commission, may be altered or amended from time to time as circumstances require.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-73; Laws, 1956, ch. 266, § 3; Laws, 1960, ch. 301, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-411 - Agreement as to control over joint school operation or building; applicable laws

Subject to the prior consent and approval of the State Board of Education, the school boards of all school districts involved shall be authorized to agree as to which of the school boards shall have the power to operate, manage, govern and control any joint school or school building, constructed, erected and equipped or which is to be operated jointly under the provisions of Section
37-7-403
, or, in the alternative, such boards may agree that all of such boards, acting jointly, or a joint board established and constituted in such manner as shall be agreed upon, shall have the power to operate, manage, govern and control any such school or school building. The board so agreed upon and constituted shall have the full power and authority to govern, supervise, manage and control such joint school building in the same manner and to the same extent as though said school was a regular school of such school district. All pertinent provisions of the school laws of this state shall be fully applicable to joint schools established, constructed, erected and equipped or which are to be jointly operated under the provisions of Section
37-7-403
, except that the eligible children of all school districts joining and cooperating in the establishment and/or operation of such joint school who are assigned to such school by the school board of the district in which they reside shall be eligible to and shall attend such school.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-75; Laws, 1956, ch. 266, § 5; Laws, 1960, ch. 301, § 4; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 26, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-413 - Powers included within power to construct, erect, and equip school buildings

The power granted to any school district to construct, erect and equip school buildings under any of the provisions of Sections
37-7-401
through
37-7-411
shall include also the power to acquire by purchase, donation or otherwise existing buildings, and the power to enlarge, make additions to, renovate and remodel existing buildings. School districts may issue bonds or other evidence of debt in the manner and subject to the limitations otherwise provided by law for constructing, erecting, equipping, acquiring, enlarging, making additions to, renovating and remodeling school buildings under the provisions of said sections.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-76; Laws, 1956, ch. 266, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-415 - Effect of extension of municipal corporate limits

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
37-7-611
, or the provisions of any other applicable statute, the extension of the corporate limits of a municipality so as to include a school building constructed or operated under the provisions of Sections
37-7-403
through
37-7-411
, which was theretofore outside of said corporate limits, shall not affect the ownership of the school building or buildings involved or the land on which it is located or any school facilities connected therewith. All such buildings and other property shall, notwithstanding the extension of said corporate limits, remain the property of the school district or districts theretofore owning same, and the provisions of said Section
37-7-611
, shall be wholly inapplicable except that the territory which is included within the corporate limits of the municipality as a result of the extension of such limits, other than the said school building or buildings, the land on which it or they are located, or any school facilities connected therewith referred to above, shall become a part of the municipal separate school district, if there be such a municipal separate school district, and the territory not so included within the corporate limits of the municipality shall remain within the school district of which it was a part at the time of such extension of the corporate limits. If the land on which such school building and other school facilities are situated is sixteenth section land, the ownership of said buildings and other property shall likewise not be affected by the extension of the corporate limits of the municipality except as is herein expressly provided.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-76.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 301, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-417 - Authorization for agreements between school districts to establish regional high schools; establishment and powers of boards of trustees

The various school districts of this state are authorized to enter into agreements between such school districts providing for the construction or operation of regional high school centers. Any such agreement shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. Any such agreement may, among other provisions, provide for the method of financing the construction and operation of such facilities, the manner in which such facilities are to be controlled, operated and staffed, and the basis upon which students are to be admitted thereto and transportation provided for students in attendance therein. Any such agreement or any subsequent modification thereof shall be spread at large upon the minutes of each party thereto after having been duly adopted by the school board of each school district.
Such agreements may provide for the establishment of boards of trustees of such high school centers to be made up of representatives of the school boards of the school districts which may be parties thereto. Said school boards of the school districts to such agreement may delegate any and all powers of said trustees as may be necessary or desirable for the operation of any such regional high schools to the board of trustees of any such center so created, except for the power to request or require the levy of taxes or the power to issue or require the issuance of any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, or to call for an election on the question of the issuance thereof.
Laws, 1993, ch. 369, § 1, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-419) › Section 37-7-419 - Authorization for appropriation and expenditure of funds for regional high schools; disbursements; evidences of indebtedness; fiscal agent, contracting party

The various school districts which may become parties to any such agreement are authorized to appropriate and expend for the purposes thereof any and all funds which may be required to carry out the terms of any such agreement from any funds available to any such party to such an agreement not otherwise appropriated without limitation as to the source of such funds, including total funding formula funds as provided for in this act, sixteenth section funds, funds received from the federal government or other sources by way of grant, donation or otherwise, and funds which may be available to any such party through the State Department of Education or any other agency of the state, regardless of the party to such agreement designated thereby to be primarily responsible for the construction or operation of any such regional high school center and regardless of the limitation on the expenditure of any such funds imposed by any other statute. However, no such funds whose use was originally limited to the construction of capital improvements shall be utilized for the purpose of defraying the administrative or operating costs of any such center. Any one or more of the parties to such an agreement may be designated as the fiscal agent or contracting party in carrying out any of the purposes of such agreement, and any and all funds authorized to be spent therefor by any of the said parties may be paid over to the fiscal agent or contracting party for disbursement by such fiscal agent or contracting party. Such disbursements shall be made and contracted for under the laws and regulations applicable to such fiscal or disbursing agent. All of the school district parties to any such agreement may issue bonds, negotiable notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition of land and for the construction of buildings and permanent improvements under the terms of any such agreement under any existing laws authorizing the issuance or sale thereof to provide funds for any capital improvement.
Laws, 1993, ch. 369, § 2, eff. 7/1/1993.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 41, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-431 — 37-7-437) › Section 37-7-431 - Authorization of acquisition and disposition of school property by exchanges; exchanges subject to approval of chancery court; hearing

Whenever the school board of any school district shall find and determine, by resolution duly and lawfully adopted and spread upon its minutes, (a) that it shall need other lands located within the school district for school purposes, (b) that the district owns lands of equal value to such needed lands which could be exchanged for such needed lands, (c) that the value of the two (2) tracts is equal according to qualified appraisals, and (d) that the owners of the other lands are agreeable to such exchange, the school board of such school district shall be authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to negotiate a trade of lands upon such terms and conditions as the school board may, in its discretion, deem proper in consideration of the needs of the district and of the benefits which will inure to the said school district.
Any such trade of lands shall be subject to approval by the chancery court of the county in which the school lands lie. Notice of the hearing before the chancery court shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first notice to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-121; Laws, 1966, Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 359; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 27; Laws, 1989, ch. 550, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 370, § 3, eff. 7/1/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-431 — 37-7-437) › Section 37-7-433 - Execution of conveyance of school property by president and secretary of board

Upon being authorized by a resolution of the school board as is provided by Section
37-7-431
, the president and secretary shall be authorized and empowered to execute, for and on behalf of the school district, a conveyance of the school property for the purposes, upon the terms and conditions provided and specified by the school board, and for the consideration of the execution of a deed to the lands exchanged. It shall not be necessary or requisite that competitive bids be advertised for or received in connection with such exchange of property.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-122; Laws, 1966, Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 28; Laws, 1989, ch. 550, § 2; Laws, 2000, ch. 370, § 1, eff. 7/1/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-431 — 37-7-437) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-123; Laws, 1966, Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 29; Laws, 1989, ch. 550, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 370, § 2, eff. 7/1/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-431 — 37-7-437) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-124; Laws, 1966, Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 4, eff. 12/30/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (§§ 37-7-451 — 37-7-459) › Section 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
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-41; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 305; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 30, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (§§ 37-7-451 — 37-7-459) › Section 37-7-453 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1993, ch. 607, § 1, eff. 4/15/1994.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-42; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 2; 1986, ch. 492, § 31; 1993, ch. 607, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (§§ 37-7-451 — 37-7-459) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-44; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 4; Laws, 1964, ch. 392; Laws, 1973, ch. 311, § 1, eff. 3/2/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES (§§ 37-7-451 — 37-7-459) › Section 37-7-459 - Sale of computers, peripheral equipment and adaptive devices to certain students; qualifications of students; disposition of proceeds

(1)
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.
(2)
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
.
(3)
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.
Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 339, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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:
(a)
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;
(b)
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
(c)
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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-103; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 33; Laws, 1990, ch. 535, § 5; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 3, eff. 4/20/2005.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 374, SB 2164,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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 residential, mixed-use or other 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-104; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, § 4; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 4, eff. 4/20/2005.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 374, SB 2164,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 51, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-106; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, § 6; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 34; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 5, eff. 4/20/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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

(1)
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.
(2)
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
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-105; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, § 5; Laws, 1966, ch. 413, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 35; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 6, eff. 4/20/2005.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 347, HB 807,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-105; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, § 5; Laws, 1966, ch. 413, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 36; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 7, eff. 4/20/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-102; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 37; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 8, eff. 4/20/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL METHOD (§§ 37-7-471 — 37-7-487) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6328-101, 6328-107; Laws, 1958, ch. 596, §§ 1, 7; Laws, 2005, ch. 540, § 9, eff. 4/20/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ON DISSOLUTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT (§§ 37-7-501 — 37-7-511) › Section 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.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-61; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 29, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 38, eff. 7/1/1987.