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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-9 - Joint schools may be established by two or more counties

In case the county board of education of two or more counties shall so decide, two or more counties may unite in establishing a joint agricultural high school, joint agricultural high school-junior college or two schools. The county boards of education of the two or more counties shall meet in joint session to determine the location of the school or schools, and if no place can be agreed upon by a majority of the joint boards for either school, the two places receiving the greatest number of votes shall be certified by the boards to the state board of education, which board shall select one of them as a site for the school.
In case any county not contributing to the support of an agricultural high school or agricultural high school-junior college desires to co-operate in the maintenance of such a school or schools already established by some other county or counties, and receive therefrom the full privileges and benefits of such an institution, such desire shall be made a matter of record on the minutes of the county board of education of the said county by a majority vote of said board. After such action by the county board of education, the board of supervisors of said county may with the consent of the trustees of the school or schools make a levy for the support of said agricultural high school or agricultural high school-junior college. After such levy has been made, the county shall, so far as the law is concerned, have all the privileges, rights, and duties concerning the operation of said school in every respect as the county or counties originally establishing said agricultural high school or agricultural high school-junior college.
Codes, 1930, § 6677; 1942, § 6457; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1928, ch. 70; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-11 - Trustees of joint agricultural high schools; levy of taxes

The government of an agricultural high school established by two counties shall be vested in the board of trustees, six to be selected by each county in the same manner designated in Section
37-27-7
and the thirteenth to be chosen by the twelve so selected. In case no one receives a majority of all the votes of the twelve members the thirteenth trustee shall be selected by lot from the two highest in voting. The terms of the six trustees from each of the said counties shall be as provided in Section
37-27-7
, and the thirteenth trustee shall serve for a term of four years. The government of an agricultural high school established by more than two counties shall be vested in a board of trustees composed of six trustees from each county selected in the manner provided by law. A majority of the board of trustees of an agricultural high school shall constitute a quorum. A county or counties co-operating with an established agricultural high school may be represented on the board of trustees of such school by the county superintendent of education and one trustee chosen by the board of supervisors of such county.
In levying the taxes provided by law, each county shall act independently, but if one county joining another or others in establishing a school, shall decline to levy the tax, the other county or counties may nevertheless do so, in which event the joint plan shall thereby be abandoned in so far as the county failing to levy the tax is concerned, and the county or counties levying the tax may proceed in the management and control of the school. In case two or more counties join in establishing or maintaining a joint school, and each county levies a special tax as provided by law, the tax collector of each county shall collect the tax in his county and pay the same into the county depository of his county. In paying the expenses of either school, the trustees shall draw on the funds of each county provided for that school, equitably as near as may be in proportion to the amount of tax collected for that school by each county; if no tax is levied, the trustees shall draw on any fund in the depository of the respective counties provided by law for the support of that school in proportion to the number of educable children attending such school for each county.
Codes, 1930, § 6678; 1942, § 6458; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-13 - Ownership of joint schools

Any county which has contributed or may hereafter contribute funds for the purchase of lands or for the construction of buildings for an agricultural high school or schools in another county, shall be deemed to be the owner of an interest in said agricultural high school in the proportion that the amount contributed by such county bears to the whole expense of the purchase of said lands or the construction of said buildings.
Codes, 1930, § 6679; 1942, § 6459; Laws, 1928, ch. 25; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-15 - General powers and duties of trustees; compensation

The trustees of agricultural high schools shall have control of the property, elect and fix salaries of all teachers of the school, and shall have full power to do all things necessary to the successful operation of said school. When a common school is taught in connection with an agricultural high school, the election of teachers for the common school department shall be made by the common school trustees in the same manner as is required of other common school trustees.
The trustees may, where in their judgment it would be beneficial to the school, pay the traveling expenses, hotel bills, and other necessary expenses of the executive head of the school in promoting the school's general welfare, provided that such traveling expenses, hotel bills, and other necessary expenses shall not exceed Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) annually.
Each member of the board of trustees, the county superintendent excepted, shall receive his actual expenses while on duty, provided that said expenses do not exceed Twelve Dollars and Fifty Cents ($12.50) per day, to be paid out of the county agricultural high school fund on receipt of an itemized statement issued to the county superintendent.
The board of trustees of a school established or maintained by the joint action of two or more counties, shall have all the power and discharge all the duties appertaining to boards of trustees of schools where only one county is interested.
Codes, 1930, §§ 6676, 6678; 1942, §§ 6456, 6458; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1936, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 11; Laws, 1968, ch. 405, § 1, eff. 7/1/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-19 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 2012, ch. 348, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Codes, 1930, § 6680; 1942, § 6460; Laws, 1926, ch. 326; Laws, 1928, ch. 293; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1938, ch. 218.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-21 - Legislature shall make appropriations

It shall be the duty of the legislature to make appropriations to meet the conditions of this chapter.
Codes, 1930, § 6684; 1942, § 6464; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-23 - Trustees shall be sole judges of eligibility of applicants

The board of trustees of each county shall be the judges of the eligibility of all applicants for admission to any agricultural high school in the county. They shall not permit any applicant to become a student therein, when in the opinion of the said trustees the moral and mental characteristics of the applicant are such as would prove detrimental to the good morals of the institution.
Codes, 1930, § 6683; 1942, § 6463; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-25 - Trustees shall make detailed statements of receipts and disbursements

The board of trustees of agricultural high schools shall make detailed statements of receipts and disbursements to the board or boards of supervisors and the county superintendent or superintendents of education annually on the first Monday of July. The county superintendent of education shall transmit to the state superintendent of public education, a copy of said detailed statement which shall be embodied in his annual report to the legislature.
Codes, 1930, § 6682; 1942, § 6462; Laws, 1924, ch 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1970, ch. 377, § 1, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-27 - Trustees of certain vocational-agricultural high schools may contract to supply water to municipality

The board of trustees of any vocational-agricultural high school located within a municipality having a population of less than seven hundred, and not having a municipal water system, may, in its discretion, enter into a contract and agreement with the governing authority to supply said municipality with water from the water system owned by such vocational-agricultural high school.
Such contract or agreement shall be entered into by and between the board of trustees of such vocational-agricultural high school and the governing authority of such municipality. The same shall be made a matter of record on the minutes of each, and shall be upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by and between the said board of trustees and the governing authority of such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 6456.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 299, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-29 - Oil, gas and mineral leases

The trustees of agricultural high schools by and with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county or counties affected are hereby authorized to lease all or any part of the lands belonging to them for the purpose of investigating, exploring, prospecting, drilling and mining for and producing oil, gas and all other minerals, laying pipe lines, building roads, tanks, power stations, telephone lines and other structures thereon to produce, save, take care of, treat, transport and dispose of and own said products, and housing its employees, and to collect royalties from such leases. Any lease of such land shall contain a provision to retain at least a one-eighth interest in the royalties and proceeds and receipts of any oil, gas and/or minerals produced thereon for the benefit of such school.
Any funds arising from or collected under this section shall be deposited in the county depository of the county in which said school is located to the credit of said agricultural high school. Such funds may be disbursed as other funds belonging to said institution.
Codes, 1942, § 6485; Laws, 1932, ch. 164; Laws, 1946, ch. 304, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-31 - Lease of school buildings, equipment and lands

The board of trustees of any agricultural high school is hereby authorized to lease the buildings and equipment thereof to any responsible individual for the purpose of carrying on a private school when there are no funds available for running said institution, and to lease the lands of said institution to some responsible person for agricultural purposes. Said leases shall not extend for any greater length of time than a period of three years from date of granting said lease.
Codes, 1942, § 6484; Laws, 1932, ch. 106.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-33 - Trustees may lease facilities for industrial training of students

If an agricultural high school has established or hereafter establishes facilities for the industrial training of students and it appears to the board of trustees that the training of students will be facilitated by the continuous operation of such facilities, the trustees are authorized to lease to individual firms or corporations such facilities or a part thereof upon such terms and conditions as the trustees may approve, provided that all students desirous of securing training of the kind offered by the lessee shall be given a reasonable opportunity therefor.
Codes, 1930, § 6676; 1942, § 6456; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278; Laws, 1936, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 11; Laws, 1968, ch. 405, § 1, eff. 7/1/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-35 - Trustees may acquire private educational institution outside of county

The trustees of an agricultural high school in one county may acquire by donation the plant (including lands, buildings, and equipment) of a privately owned educational institution situated on land outside of but adjoining the county line, and thereon and therewith maintain and operate an agricultural high school as though it were wholly located in the county receiving the donation. All laws governing the maintenance and operation of agricultural high schools shall apply to the operation, management and control of said high school as if it were situated within the county operating it.
Codes, 1942, § 6473-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 239, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-37 - Establishment of junior college in connection with agricultural high school outside county

Any county now or hereafter maintaining and operating an agricultural high school outside of said county, pursuant to the authority of Section
37-27-35
, is hereby authorized to establish, maintain, and operate a junior college in connection with such agricultural high school. All laws of the state governing the establishment, maintenance, and operation of junior colleges shall apply to the establishment, operation, eligibility for support funds, management, and control of such junior college as if it were situated within the county operating it. Such junior college may be established outside of, but adjoining, the territorial boundaries of the junior college district for which it is established.
This section is additional and cumulative to all existing laws relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of junior colleges and shall be entitled to a liberal construction for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes.
Codes, 1942, § 6473-02; Laws, 1954, Ex Sess, ch. 26, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-39 - Trustees may exchange certain lands

The boards of trustees of any agricultural high school in the state, with the approval of the board of supervisors and the county board of education, are hereby authorized and empowered to exchange the lands belonging to said schools, except the lands on which the school buildings are located, for other lands. The deed or deeds of conveyance shall be executed by the president or chairman and the secretary of the board of trustees pursuant to an order of the board of trustees entered on its minutes, and pursuant to an order of approval by the board of supervisors and county board of education entered on their minutes, and which, when so executed, shall be fully effective to convey title to said property. The orders of the respective boards shall fully describe the property to be conveyed by said school and also, the property to be received in exchange for same.
Codes, 1930, § 6693; 1942, § 6474; Laws, 1928, ch. 215; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-41 - Agricultural high schools and public schools may be authorized to acquire each other's property

The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the sale of any undivided interest in any property owned by an agricultural high school and used for school purposes to any public school, and the board of supervisors may authorize the sale of an undivided interest in any public school property used for school purposes to an agricultural high school. Before an order authorizing such sale shall be effected, the boards of trustees of each of such schools shall agree in writing on the terms of such sale, and shall set out in full the extent of the rights of use and occupancy of the school and grounds each of said schools is to enjoy, and shall also agree upon the control, management and preservation of such premises. Before, however, any such contract with reference to the use, occupancy, management and control of such school buildings and grounds to be used for joint purposes is final it shall receive the approval of the county board of education.
Codes, 1930, § 6692; 1942, § 6473; Laws, 1924, ch. 289; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-43 - Trustees may sell property not needed for school purposes

When any agricultural high school 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 school, the board of trustees of such agricultural high school may sell and convey such land, buildings or other property in the manner provided in Sections
37-27-45
through
37-27-49
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-41; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 305.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-45 - Resolution required for sale

When the board of trustees of any such agricultural high school shall desire to sell any such property as is provided for in Section
37-27-43
, it shall pass a resolution declaring that such property is not needed nor used for school purposes and shall direct, in such resolution, that same be advertised for sale upon competitive bids in the manner provided for in Section
37-27-47
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-42; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 2, eff. 7/1/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-47 - Advertising of sale; conduct of sale

All such land, buildings or other property to be sold pursuant to the authority granted in Section
37-27-43
, shall be sold only after the receipt of sealed bids therefor after the time and place of making such sale shall have been duly advertised in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county in which the property is located once each week for three consecutive weeks with the first publication to be made not less than fifteen days prior to the date upon which such bids are to be received and opened. The property shall be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash, but the board of trustees shall have the right to reject any and all bids. If the property be not sold pursuant to such advertisement, the board of trustees may, by resolution, set a date for an open meeting of said board of trustees to be held within sixty days after the date upon which the bids were opened. At the meeting held pursuant to such resolution the board of trustees may sell by auction the said property for a consideration not less than the highest sealed bid previously received pursuant to said advertisement. At the meeting called pursuant to said resolution any interested party may bid for cash and the property shall be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash, but the board of trustees shall have the right to reject any and all bids. The board of trustees may require a written confirmation of bids received at such called meeting before selling the property at auction, but it shall not be necessary that sealed bids be received before conducting the auction. When the sale of such property shall be authorized and approved by the board of trustees the president of the board of trustees shall be authorized and empowered to execute a conveyance of said property upon the terms and for the consideration fixed by the board. Said board of trustees shall reserve unto said agricultural high school at least an undivided one-half nonparticipating royalty interest in all oil, gas and minerals in, on or under said land, and all proceeds derived from royalties upon said reserved mineral interests shall be used as provided by Section
37-27-49
. If the mineral interests of the school shall be less than the full and undivided ownership, the undivided royalty interest reserved shall be reduced proportionately.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-43; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 3, eff. 7/1/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-49 - All sales to be for cash; disposition of proceeds

All conveyances of property under the authority of Section
37-27-47
shall be for a cash consideration and the proceeds of such sale shall be placed in the maintenance fund of the agricultural high school. If any sale embraces realty, and the agricultural high school 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 agricultural high school, 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 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-53 - Pupils entitled to transportation

When any pupils who shall attend any agricultural high school or junior college under the provisions of Section
37-27-51
are otherwise entitled to transportation at public expense under any applicable statute, such pupils shall remain entitled to such transportation, and shall be reported for the allotment of transportation funds by the county or municipal separate school district in which they reside and, when so reported, transportation funds shall be allotted therefor just as though such pupils were attending the regular schools of the district in which they reside, and transportation shall be furnished therefor by the county board of education or board of trustees of the municipal separate school district, as the case may be, as is otherwise provided by law.
Codes, 1942, § 6463-02; Laws, 1954, ch. 268, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-55 - Pupils reported for allocation of minimum education funds and building funds

When any pupils shall attend any agricultural high school or community or junior college under the provisions of Section
37-27-51
, such pupils shall be reported and accounted for the allocation of total funding formula funds provided in this act and building funds just as though such pupils were attending the regular schools of the district in which they reside. For this purpose reports shall be made to the board of trustees of the school district involved by the agricultural high school or community or junior college of the number of children in net enrollment, and the net enrollment of such pupils shall thereupon be included in reports made to the county or school district . The allocation of total funding formula funds and state public school building funds shall be made for such children just as though such children were attending the regular schools of the district. However, all total funding formula funds which accrue to any district as a result of the pupils who are in attendance at such agricultural high school or community or junior college shall be paid by the board of trustees of the municipal separate school district or the county board of education, as the case may be, to the agricultural high school or community or junior college at which the pupils are in attendance, and shall be expended by said agricultural high school or community or junior college for the instruction of said pupils . Funds allotted to the school district for building purposes under Chapter 47 of this title, shall, however, be retained by the school district entitled thereto. The term "school district" as used in Sections
37-27-51
through
37-27-59
shall be defined as including all public school districts in this state and also all agricultural high schools not located on the campus of a community or junior college.
Codes, 1942, § 6463-03; Laws, 1954, ch. 268, § 3; Laws, 1964, ch. 397, § 1, eff. 7/1/1964.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 65, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-57 - Payment of additional or supplemental expenses

Any additional or supplemental expenses incurred by the agricultural high school or community or junior college in the instruction of such pupils above that defrayed by total funding formula funds as provided in Section
37-27-55
, shall be paid either from the amounts received from the state appropriation for the support of agricultural high schools or from the tax levy for the support of such agricultural high school or community or junior college or from any other funds which such agricultural high school or community or junior college may have available for such purpose.
Codes, 1942, § 6463-04; Laws, 1954, ch. 268, § 4.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 66, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-59 - Applicability of laws

Except as provided in Sections
37-27-51
through
37-27-57
, all laws of the State of Mississippi relative to the operation and government of schools shall be applicable to pupils attending agricultural high schools or junior colleges under the provisions of said sections.
Codes, 1942, § 6463-05; Laws, 1954, ch. 268, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-61 - County superintendent may provide for attendance out of the county

The county superintendent of education of a county which does not alone or in conjunction with another county maintain an agricultural high school or an agricultural high school-junior college, may provide, with the approval of the county board of education and the board of supervisors, for the attendance of pupils residing in the county of which he is superintendent of education, at an agricultural high school or an agricultural high school-junior college located in a county adjoining thereto, and pay by certificate drawn by him on the county school funds for the instruction of such pupils. However, the amount so paid shall not be greater than the pro rata share of such pupils, in the actual cost of incidentals and tuition, of such agricultural high school or agricultural high school-junior college. Counties co-operating under provisions of this section shall be represented on the boards of trustees by the county superintendent of education.
Codes, 1930, § 6698; 1942, § 6479; Laws, 1928, Ex Sess, ch. 36; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-63 - Municipalities and municipal separate school districts may issue bonds to support agricultural high schools

The municipalities of Mississippi and the municipal separate school districts in Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered to issue municipal bonds or municipal separate school district bonds to aid in procuring the establishment, location, and maintenance of agricultural high schools which have been or may hereafter be established. Such bonds shall be issued as provided by law. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used for the purchase of lands, buildings or for erecting buildings, or in any way to aid in the establishment and maintenance of county agricultural high schools.
Codes, 1930, § 6685; 1942, § 6465; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-67 - Election on issuance of bonds by boards of supervisors

If, within three (3) weeks after notice by publication has been made of intention to issue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section
37-27-65
, ten percent (10%) of the adult taxpayers of the county shall petition against the issuance of said bonds, then the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the county, within twenty (20) days after the next meeting of the board of supervisors after the filing of the petition. Should a majority of those voting in such election vote against the bond issue, the bonds shall not be issued, and the order shall be null and void.
When ten percent (10%) of the adult taxpayers of the county shall petition for the issuance of bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section
37-27-65
, then the board of supervisors shall submit the question to the qualified electors of the county within twenty (20) days after the meeting of the board of supervisors at which such petition is filed. Should a majority of those voting in such election vote for the bond issue the bonds shall be issued by the board of supervisors as provided by law, but if a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election should vote against the bond issue, the bonds shall not be issued.
Codes, 1930, § 6686; 1942, § 6466; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1928, ch. 70; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-69 - Agricultural high school may borrow not to exceed $50,000 for housing facilities

Any agricultural high school, supported in whole or in part by tax levies of one or more counties, may borrow not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), for the purpose of receiving, transporting, erecting on the ground of said institution, and equipping and furnishing any prefabricated houses, or other materials, or appliances, fixtures, machines, furnishings or equipment, obtained by grant or otherwise from the United States of America or any department or agency thereof, or from any other source, where the same may be acquired for the use of the institution, any student personnel, or faculty members.
Codes, 1942, § 6466-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 366, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-73 - Board of trustees to fix and collect fees, rents and charges; disposition of monies; limitations

The board of trustees of any such agricultural high school borrowing money pursuant to the authority granted in Section
37-27-69
, is hereby authorized and empowered to fix, maintain and collect fees, rentals and other charges to be paid by students, faculty members and others using, housed in or being served by any building or other housing facility erected or established under the terms and provisions of said section. All such fees, rentals and other charges shall be paid into the debt retirement fund specified in Section
37-27-71
and shall be pledged for the prompt repayment of any and all indebtedness, whether of principal or interest, incurred under the provisions of said section. Nothing in Sections
37-27-69
through
37-27-75
shall be construed to authorize the levying or imposition of any taxes in excess of the limits and amounts which are now or may hereafter be provided by law.
Codes, 1942, § 6466-03; Laws, 1946, ch. 366, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-75 - Foregoing sections as cumulative

Sections
37-27-69
through
37-27-73
shall be construed as cumulative and no restriction, limitation or prohibition of the general laws shall operate to curtail the authority or prescribe the procedure by which the purposes of said sections shall be effected.
Codes, 1942, § 6466-04; Laws, 1946, ch. 366, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-77 - Purchase of bus for benefit of agricultural high schools in certain counties

The board of supervisors of any county wherein there is located an agricultural high school not located upon the campus of a junior college may, in its discretion, purchase a bus for the use and benefit of said agricultural high school to be used in connection with various school activities and to be paid for from the general fund of the county.
Codes, 1942, § 6486-11; Laws, 1971, ch. 444, § 1, eff. 3/25/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-79 - Report and recommendations for consolidation of agricultural high schools; abolition of agricultural high school pursuant to petition; election

(1)
The State Board of Education shall review and develop a report relating to the need for a separate board of trustees and separate administrative office for the Coahoma Agricultural High School, the Forrest Agricultural High School and the Hinds Agricultural High School and shall submit this finding with recommendations for any necessary legislation to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Education Committees on or before December 1, 2012, for consideration in the 2013 Regular Session. Said report shall include any necessary recommendations for the consolidation and transfer of administrative offices, transfer of real and personal property, and transfer of students from such agricultural high school to the appropriate school district.
(2)
Any agricultural high school in this state (whether maintained by one (1) county or more than one (1) county) may be abolished when twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors residing in such county or counties shall file a petition with the board of supervisors or boards of supervisors of such county or counties, and request that such school be abolished. Thereupon, the question shall be submitted to an election of the qualified electors of the county or counties within not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the next meeting of the board of supervisors or boards of supervisors after the filing of the petition. At such election said electors may vote for abolishing the agricultural high school or against abolishing the agricultural high school. If a majority of the votes cast in such election be in favor of abolishing such school, then such school shall be abolished. If less than a majority of those voting fail to vote for abolishing such school then it shall not be abolished but shall be supported and maintained as now provided by law. When an election is called under this section and the school is not abolished, then another election cannot be held for a period of two (2) years.
Codes, 1930, § 6687; 1942, § 6467; Laws, 1930, ch. 81; Laws, 1934, ch. 262; Laws, 2012, ch. 551, § 3, eff. 9/10/2012 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965). .
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-80 - Hinds Agriculture High School discontinued; disposal of property; diplomas

(1)
Effective July 1, 2014, the Hinds Agriculture High School shall be closed. Upon closure, all real property titled to or used by Hinds Agricultural High School will become the property of the Hinds Community College District.
(2)
All personal property used by the Hinds Agricultural High School for secondary school purposes, including all nondisposable sports and/or extracurricular equipment (i.e., football helmets, shoulder pads, baseball bats and helmets, and band equipment) will become the property of the Hinds County School District. The division of such personal property will be determined by joint order of the Boards of Trustees of Hinds Community College District and Hinds County School District. Any cost of transferring title of such real or personal property will be paid by Hinds Community College District.
(3)
Any such joint order directing the transfer of the personal property of the Hinds Agricultural High School shall be submitted and approved by the State Board of Education. The finding of the State Board of Education shall be final and conclusive for the purpose of the transfer of property required by such administrative consolidation.
(4)
The students attending the said agricultural high school shall be deemed to be students of the school district where they reside. After closure of Hinds Agricultural High School, any student who is enrolled at the Hinds Agricultural High School when the closure is effected may receive two (2) diplomas upon successful completion of all graduation requirements of the school district they subsequently attend: one (1) diploma to be the official completion with the school district they subsequently attend and the second to be a courtesy diploma reflecting graduation from Hinds Agriculture High School.
(5)
In the event that Hinds Agricultural High School is closed, there will be a two-year waiver of test scores of Hinds Agricultural High School students being included in accountability calculations for Raymond High School and the Hinds County School District, subject to approval by the State Department of Education. In addition, the students from Hinds Agricultural High School will not be included in the graduation cohort for accountability calculations for the Hinds County School District, subject to approval by the State Department of Education.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 520, SB 2159, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-81 - Sale of school property upon abolition of school pursuant to petition and election; disposition of proceeds

When an agricultural high school is abolished under the provisions of Section
37-27-79
, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors or boards of supervisors, to advertise the sale of and to sell all of the property of such school to the highest bidders for cash. The proceeds of such sale shall be used to pay off any outstanding indebtedness of such school. If there is a balance after paying all outstanding indebtedness then such balance shall be paid into the county school fund of such county or counties.
In the event the proceeds of the sale of the property of such school are not sufficient to pay all outstanding indebtedness of such school, then the board or boards of supervisors of such county or counties shall levy a tax on the property of the county or counties sufficient to pay the outstanding indebtedness when it becomes due.
Alternatively, the board of supervisors may transfer any part or all of such property to any school district in said county.
Codes, 1930, § 6687; 1942, § 6467; Laws, 1930, ch. 81; Laws, 1934, ch. 262.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-83 - Disposal of school property when school is discontinued

The board of trustees of any agricultural high school in the state, which on account of loss or destruction of school property by fire, storm, or other like unforeseen disaster, can no longer be maintained and operated successfully, is, with the approval of the board of supervisors, hereby authorized to sell and dispose of the lands, buildings, and other property belonging to such school, and place the proceeds derived from the sale of same to the credit of the county common school fund.
Sale of said property may be made at public or private sale on such terms as the board of trustees may elect, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors. In case of sale on credit, the deferred payments shall be evidenced by notes payable to the county, for the benefit of the county common school fund and shall bear interest at a rate of not less than six percent (6%) per annum, and the county shall have a lien on the property for the purchase-money, as against all persons, until paid.
The deed or deeds of conveyance shall be executed by the president or chairman and the secretary of the board of trustees, pursuant to an order of the board of trustees, entered on its minutes, and pursuant to an order of approval by the board of supervisors entered on its minutes, and when so executed shall be fully effective to convey title to said property.
Codes, 1930, § 6688; 1942, § 6469; Laws, 1924, ch. 292; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-85 - Donated lands may be reconveyed when school is discontinued

The board of trustees of any such school as is discontinued, as provided in Section
37-27-83
, is further authorized with the approval of the board of supervisors to reconvey to the original grantors thereof, or their heirs, any lands which may have been donated to the trustees of such school for school purposes, except that part of the same, to be designated by the board of trustees, on which the school buildings are located. The deeds of conveyance shall be executed as provided in Section
37-27-83
.
Codes, 1930, § 6689; 1942, § 6470; Laws, 1924, ch. 292; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-87 - Transfer of funds when school is discontinued

In the event any such school is permanently discontinued, as provided for in Section
37-27-83
, the board of trustees of such school and the board of supervisors of the county in which such school is located, are further authorized to transfer to the county common school fund of the county all funds on hand in the county treasury or depository to the credit of such school, including all maintenance funds and other funds belonging to such school. In case the school thus discontinued shall be a joint school maintained by two counties, as now provided by law, the school funds belonging to such school and the proceeds derived from the sale of school property shall be divided between the counties interested in proportion to the amount of funds contributed by each county to the establishment and maintenance of such school.
Codes, 1930, § 6690; 1942, § 6471: Laws, 1924, ch. 292; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-89 - Distribution and use of funds when school is discontinued

All funds placed to the credit of the county common school fund, under the provisions of Sections
37-27-83
,
37-27-87
, shall be distributed in the same manner as is provided for the distribution of the county common school funds, and shall be used for the support and maintenance of the public schools of the county.
Codes, 1930, § 6691; 1942, § 6472; Laws, 1924, ch. 292; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-91 - Abolition of school not operated in four years

Any agricultural high school in this state, which has not been operated and maintained as an agricultural high school for four years last past, which does not own sufficient buildings in which to operate and maintain an agricultural high school, and which owes legal, valid and outstanding debts, may be abolished by the board of supervisors of the county in which such agricultural high school is located.
In the event an agricultural high school is abolished as provided in this section, the property of such school may be sold by the board of supervisors of such county. The proceeds of the sale of such property shall be used to pay the debts of the school, and the balance, if any, shall be paid into the general school fund of the county.
This section is intended to provide an additional method for abolishing agricultural high schools and it will not amend or repeal any other law providing for the abolishing of such schools.
Codes, 1942, § 6468.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 27 - AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS (§§ 37-27-1 — 37-27-95) › Section 37-27-95 - Application to convert Coahoma Agricultural High School to Early College High School; closure upon disapproval; disposition of property; diplomas

(1)
In the event the State Board of Education does not approve the application of the Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Agricultural High School to establish an Early College High School, effective July 1, 2018, the Coahoma Agricultural High School shall be closed. Upon closure, all real property titled to or used by Coahoma Agricultural High School will become the property of the Coahoma Community College District.
(2)
All personal property used by the Coahoma Agricultural High School for secondary school purposes, including all nondisposable sports and/or extracurricular equipment (i.e., football helmets, shoulder pads, baseball bats and helmets, and band equipment) will become the property of the Coahoma Community College. Any cost of transferring title of such real or personal property will be paid by Coahoma Community College District.
(3)
Any such joint order directing the transfer of the personal property of the Coahoma Agricultural High School shall be submitted and approved by the State Board of Education. The finding of the State Board of Education shall be final and conclusive for the purpose of the transfer of property required by such administrative consolidation.
(4)
The students attending the said agricultural high school shall be deemed to be students of the school district where they reside. After closure of Coahoma Agricultural High School, any student who is enrolled at the Coahoma Agricultural High School when the closure is effected may receive two (2) diplomas upon successful completion of all graduation requirements of the school district they subsequently attend: one (1) diploma to be the official completion with the school district they subsequently attend and the second to be a courtesy diploma reflecting graduation from Coahoma Agricultural High School.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 467, SB 2501, 2, eff. 7/1/2016.