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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › BEGINNING TEACHER SUPPORT PROGRAM (§§ 37-9-201 — 37-9-213) › Section 37-9-213 - Powers and duties of Mississippi Teacher Center

The Mississippi Teacher Center shall be responsible for the regular and ongoing evaluation of the beginning teacher support program and may contract for such evaluation. The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, assessments of the following:
(a)
A survey and follow-up of all eligible mentor teachers and beginning teachers and appropriate district officials, to assess satisfaction with and the effectiveness of the beginning teacher support program;
(b)
The amount and quality of the contact time between mentor teachers and beginning teachers;
(c)
The effectiveness of workshops and other training required under Sections
37-9-201
through
37-9-211
;
(d)
The effectiveness of the mentor program in enhancing the professional development and retention of new teachers in the district;
(e)
The desirability of extending this assistance program to students participating in graduate level teacher preparation programs similar to those which have been proposed by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning; and
(f)
The desirability of extending this assistance program to all probationary teachers.
Laws, 1991, ch. 502, § 9; Laws, 1995, ch. 427, § 5, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-1 - Assignment of pupil to class where presence of pupil would have adverse effect on class; request by parent or guardian to place twins or other multiples in same or separate classrooms

(1)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, after a pupil has been assigned to a particular public school in a school district, the principal, or anyone else vested with the authority of assigning pupils to classes, knowingly shall not place such pupil in a class where the pupil's presence would serve to adversely affect, hinder, or retard the academic development of the other pupils in the class.
(2)
(a)
A parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples, as defined in paragraph (d) of this subsection, may request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school in the school district. The school may recommend classroom placement and provide professional education advice to the parent or guardian to assist the parent or guardian in making the best decision for the children's education. A school must provide the placement requested by the children's parent or guardian unless:
(i)
the parent or guardian has requested that the children, who are different sexes, be placed in the same classroom and the students in the school have been assigned to different classrooms according to sex, as authorized under Section
37-11-3
; or
(ii)
the school board of the school district makes a classroom placement determination following the school principal's request according to this subsection.
(b)
A parent or guardian making a request under this subsection must submit a written request for the classroom placement to the school principal no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the first day of each school year or, if the children are enrolled in the school after the school year commences, no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the children's first day of attendance in the school.
(c)
At the end of the initial grading period during which children have been in the same classroom or separate classrooms pursuant to their parent or guardian's request under this subsection, if the principal, in consultation with the children's classroom teacher or teachers, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the principal may request that the school board determine the children's classroom placement.
(d)
For purposes of this section, the term "higher order multiples" means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets or more.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-41; Laws, 1964, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 24; Laws, 2009, ch. 484, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 348, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 54, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-3 - Separation of students according to sex

In addition to all other power and authority which may now be vested in any board of trustees of any school district by the Constitution or statutes, or both, of the State of Mississippi, any such board of trustees is hereby vested with the authority to provide by assignment or reassignment, or other appropriate means, for the separation of students according to sex, separately by classrooms or schools, when such board, in its discretion, determines such separation will promote or preserve the public peace, order or tranquility of the school district, or the health, morals or education of the students.
Codes, 1942, § 6220.7; Laws, 1964, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 25, eff. 7/15/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-6 - Purchase and installation in each school of weather radio

In order to provide public schools with immediate access to inclement weather warnings, the State Board of Education shall require each public school district to provide for the purchase and installation, before July 1, 1997, of a weather radio for each school in the district.
Laws, 1996, ch. 324, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-9 - Payment by school board of medical expenses for injuries sustained in athletic activities; purchase of hospitalization insurance

The board of trustees of any school district is authorized and empowered to pay out of the athletic fund or funds obtained from athletic activities all of the actual medical expenses evidenced by itemized bills of account, for injuries sustained by any regularly enrolled student while participating in athletic activities considered a part of any sport that said school engages in as a part of any regularly scheduled athletic contest with other schools, to include any injury sustained in any contest scheduled by the proper school authorities and any required training preparatory thereto.
In lieu of the payment set out in the first paragraph above, and in the discretion of the board of trustees, the board is authorized and empowered to contract for hospitalization insurance designed to fully compensate students for actual medical expenses in such cases. The payment of such hospitalization insurance shall be made from funds available as set out in the first paragraph above.
Codes, 1942, § 6228.1; Laws, 1950, ch. 229, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-13 - Employment of education personnel suffering from tuberculosis

No person suffering from tuberculosis in an infectious or communicable stage will be employed in any school in this state, public or private, as an administrator, teacher, secretary, janitor, cook in lunchroom, bus driver, or in any other capacity.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-61; Laws, 1966, ch. 432, § 1, eff. 7/1/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 372, § 1, eff. 7/1/1981.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-62; Laws, 1966, ch. 432, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-17 - Physical examinations of employees for infectious or communicable diseases; spinal curvature screening program for students

(1)
The State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Mississippi Community College Board, the boards of trustees of the several junior colleges, the county boards of education, the governing authorities of any county, municipal or other public school districts, such other boards set up by law for any educational institution, school, college or university, or their authorized representative, or the State Health Officer or his authorized representative, may require any teacher, supervisor, janitor or other employee of the school to submit to a thorough physical examination, deemed advisable to determine whether he has any infectious or communicable disease.
(2)
The State Board of Education may develop a program to accomplish the identification of public school district students with abnormal spinal curvature. No state funds shall be expended for the purposes of implementing this subsection. Such program shall:
(a)
Provide that an adequate number of school personnel in each district be instructed by qualified medical experts in the proper examination of students for abnormal spinal curvatures;
(b)
Provide that all public school district students who are at least ten (10) years old be screened at least every two (2) years but at least in the fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth grades or at such other times as may be recommended by medical experts on a per case basis;
(c)
Provide that students identified as having abnormal spinal curvatures or potential for abnormal spinal curvatures be referred to the county health officer or to the student's personal physician or chiropractor with notice of the evaluation; and
(d)
Provide for notification of the parent or guardian of any student identified under this program and for the supplying to such parent or guardian information on the condition and resources available for the correction or treatment of such condition. However, the requirement for screening shall not apply to a child whose parent or guardian objects thereto on grounds that the requirement conflicts with his conscientiously held religious beliefs.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-63; Laws, 1966, ch. 432, § 3; Laws, 1981, ch. 372, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 5; Laws, 1987, ch. 419, eff. 7/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 55, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-18 - Expulsion of student possessing controlled substance or weapon or committing violent act on school property

Any student in any school who possesses any controlled substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, a knife, handgun, other firearm or any other instrument considered to be dangerous and capable of causing bodily harm or who commits a violent act on educational property as defined in Section
97-37-17
, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be subject to automatic expulsion for a calendar year by the superintendent or principal of the school in which the student is enrolled; provided, however, that the superintendent of the school shall be authorized to modify the period of time for such expulsion on a case by case basis. Such expulsion shall take effect immediately subject to the constitutional rights of due process, which shall include the student's right to appeal to the local school board.
Laws, 1994, ch. 595, § 9; Laws, 1995, ch. 423, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 534, § 2, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-18.1 - Expulsion of habitually disruptive students aged 13 years or older upon third occurrence of disruptive behavior within school year

(1)
For the purposes of this section:
(a)
The term "disruptive behavior" means conduct of a student that is so unruly, disruptive or abusive that it seriously interferes with a school teacher's or school administrator's ability to communicate with the students in a classroom, with a student's ability to learn, or with the operation of a school or school-related activity, and which is not covered by other laws related to violence or possession of weapons or controlled substances on school property, school vehicles or at school-related activities. Such behaviors include, but are not limited to: foul, profane, obscene, threatening, defiant or abusive language or action toward teachers or other school employees; defiance, ridicule or verbal attack of a teacher; and willful, deliberate and overt acts of disobedience of the directions of a teacher; and
(b)
The term "habitually disruptive" refers to such actions of a student which cause disruption in a classroom, on school property or vehicles or at a school-related activity on more than two (2) occasions during a school year, and to disruptive behavior that was initiated, willful and overt on the part of the student and which required the attention of school personnel to deal with the disruption. However, no student shall be considered to be habitually disruptive before the development of a behavior modification plan for the student in accordance with the code of student conduct and discipline plans of the school district.
(2)
Every behavior modification plan written pursuant to this section must be developed by utilizing evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports. The plan must be implemented no later than two (2) weeks after the occurrence of the disruptive behavior.
(3)
Any student who is thirteen (13) years of age or older for whom a behavior modification plan is developed by the school principal, reporting teacher and student's parent and which student does not comply with the plan shall be deemed habitually disruptive and subject to expulsion on the occurrence of the third act of disruptive behavior during a school year. After the second act of disruptive behavior during a school year by a student, a psychological evaluation shall be performed upon the child.
Laws, 2001, ch. 486, § 6; Laws, 2003, ch. 416, § 4; Laws, 2007, ch. 416, § 4; Laws, 2010, ch. 488, § 7, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-19 - Suspension or expulsion of student damaging school property; liability of parent or custodian

If any pupil shall wilfully destroy, cut, deface, damage, or injure any school building, equipment or other school property he shall be liable to suspension or expulsion and his parents or person or persons in loco parentis shall be liable for all damages.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 4, eff. 7/1/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-20 - Intimidation, threatening or coercion of students for purpose of interfering with attendance of classes

It shall be unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten or coerce, whether by illegal force, threats of force or by the distribution of intimidating, threatening or coercive material, any person enrolled in any school for the purpose of interfering with the right of that person to attend school classes or of causing him not to attend such classes.
Upon conviction of violation of any provision of this section, such individual shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), imprisonment in jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both. Any person under the age of seventeen (17) years who violates any provision of this section shall be treated as a delinquent within the jurisdiction of the youth court.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-05.5; Laws, 1972, ch. 383, §§ 1, 2, eff. 4/26/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-21 - Abuse of superintendent, principal, teacher, or bus driver

If any parent, guardian or other person, shall abuse any superintendent, principal, teacher or school bus driver while school is in session or at a school-related activity, in the presence of school pupils, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Codes, 1942, § 6216-05; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 5; Laws, 1970, ch. 351, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 431, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-23 - Disturbing public school sessions or meetings

If any person shall wilfully disturb any session of the public school or any public school meeting, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Codes, 1942, § 6216-05; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 5; Laws, 1970, ch. 351, § 1, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-25 - Interest in proceeds or profits of sale or rental of property used in public schools

If any public school official of this state or of any county or municipality or school district thereof, or any superintendent, principal, or teacher in the public schools, or any trustee of a school district shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in the proceeds or profits of the sale or rental of any book, furniture, equipment or other property to be used in any public schools of this state such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, he shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). However, nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the receipt of royalties on books or other publications used in the public schools.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-06; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 6, eff. 7/1/1954.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 56, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-27 - Interest in contracts involving public schools

It shall be unlawful for any member of the board of trustees of any school district, any member of the county board of education, the county superintendent of education, or any superintendent, principal or other school district administrator with authority to negotiate school district contracts, to have or own any direct or indirect interest individually or as agent or employee of any person, partnership, firm, or corporation in any contract made or let by the county board of education, the county superintendent of education or the board of trustees of the school district for the construction, repair, or improvement of any school facility, the furnishing of any supplies, materials, or other articles, the doing of any public work or the transportation of children or upon any subcontract arising therefrom or connected therewith in any manner. The board of trustees of any school district shall be authorized to contract with a teacher or school district employee to perform extra work without being in violation of the provisions of this section. The board of trustees shall make a case-by-case determination of the possible conflicts of interest arising from any extra work contracts and such decision by the board shall be final. Any contract entered into in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void and of no effect. Any person who shall authorize or enter into any contract in violation of the provisions hereof, or who shall knowingly or willfully pay out or receive any money upon any such contract shall be civilly liable for the amount so paid or received, and, in the case of an official who has furnished a bond, the surety upon such bond shall likewise be liable for such amount. In addition thereto, any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-29; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 9; Laws, 1989, ch. 585, § 5, effective 4/25/1989 (became law without the Governor's signature).
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 309, SB 2283,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-31 - Contents of report pursuant to section 37-11-29

Such report as is required pursuant to the provisions of Section
37-11-29(2)
, shall contain the full name of the student; the place, date and time of arrest; a brief statement of the charge or charges upon which he was arrested, and any other charges placed against him after his arrest but before the making of the report, and the disposition, if any, which may have been made of said charges by the arresting officer or the law enforcement department of which he be a member; whether the student was released on bail and, if so, the amount thereof; and the person's home address and the school or educational institution in which he was enrolled. If the report be made after the trial of such person it shall contain all of the foregoing information and, in addition, a brief statement of the charge or charges upon which he was tried, whether acquitted or convicted; if convicted, the punishment inflicted; if any appeal has been taken from the decision of the justice court judge or circuit court such shall be so stated; and if such person be admitted to bail either before or after trial, the amount thereof shall be stated, together with the name of each surety upon his bail bond.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-31; Laws, 1960, ch. 319, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 607, § 3, eff. 7/2/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-33 - Fees for reports pursuant to section 37-11-29; disposition of reports

The office or law enforcement department or agency or the justice court judge or the clerk of the circuit court making such reports as are required pursuant to the provisions of Section
37-11-29(2)
, shall receive the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each such report made, which sum shall be paid from the general fund by the town, city, or county where such report or reports are made, upon proper bill being submitted therefor supported by certificate or affidavit that such reports have been made.
All such reports shall be preserved by each recipient thereof and a copy retained in the office or law enforcement department or agency, state, county or municipal, and in the office of any justice of the peace or circuit clerk, as the case may be, who or which made such report or reports.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-31; Laws, 1960, ch. 319, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 607, § 4, eff. 7/2/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-35 - Penalties for failure to file reports pursuant to Section 37-11-29 or 97-5-24

(1)
If any person charged by Section
37-11-29(2) or (3)
to make the reports therein provided for shall willfully fail, refuse or neglect to file any such report, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
(2)
If any person charged by Section
97-5-24
to make the reports therein provided for shall willfully fail, refuse or neglect to file any such report, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
Codes, 1942, § 6216-32; Laws, 1960, ch. 319, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch. 607, § 5; Laws, 2011, ch. 514, § 3, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-37 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; definition

A public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society, as contemplated by Sections 37-11-37 through
37-11-45
, is hereby defined to be any organization composed wholly, or in part, of public high school pupils, which seeks to perpetuate itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in such high school on the basis of the decision of the membership of such fraternity, sorority or secret society, rather than upon the free choice of any pupil in the school. However, this does not apply to the Order of DeMolay or a similar organization sponsored by any branch of the Masonic Orders or like adult fraternal organization.
Codes, 1942, § 6486-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 427, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1962, ch. 358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-39 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; illegality

Any public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society organization as defined in Section
37-11-37
is hereby declared to be inimical to public free schools and therefore unlawful.
Codes, 1942, § 6486-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 427, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1962, ch. 358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-41 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; membership or participation in activities

It shall be unlawful for any pupil attending the public schools of this state to become a member of or to belong to or participate in the activities of any high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society as defined in Section
37-11-37
.
Codes, 1942, § 6486-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 427, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1962, ch. 358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-43 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; duties of boards of trustees

All boards of trustees of public high schools shall prohibit fraternities, sororities, or secret societies in all high schools under their respective jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of said boards of trustees to suspend or expel from said high schools under their control, any pupil or pupils who shall be or remain a member of, or shall join or promise to join, or who shall become pledged to become a member, or who shall solicit or encourage any other person to join, promise to join, or be pledged to become a member of, any such public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society, as defined in Section
37-11-37
.
Codes, 1942, § 6486-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 427, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1962, ch. 358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-45 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; solicitation of pupils

It shall be unlawful for any person not enrolled in any such public high school to solicit any pupil enrolled in any such public high school, to join or pledge himself or herself to become a member of any such public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society, or to solicit any such pupil to attend a meeting thereof or any meeting where the joining of any such public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret organization shall be encouraged.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each and every offense.
Codes, 1942, § 6486-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 427, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1962, ch. 358.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-47 - Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board; Memorial Fund

(1)
There is hereby created the Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board, which shall have as its purpose the memorializing of that great American and Confederate General, Stonewall Jackson, through a program of education initiated by Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc. The Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board shall be governed by a board of trustees, who shall serve without compensation. The board of trustees shall be composed of three (3) members, the Mississippi State Superintendent of Public Education, the Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the President of Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc. The board of trustees shall be vested with the power to administer this section in its entirety and to establish the Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund.
(2)
From and after March 13, 1990, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board shall be abolished by operation of law, and any monies appropriated or donated to or deposited in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund shall be received, invested and administered by the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as it deems advisable in line with sound business procedure. The Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History may spend the interest derived from the Mississippi Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund to support the programs and activities of the Junior Historical Society of Mississippi and thereby promote the study of Mississippi history. No part of the principal of such fund shall be disbursed for any purpose, and all grants to the Junior Historical Society shall be taken from the interest derived from investments only.
Codes, 1942, § 6228.7; Laws, 1956, ch. 354, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1990, ch. 381, § 1, eff. 3/13/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-49 - Wearing of approved eye protective devices required during participation in certain vocational, industrial arts, and chemical-physical laboratory courses of instruction

(1)
Each student and teacher in schools, colleges, universities, or other educational institutions, while participating in or observing any of the following courses of instruction:
(a)
Vocational, technical, industrial arts, chemical, or chemical-physical, involving exposure to:
(i)
Hot molten metals, or other molten materials;
(ii)
Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamping of any solid materials;
(iii)
Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials;
(iv)
Gas or electric arc welding, or other forms of welding processes;
(v)
Caustic or explosive materials; or
(b)
Chemical, physical, or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive materials, hot liquids or solids, injurious radiations, or other hazards not enumerated; is required to wear an appropriate industrial quality eye protective device at all times.
(2)
For purposes of this section unless the context indicates otherwise "Industrial quality eye protective device" shall mean a device meeting the standards of the American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z 87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof, approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc.
(3)
Such devices may, at the discretion of the individual school, be
(a)
furnished for all students and teachers;
(b)
purchased and sold at cost to students and teachers; or
(c)
made available for a moderate rental fee.
Such devices shall be furnished to all visitors to such shops and laboratories.
(4)
The state superintendent of education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of this section.
Laws, 1974, ch. 386, eff. 3/21/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-51 - Documents exempt from Public Records Act

(1)
Test questions and answers in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section
25-61-3
, which are to be used in future academic examinations, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(2)
Letters of recommendation in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section
25-61-3
, respecting admission to any educational agency or institution, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(3)
(a)
Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, documents, records, papers, data, protocols, information or materials in the possession of a community college or state institution of higher learning that are created, collected, developed, generated, ascertained or discovered during the course of academic research, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(b)
The exemption under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not apply to a public record that has been published, copyrighted, trademarked or patented.
(4)
Unpublished manuscripts, preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific or academic papers, plans or proposals for future research and prepublication peer reviews in the possession of a community college or state institution of higher learning, or submitted and accepted for publication by publishers shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(5)
Nothing in this section shall otherwise create a public record right over, or shall impede or infringe upon, the copyright in any work.
(6)
School safety plan documents containing preventive services listed in Section
37-3-83
shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 16, eff. 7/1/1983.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 349, SB 2678, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 409, HB 116, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-54 - State Board of Education to develop list of conflict resolution and peer mediation materials, models, and curricula from evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports

The State Board of Education shall develop a list of recommended conflict resolution and mediation materials, models and curricula that are developed from evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports to address responsible decision making, the causes and effects of school violence and harassment, cultural diversity, and nonviolent methods for resolving conflict, including peer mediation, and shall make the list available to local school administrative units and school buildings before the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. In addition, local school boards shall incorporate evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports into individual school district policies and Codes of Conduct. In developing this list, the board shall emphasize materials, models and curricula that currently are being used in Mississippi and that the board determines to be effective. The board shall include at least one (1) model that includes instruction and guidance for the voluntary implementation of peer mediation programs and one (1) model that provides instruction and guidance for teachers concerning the integration of conflict resolution and mediation lessons into the existing classroom curriculum.
Laws, 2001, ch. 391, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 486, § 5; Laws, 2003, ch. 416, § 5; Laws, 2007, ch. 416, § 5; Laws, 2010, ch. 488, § 8, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-55 - Code of student conduct

The local school board shall adopt and make available to all teachers, school personnel, students and parents or guardians, at the beginning of each school year, a code of student conduct developed in consultation with teachers, school personnel, students and parents or guardians. The code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and discipline adopted by the school board and shall be made available at the school level in the student handbook or similar publication. The code shall include, but not be limited to:
(a)
Specific grounds for disciplinary action under the school district's discipline plan;
(b)
Procedures to be followed for acts requiring discipline, including suspensions and expulsion, which comply with due process requirements;
(c)
An explanation of the responsibilities and rights of students with regard to: attendance; respect for persons and property; knowledge and observation of rules of conduct; free speech and student publications; assembly; privacy; and participation in school programs and activities;
(d)
Policies and procedures recognizing the teacher as the authority in classroom matters, and supporting that teacher in any decision in compliance with the written discipline code of conduct. Such recognition shall include the right of the teacher to remove from the classroom any student who, in the professional judgment of the teacher, is disrupting the learning environment, to the office of the principal or assistant principal. The principal or assistant principal shall determine the proper placement for the student, who may not be returned to the classroom until a conference of some kind has been held with the parent, guardian or custodian during which the disrupting behavior is discussed and agreements are reached that no further disruption will be tolerated. If the principal does not approve of the determination of the teacher to remove the student from the classroom, the student may not be removed from the classroom, and the principal, upon request from the teacher, must provide justification for his disapproval;
(e)
Policies and procedures for dealing with a student who causes a disruption in the classroom, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities;
(f)
Procedures for the development of behavior modification plans by the school principal, reporting teacher and student's parent for a student who causes a disruption in the classroom, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities for a second time during the school year; and
(g)
Policies and procedures specifically concerning gang-related activities in the school, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities.
Laws, 1991, ch. 539, § 4; Laws, 2001, ch. 486, § 7; Laws, 2004, ch. 380, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-59 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1995, ch. 452, § 2, eff. 7/1/1995.
Laws, 1994, ch. 607, § 15.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-61 - Local school districts and agricultural high schools to provide parents information about meningococcal disease; State Board of Health to develop information about meningococcal disease for distribution to parents

(1)
Local school boards shall ensure that all public schools and agricultural high schools provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal disease and the effectiveness of vaccination against meningococcal disease. Such information may be provided through the school district Web site, student handbook or other appropriate means of dissemination of information. Such information shall be updated annually if new information on such disease is available. This information shall include the causes, symptoms and means by which meningococcal disease is spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local school board or school to provide or purchase vaccine against meningococcal disease.
(2)
The State Board of Health shall develop and make available educational materials appropriate for distribution so that the information required by this section can be provided to parents and guardians. The Department of Health may provide this information, at its discretion, electronically, on its Web site. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Department of Health to provide or purchase vaccine against meningococcal disease.
Laws, 2006, ch. 501, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 416, § 6; Laws, 2010, ch. 488, § 9, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-63 - Local school boards, school superintendents and school principals not permitted to prohibit teachers from discussing and answering questions about the origin of life

No local school board, school superintendent or school principal shall prohibit a public school classroom teacher from discussing and answering questions from individual students on the origin of life.
Laws, 2006, ch. 554, § 3, eff. 4/20/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-64 - Prohibition against school administrators or other employees changing, altering or otherwise influencing grade received by student from teacher; exceptions; violation

(1)
No school board member, school superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, guidance counselor, other teachers, coaches, or other administrative staff members of the school or the central staff of a local school board shall attempt, directly or indirectly, to change, alter, or otherwise affect the grade received by a student from his teacher except as otherwise specifically allowed by this section.
(2)
(a)
A teacher's determination of a student's grade as a measure of the academic achievement or proficiency of the student shall not be altered or changed in any manner by any school official or employee other than the teacher except as provided in this subsection.
(b)
A school official or employee having authority provided under formally adopted written rules and procedures adopted by the local school board to change a student's grade can take such action only upon it being determined that the grade is an error or that the grade is demonstrably inconsistent with the teacher's grading policy.
(3)
Any local school district or personnel employed by the school district who violates the provisions of this section shall cause the local school district or school to be subject to losing its accreditation in the manner determined by the policies and procedures of the State Board of Education.
Laws, 2012, ch. 492, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-65 - Students in grades 7-12 to be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activity for failure to maintain certain cumulative grade point average

A student who is enrolled in any grade higher than Grade 6 in a school district in this state must be suspended from participation in any extracurricular or athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school district after a semester in which the student's cumulative grade point average is below a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. The suspension from participation in extracurricular or athletic activities may not be removed until the student's cumulative grade point average in a succeeding semester is 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. A student with a cumulative grade point average below a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale at the semester of an academic school year shall be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activities in the succeeding academic school year until the student's cumulative grade point average is 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
Laws, 2009, ch. 516, § 2, eff. 4/8/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION (§§ 37-11-1 — 37-11-NEW-002) › Section 37-11-66 - Local school board adoption and implementation of written policy regarding school district's requirement for awarding a minimum grade

Each local school board shall adopt and implement a written policy with regard to the school district's mandate or requirement for the awarding of a minimum grade which is in compliance with the grading policy requirement established by the State Board of Education Policy 403.
Laws, 2011, ch. 516, § 3, eff. 7/1/2011.