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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-3 - Use of school funds; generally

The total funding formula allotments to the public school districts and the funds derived from the supplemental school district tax levies authorized by law shall be used exclusively for the support, maintenance and operation of the schools in the manner provided by law for the fiscal years for which such funds were appropriated, collected or otherwise made available, and no part of said funds or allotments shall be used in paying any expenses incurred during any preceding fiscal year. However, this shall not be construed to prohibit the payment of expenses incurred during the fiscal year after the close of such fiscal year from amounts remaining on hand at the end of such fiscal year, provided that such expenses were properly payable from such amounts. Moreover, this shall not be construed to prohibit the payment of the salaries of superintendents, principals and teachers and other school employees whose salaries are payable in twelve (12) monthly installments after the close of the fiscal year from amounts on hand for such purpose at the end of the fiscal year.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-02; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 191; Laws, 1991, ch. 534, § 11; Laws, 1991, ch. 555 § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 14, eff. 7/1/2004.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 82, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-5 - Disposition of balances of minimum education program funds

If in any year there should remain a balance in the total funding formula funds of any school district on June 30 which amount is not to be used or is not needed in the payment of expenses for the preceding fiscal year properly payable out of such total funding formula funds, then such balance on hand to the credit of such funds of the school district shall be carried forward as a part of such total funding formula funds for the next succeeding fiscal year. The proper pro rata part of the amount so carried forward, to be determined by the percentage which the state total funding formula funds during the year bore to the entire amount of the school district's total funding formula funds, shall be charged against and deducted from the amount which the school district is allotted from state total funding formula funds for the succeeding fiscal year, in a manner prescribed by the State Auditor. The remainder of the amount so carried forward may be deducted from the amount which the school district is required to produce as its local minimum ad valorem tax effort for the support of the total funding formula for the succeeding fiscal year .
Codes, 1942, § 6534-03; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 192, eff. 7/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 83, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-7 - Disposition of balances of school district funds

If at the end of any fiscal year there should remain a balance in the school district fund of any school district which is not needed and is not to be used for paying the expenses properly payable out of such district fund for the preceding fiscal year, such balance shall be carried forward as a part of the school district fund for the next fiscal year and used and expended in the manner otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to balances of total funding formula funds of a school district, and balances remaining in such funds shall be governed by Section
37-61-5
.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 4; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 193, eff. 7/1/1987.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 84, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-8 - State Board of Education to prescribe method of examination of school district ending fund balances

The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing the method by which school district ending fund balances are examined for fiscal stability. Failure to comply with any of the rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education with regard to ending fund balances shall constitute a violation of the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
Laws, 2010, ch. 486, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 345, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 363, HB 482, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-11 - through 37-61-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 195, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6534-09-6534-10; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, §§ 8-10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-17 - Furnishing of forms for budgets

It shall be the duty of the State Auditor to prescribe the forms for the budgets provided for in this chapter. It shall be the duty of such superintendents of schools and school boards to use such forms in preparing said budgets. No distribution of school funds shall be made to any school district until the budgets required by this chapter shall be filed.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-12; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 12; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 196; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 16, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-19 - Expenditures shall be limited to budgeted amounts; personal liability for excess

It shall be the duty of the superintendents of schools and the school boards of all school districts to limit the expenditure of school funds during the fiscal year to the resources available. It shall be unlawful for any school district to budget expenditures from a fund in excess of the resources available within that fund. Furthermore, it shall be unlawful for any contract to be entered into or any obligation incurred or expenditure made in excess of the resources available for such fiscal year. Any member of the school board, superintendent of schools, or other school official, who shall knowingly enter into any contract, incur any obligation, or make any expenditure in excess of the amount available for the fiscal year shall be personally liable for the amount of such excess. However, no school board member, superintendent or other school official shall be personally liable:
(a)
in the event of any reduction in total funding formula payments by action of the Governor acting through the Department of Finance and Administration ; or
(b)
for claims, damages, awards or judgments, on account of any wrongful or tortious act or omission or breach of implied term or condition of any warranty or contract . However, the foregoing immunity provisions shall not be a defense in cases of fraud, criminal action or an intentional breach of fiduciary obligations imposed by statute.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-11; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 11; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 197; Laws, 1991, ch. 534, § 12; Laws, 1991, ch. 555 § 3; Laws, 1993, ch. 562, § 8; Laws, 2003, ch. 546, § 4; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 17, eff. 7/1/2004.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 85, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-21 - Revision of budget

(1)
If it should appear to the superintendent of schools or the school board of any school district that the amounts to be received from state appropriations, taxation or any other source will be more than the amount estimated in the budget filed and approved, or if it should appear that such amounts shall be less than the amount estimated, the school board of the school district, with assistance from the superintendent, may revise the budget at any time during the fiscal year by increasing or decreasing the fund budget, in proportion to the increase or decrease in the estimated amounts. If it should appear to the superintendent of schools or the school board of a school district that some function of the budget as filed is in excess of the requirement of that function and that the entire amount budgeted for such function will not be needed for expenditures therefor during the fiscal year, the school board of the school district, with assistance from the superintendent, may transfer resources to and from functions and funds within the budget when and where needed; however, no such transfer shall be made from fund to fund or from function to function which will result in the expenditure of any money for any purpose different from that for which the money was appropriated, allotted, collected or otherwise made available or for a purpose which is not authorized by law. No revision of any budget under the provisions hereof shall be made which will permit a fund expenditure in excess of the resources available for such purpose. The revised portions of the budgets shall be incorporated in the minutes of the school board by spreading them on the minutes or by attaching them as an addendum. Final budget revisions, pertinent to a fiscal year, shall be approved on or before the date set by the State Board of Education for the school district to submit its financial information for that fiscal year.
(2)
On or before the fifteenth day of October of each year, the local school board of each school district, with the assistance of the school district superintendent, shall prepare and file with the State Department of Education year-end financial statements and any other budgetary information that the State Board of Education may require. The State Board of Education shall prescribe and provide forms to each school district for this purpose. No additional changes may be made to the financial statements after October 15 of each year.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-13; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 13; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 198; Laws, 1991, ch. 534, § 13; Laws, 2003, ch. 546, § 5; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 18; Laws, 2006, ch. 550, § 4, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-23 - Superintendents' books of accounts

The superintendent of schools of each school district shall open and keep regular sets of books, as prescribed by the State Department of Education, which shall be subject to inspection during office hours by any citizen so desiring to inspect the same. The books for each fiscal year shall be kept separately and same shall be safely preserved by the superintendent of schools.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-14; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 14; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 199; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 19; Laws, 2006, ch. 550, § 6, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-25 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 195, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, § 6274-21; Laws, 1962, ch. 340, §§ 1-3; 1966, ch. 408, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-27 - Penalty for failure to effect publication

If any member of the school board or the superintendent of schools disbursing and handling school funds shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of Section
37-61-9
, he shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for such failure, refusal or neglect for each offense. In addition thereto, he shall be liable to a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) recoverable on his official bond by suit filed by any county or district attorney or any interested citizen, upon his official bond.
Codes, 1942, § 6274-21; Laws, 1962, ch. 340, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1966, ch. 408, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 200; Laws, 1987, ch. 307, § 46; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 20, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-29 - Audit of school funds

The State Department of Audit is hereby authorized and empowered to post-audit and investigate the financial affairs and all transactions involving the school funds of the school district including the total funding formula funds and supplementary district school funds, and to make separate and special audits thereof, as now provided by Sections
7-7-201
through
7-7-215
.
Codes, 1942, § 6534-17; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 17, eff. 7/1/1954.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 86, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-31 - Chickasaw school fund

The boards of supervisors of the various counties in Mississippi which are entitled to share in the distribution of the Chickasaw school funds, are hereby authorized and empowered to make settlement with any separate school district in said counties which has received more or less than its proportionate part of said funds, and the boards of supervisors may appropriate any money now on hand or that may be allotted to said counties in the future in the payment of any amount due to such separate school districts.
Codes, 1930, § 6741; 1942, § 6579; Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Laws, 1930, ch. 278.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-35 - School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund

There is hereby created a special fund in the State Treasury to be designated School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund into which proceeds collected pursuant to Sections
27-65-75(7)
and
27-67-31(a)
shall be deposited. Beginning with the 1994 state fiscal year, the entire amount of monies in such special fund shall be appropriated annually to the State Department of Education which shall distribute the appropriated amount to the various school districts in the proportion that the net enrollment of each school district bears to the net enrollment of all school districts within the state. On or before June 1 of each year, the State Department of Education shall notify each school district of the amount to which such district is entitled pursuant to this section.
Laws, 1992, ch. 419, § 10; Laws, 2000, ch. 617, § 4, eff. 7/1/2000.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 87, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 61 - EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL FUNDS; BUDGETS (§§ 37-61-1 — 37-61-37) › Section 37-61-37 - Mississippi Public Education Support Fund

There is established in the State Treasury a fund known as the "Mississippi Public Education Support Fund" (hereinafter referred to as "fund"). The fund shall consist of monies as the Legislature may authorize or direct to be deposited into the fund. Monies in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, may be expended by the State Department of Education for classroom supplies, instructional materials and equipment, including computers and computer software, to be distributed to all school districts in the proportion that the net enrollment of each school district bears to the net enrollment of all school districts within the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
Laws, 2002, ch. 559, § 4, eff. 7/1/2002.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 88, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-1 - Declaration of legislative purpose and public policy

It is declared to be the legislative purpose of this chapter, and the public policy of the State of Mississippi, that there be established and developed in the public interest an educational television and radio system which shall provide educational and instructional, professional growth, and public service programs for the students and citizens of Mississippi, such system to be known as Mississippi Educational Television. The legislature therefore declares and determines that for these and other related purposes there is hereby established an agency of state government to be known as the Mississippi authority for educational television which shall have the responsibility for the administration, operation, control and supervision of educational television and radio in Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-101; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 1, eff. 9/30/1969.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-3 - Members of authority for educational television; terms

The Authority for Educational Television shall consist of the State Superintendent of Public Education, or his designee, and six (6) members appointed, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall appoint four (4) members, one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged as a teacher or principal in a secondary school system in the State of Mississippi and one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged as a teacher or principal in an elementary school system in the State of Mississippi. Beginning July 1, 1994, the appointee actively engaged as a teacher or principal in a secondary school shall be appointed for an initial term of three (3) years. The member actively engaged as a teacher or principal in an elementary school shall be appointed for an initial term of four (4) years. The remaining two (2) gubernatorial appointees shall serve until July 1, 1996. Beginning July 1, 1996, the Governor shall appoint two (2) members for initial terms of three (3) and four (4) years, with the Governor specifically designating which member shall be appointed for three (3) years and which shall be appointed for four (4) years. The Mississippi Community College Board shall appoint one (1) member, and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall appoint one (1) member. After the expiration of the initial terms, all members shall serve for terms of four (4) years. An appointment to fill a vacancy among the gubernatorial appointees, other than by expiration of a term of office, shall be made by the Governor for the balance of the unexpired term.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-102; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 14 (became law on 4/4/1986, without Governor's signature); Laws, 1994, ch. 552, § 1; Laws, 2002, ch. 329, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 40, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-5 - Officers of authority for educational television; meetings; compensation

The Authority for Educational Television shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and such other officers it deems necessary. The authority shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings, and governing the manner of conducting its business. Any member who does not attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the authority shall be subject to removal by a majority vote of the board members.
The authority shall meet at least bimonthly. Special meetings may be called by the chairman, vice chairman or the executive director. Four (4) members of the authority shall constitute a quorum.
Authority members who are not employed by the state shall receive per diem and actual and necessary expenses for attending meetings as provided by general law for public officers and employees. Elementary and secondary school teachers and/or elementary and secondary principals shall not be considered to be state employees for the purposes of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-103; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 3; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 14; Laws, 1994, ch. 552, § 2, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-7 - Executive director and other employees

The authority for educational television shall employ an executive director who shall be the administrative officer of the authority and shall perform such duties as are required of him by law and such other duties as may be assigned him by the authority and who shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the authority. In addition, the executive director shall be entitled to remuneration for his necessary traveling expenses consistent with general law.
The authority shall have the power and authority to employ such technical, professional and clerical personnel as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter and for the performance of such other duties as may be imposed upon the authority by law, and to define the duties and fix the compensation of such employees.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-104; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 4, eff. 9/30/1969.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-8 - Extern training program

The Authority shall have the authority, with the assistance and approval of the State Personnel Board, to implement extern training programs for its employees and contract with private sector businesses for such training. The training programs shall be available, at the discretion of the Authority and the Executive Director, to employees who have served with the agency for one (1) year or more. The salary of the employees may be paid by the Authority while the employee is receiving such training. No training shall be in excess of three (3) months and forty (40) hours per week. Any employee participating in such extern training program shall be required to remain employed with the Authority for a period of one (1) year following completion of the training period. Any person leaving the employment of the Authority prior to the completion of the required one (1) year period shall be liable for the salary and fringe benefits expended for the employee during the training period.
Laws, 1992, ch. 373, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-9 - Acquisition and operation of facilities

(1)
The authority is authorized and empowered to lease, purchase, own, construct, operate, manage and be the licensee of educational television and radio stations, production centers, transmission sites and all related equipment and facilities for the production and/or transmission of broadcast, closed circuit, fixed services (ITFS-2500 megahertz), radio and any other means necessary to provide complete coverage of educational television and radio in the state. The authority is also authorized and empowered to lease, purchase, own and operate any type of vehicle necessary for use in transporting equipment, production crews and service personnel.
(2)
The authority, and any other state agency or board licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to provide ITFS educational television, are authorized and empowered to provide access to video learning resources for all Mississippi public schools through the development of multi-channel interactive video systems (ITFS) for the public schools which shall be able to interact with other school districts in the state. In order to establish the ITFS system without expenditure of significant state funds, the authority, and any such other state agency or board licensee with the approval of the authority, are authorized and empowered to enter such contracts as may be necessary, including contracts with any private educational institution or private nonprofit educational organization in regard to the construction, purchase, lease or lease-purchase of facilities and equipment, employment of personnel, and the operation and management of said ITFS system for the purpose of providing ITFS educational television services to educational institutions and interested citizens in the state. The authority shall provide that all public schools are equipped to utilize the ITFS system by no later than July 1, 1998.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-105; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 5; Laws, 1980, ch. 489; Laws, 1990, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 72, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 341, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-10 - Conflicts of interest

No individual who sits on any board or authority empowered to contract with the Educational Television Authority or to appoint members to the board which shall govern the use of the ITFS channels shall own or be interested in, directly or indirectly, any interest in any private organization doing business under the FCC license herein approved.
Laws, 1990, Ex Sess, ch. 72, § 3, eff. 6/30/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-13 - Authority's general powers as to educational television

The Authority for Educational Television is empowered and is hereby designated as the proper and official state agency to:
(1)
Control and supervise the use of television broadcast and ITFS channels and radio frequencies reserved by the Federal Communications Commission for noncommercial, educational purposes in Mississippi. It is further empowered to authorize the sale or lease of any excess capacity of such ITFS channels for commercial use to provide the funds necessary to implement the purposes of Section
37-63-9(2)
. No pornographic material or political advertisements shall be allowed on any ITFS channel or radio frequency;
(2)
Initiate or receive for review and approval all applications for educational television and educational radio licenses submitted to the Federal Communications Commission for or on behalf of any public school system, junior college, institution of higher learning, private educational institution, or nonprofit community or municipal educational organization;
(3)
Initiate or receive for review and approval all applications for federal, state or private funds which involve the construction of educational television or radio facilities or acquisition of educational television or radio equipment;
(4)
Prescribe official state-approved standards for appropriate educational television equipment which may be purchased by any public school, junior college, institution of higher learning, private educational institution, or nonprofit community or municipal educational organization in order to insure a standard of quality and technical compatibility throughout the state;
(5)
Provide consultative services in all aspects of educational television and radio to any agency, public or private, within the state;
(6)
Serve as a clearinghouse for information on television and radio for educational purposes;
(7)
Perform all other things necessary to insure the orderly and coordinated development of educational television and radio in Mississippi; and
(8)
Determine and approve all policies governing the programming, administration, control and supervision of Mississippi Educational Television and educational radio. All programs prepared for use in the elementary and secondary schools of this state must be prepared in conjunction with the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Education prior to broadcast on Mississippi Educational Television.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-107; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 7; Laws, 1990, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 72, § 2; Laws, 2003, ch. 395, § 2, eff. 7/1/2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-15 - Programming restriction

No SEICUS (or any of its subsidiaries or connections known by any other name whatsoever) programming whatsoever shall be carried by any educational television station in the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 8946-108; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 31, § 8, eff. 9/30/1969.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 63 - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (§§ 37-63-1 — 37-63-17) › Section 37-63-17 - Authority for Educational Television to provide services to public agencies; cost of services; Capital Equipment Replacement Revolving Fund

(1)
The Mississippi Authority for Educational Television is empowered to provide noncommercial production or reproduction services for other public agencies and may collect the costs of providing the services from the public agency plus a separate equipment usage fee in an amount determined by the authority and based upon the equipment used. The costs shall be deposited to the credit of the authority. The separate equipment usage fee shall be deposited in the Capital Equipment Replacement Revolving Fund.
(2)
The Authority for Educational Television may establish a Capital Equipment Replacement Revolving Fund into which shall be deposited equipment usage fees collected under subsection (1) and funds from other sources designated for deposit in the Capital Equipment Replacement Revolving Fund. The authority may expend moneys from the Capital Equipment Replacement Revolving Fund subject to appropriation therefor by the Legislature to purchase technical equipment for operating the educational radio and television facilities.
Laws, 1990, ch. 423, § 1, eff. 3/15/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-1 - Conditions under which governor may close public schools or institutions of higher learning

In addition to all other power and authority which may now be vested in the governor of the State of Mississippi by its constitution and statutes, or either, and any power or authority which may be vested in him by common law as governor as such, the governor of the State of Mississippi is hereby vested with the authority to close any one or more or all schools in any school, agricultural high school, or junior college district, or to close any institution of higher learning in the State of Mississippi when, in his discretion, he determines such closure to be to the best interest of a majority of the educable children of any public school district, or to the best interest of a majority of the children or persons eligible to attend any agricultural high school or agricultural high school and junior college district, or to the best interest of any institution of higher learning, or to the best interest of a majority of the persons or children enrolled in any such school or schools, or any agricultural high school or agricultural high school and junior college, or any institution of higher learning. The governor as such is also vested with such supplemental and additional authority to close any one or more or all of said public schools in any such school district, or agricultural high school district, or agricultural high school and junior college district when, in his discretion, he determines such closure will promote or preserve the public peace, order, or tranquility of such district or districts and as such governor he is also vested with the authority to close any one or more or all of said institutions of higher learning when, in his discretion, he determines such closure will promote or preserve the public peace, order, or tranquility in and of such institutions, or the community in which such may be situated or in or of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-21; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 1, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-3 - Governor's proclamation closing schools or institutions of higher learning

The decision or determination to close any one or more of the schools, colleges or institutions of higher learning as provided in Section
37-65-1
, shall be effectuated and evidenced by a proclamation of the governor of the State of Mississippi, which shall be effective upon his execution or issuance thereof, and such schools, colleges, or institutions of higher learning closed according to the provisions of this article shall remain so closed until said governor shall execute or issue a further proclamation opening same. The use by said governor of the power vested in him by the terms of this article may be exercised from time to time as, in his discretion, he may deem necessary for any or all of the purposes specified in Section
37-65-1
and any proclamation of closure need not specify the period of time during which such closure shall be effective.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-22; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 2, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-5 - Person entering upon closed school's premises without approval of governor is a trespasser; penalty

Upon the closure of any such school, college, or institution of higher learning, no person shall go or enter upon the premises thereof except with the permission or approval of said governor, and any other person going or entering upon said premises shall be a trespasser and guilty of a misdemeanor under the laws of the State of Mississippi. Upon conviction thereof, such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-23; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 3, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-7 - Salaries of superintendents, teachers and other employees may be paid while schools are closed

The board of trustees of any such school district, agricultural high school district or agricultural high school and junior college district, and the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, respectively, as the case may be, may, in their discretion, pay all or any part of the salary of all superintendents, principals, teachers and other employees during or for the period when any of the said schools, agricultural high schools, agricultural high schools and junior colleges, or institutions of higher learning are closed in accordance with the terms of this article, and funds shall be drawn from the same source or sources as such funds would be drawn to pay such items if the schools, agricultural high schools, agricultural high schools and junior colleges, or institutions of higher learning had not been closed.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-25; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 5, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-9 - Students affected by closing of school may be transferred to other schools

Upon and during the closure in accordance with the provisions of this article of any school, the educable children or enrolled students affected thereby may be assigned or transferred, as the case may be, to another school or district, as the case may be, in accordance with the laws of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-26; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 6, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-11 - Teachers and other employees affected by closing of schools may be employed in other schools

Upon or during any period of closure in accordance with the provisions of this article, any teacher or other employee affected thereby may be, by the board of trustees of such school district, college or institution of higher learning, placed in any other school within the district or any other junior college or institution of higher learning, as the case may be, or may be employed in such other school or junior college or institution of higher learning.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-26; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 6, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-13 - Routes and facilities may be changed to accommodate transportation of pupils during school closure

Upon or during any closure of any school in accordance with the provisions of this article, any and all transportation routes or transportation facilities may be changed or adjusted by the interested board or boards of trustees to accommodate the transportation of children who would be otherwise entitled to transportation had such closure not occurred.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-27; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 7, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-15 - Closing of schools shall not affect retirement benefits

Upon or during any closure of any school, junior college or institution of higher learning in accordance with the terms of this article, the retirement benefits under existing law of any teacher, superintendent, principal or other employee shall in no way be affected by the same or because of the period of time elapsing during which such school, junior college or institution of higher learning may be closed.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-28; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 8, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-17 - Period of closure shall not be deducted from time earned toward certification

Should any school, junior college or institution of higher learning be closed in accordance with the terms of this article, such period of closure shall not be subtracted from the period of time which would otherwise be earned by any superintendent, principal, teacher or other employee employed to render services in and about the conduct and operation of any such school, junior college or institution of higher learning, as to any certification to which such person might otherwise be entitled.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-28; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 8, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-19 - Elapsed time during closure shall not be deducted from time schools are required to be operated during scholastic year

The period of time which may elapse during any closure of any school, junior college or institution of higher learning in accordance with the terms of this article, shall not be deducted or counted as a deduction from any period of time which by any other law of this state such school, junior college or institution of higher learning is required to be operated in any scholastic year. The provision of any other law of this state setting a minimum time or number of days which any such school, junior college or institution of higher learning is required to be operated in any scholastic year shall not prevent the closure provided for in this article, and in the event of any conflict between the terms of this article and any such other law, the provisions of this article shall control.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-29; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 9, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 1 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-21) › Section 37-65-21 - Construction of article

The fact that the power and authority to close any one or more or all of the schools of any school district, or any agricultural high school, or any agricultural high school and junior college, or any institution of higher learning may be by some other law of the State of Mississippi vested in some other person or officer or board shall not cause this article and any other such law to be in conflict nor shall same be construed to be in conflict with each other, and the power and authority vested in each such board or boards of trustees or person or officer may be exercised by each or either, independent of the other such board or boards or person or persons or officer or officers.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-30; Laws, 1958, ch. 311, § 10, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 3 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' ORDER (§§ 37-65-101 — 37-65-131) › Section 37-65-101 - Conditions under which board of trustees may close public schools

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 close any one or more or all schools in any school district when, in its discretion, it determines such closure to be to the best interest of a majority of the educable children of the territory served, or to the best interest of a majority of the children enrolled in any such school or schools. Said board of trustees is also vested with the authority, in its discretion, to close any one or more or all schools in any school district when such board, in its discretion, determines such closure will promote or preserve the public peace, order or tranquility of the district.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-41; Laws, 1960, ch. 316, § 1, eff. 4/27/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 3 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' ORDER (§§ 37-65-101 — 37-65-131) › Section 37-65-103 - Order closing schools

The decision or determination to close any one or more or all schools of the district shall be effectuated and evidenced by an order of such board of trustees directing the same, entered upon the minutes of such board, and the same shall be sufficient by an adjudication or determination therein of any one or more reasons authorizing such action as set out in Section
37-65-101
, and it shall not be necessary to include in said order any fact or detail other than the said reason or reasons above mentioned.
Any one or more or all schools of the district which may be closed, as hereinabove provided for, shall remain closed until further order of said board of trustees made and entered upon its minutes opening such school or schools or all schools of the district.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6232-42, 6232-43; Laws, 1960, ch. 316, §§ 2, 3, eff. 4/27/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 3 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' ORDER (§§ 37-65-101 — 37-65-131) › Section 37-65-105 - Salaries of superintendents, teachers and other employees may be paid while schools are closed

The board of trustees of any such school district may, in its discretion, pay all or any part of the salary of all superintendents, principals, teachers and other employees during or for the period when any of the said schools are closed in accordance with the terms of this article, and funds shall be drawn from the same source or sources as such funds would be drawn to pay such items if the school or schools had not been closed.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-48; Laws, 1960, ch. 316, § 8, eff. 4/27/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 3 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' ORDER (§§ 37-65-101 — 37-65-131) › Section 37-65-107 - Students affected by closing of school may be transferred to other schools

Upon and during the closure in accordance with the provisions of this article of any school, the educable children or enrolled students affected thereby may be assigned or transferred, as the case may be, to another school or district, as the case may be, in accordance with the laws of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-49; Laws, 1960, ch. 316, § 9, eff. 4/27/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 3 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' ORDER (§§ 37-65-101 — 37-65-131) › Section 37-65-109 - Teachers and other employees affected by closing of schools may be placed in other schools

Upon or during any period of closure in accordance with the provisions of this article, any teacher or other employee affected thereby may be, by the board of trustees of such school district, placed in any other school within the district, or in a school or schools of another convenient district.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-49; Laws, 1960, ch. 316, § 9, eff. 4/27/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 65 - CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (§§ 37-65-1 — 37-65-131) › Article 3 - CLOSING PURSUANT TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' ORDER (§§ 37-65-101 — 37-65-131) › Section 37-65-111 - Routes and facilities may be changed to accommodate transportation of pupils during school closure

Upon or during any closure of any school according to the provisions of this article, any and all transportation routes or transportation facilities may be changed or adjusted by the interested board or boards of trustees to accommodate the transportation of children who would be otherwise entitled to transportation had such closure not occurred.
Codes, 1942, § 6232-50; Laws, 1960, ch. 316, § 10, eff. 4/27/1960.