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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 14 - MARY KIRKPATRICK HASKELL-MARY SPRAYBERRY PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSE ACT OF 2007 (§§ 37-14-1 — 37-14-7) › Section 37-14-7 - Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell-Mary Sprayberry Public School Nurse Program Fund established; expenditure of funds limited to specific purposes

(1)
There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell-Mary Sprayberry Public School Nurse Program Fund, which shall be comprised of the funds specified in subsection (2) of this section and any other funds that are authorized or required to be deposited into the special fund.
(2)
The Legislature shall annually appropriate the funds in the special fund to the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education, which shall expend the funds solely for the purposes specified in Section
37-14-3
. None of the funds in the special fund may be transferred to any other fund or appropriated or expended for any other purpose.
(3)
All income from the investment of the funds in the special fund shall be credited to the account of the special fund. Any funds in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.
Laws, 2007, ch. 573, § 4, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-1 - Maintenance of permanent records and cumulative folders for pupils; requirement of certified birth certificate or other evidence of age

The State Board of Education shall prepare and provide necessary forms for keeping permanent records and cumulative folders for each pupil in the public schools, including charter schools, of the state. In the permanent record and cumulative folders, the teachers and principals shall keep information concerning the pupil's date of birth, as verified by the documentation authorized in this section, record of attendance, grades and withdrawal from the school, including the date of any expulsion from the school and a description of the student's act or behavior resulting in the expulsion. The records also shall contain information pertaining to immunization and such other information as the State Board of Education may prescribe. The cumulative folder, in addition to that information maintained in the permanent records, also shall contain such other information as the State Board of Education shall prescribe. It shall be the responsibility of the person in charge of each school to enforce the requirement for evidence of the age of each pupil before enrollment. If the first prescribed evidence is not available, the next evidence obtainable in the order set forth below shall be accepted:
(a)
A certified birth certificate;
(b)
A duly attested transcript of a certificate of baptism showing the date of birth and place of baptism of the child, accompanied by an affidavit sworn to by a parent, grandparent or custodian;
(c)
An insurance policy on the child's life which has been in force for at least two (2) years;
(d)
A bona fide contemporary Bible record of the child's birth accompanied by an affidavit sworn to by the parent, grandparent or custodian;
(e)
A passport or certificate of arrival in the United States showing the age of the child;
(f)
A transcript of record of age shown in the child's school record of at least four (4) years prior to application, stating date of birth; or
(g)
If none of these evidences can be produced, an affidavit of age sworn to by a parent, grandparent or custodian. Any child enrolling in kindergarten or Grade 1 shall present the required evidence of age upon enrollment. Any child in Grades 2 through 12 not in compliance at the end of sixty (60) days from enrollment shall be suspended until in compliance.
Codes, 1942, § 6225-01; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 24, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 451, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 424, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 511, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 535, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 480, § 1; Laws, 2002, ch. 557, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 416, § 6; Laws, 2007, ch. 416, § 7; Laws, 2008, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 7/1/2008.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 61, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-2 - Storage of permanent records

The permanent record provided for in Section
37-15-1
shall be kept, while it is active, in the attendance center office in a fire resistant container.
The permanent record shall be considered active:
(a)
if the student is enrolled in the school; or
(b)
if he has withdrawn or has been expelled and the students of the class of which he was a member shall not have reached the time of graduation.
At the point of the student's graduation or at the time when the student would normally have graduated had he not withdrawn or been expelled from school, the student's permanent record shall become a part of the permanent binder in the central fire resistant depository or stored digitally as designated and provided by the school board of the school district, or, as an alternative method, the records may be maintained in fire resistant storage at the school last attended by the student. The permanent binding and preservation of the inactive records shall be the duty of the superintendent of the school district who shall maintain a central depository of the records.
Laws, 1974, ch. 451 § 2; Laws, 1980, ch. 424, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 88; Laws, 1995, ch. 480, § 2, eff. 7/1/1995.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 442, SB 2571, 3, eff. 3/26/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-3 - Storage of cumulative folders; access to records; disposition of records upon transfer of student between schools; destruction of records

Such cumulative folders as are provided for in Section
37-15-1
shall be kept in the school wherein the pupils are in attendance. Both the permanent records and the cumulative folders shall be available to school officials, including teachers within the school district who have been determined by the school district to have legitimate educational interests. In no case, however, shall such records be available to the general public. Transcripts of courses and grades may be furnished when requested by the parent or guardian or eligible pupil as prescribed in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 20 USCS Section 1232g. Such records shall be kept for each pupil throughout his entire public school enrollment period. In the event a pupil transfers to a public school, including a charter school, then the cumulative folder shall be furnished to the head of the school to which the pupil transfers; if a pupil transfers to a private school, then a copy of the cumulative folder shall be furnished to the head of the school to which the pupil transfers. The permanent record shall be kept permanently by the school district from which the pupil transferred.
At no time may a permanent record of a student be destroyed, but cumulative folders may be destroyed by order of the school board of the school district in not less than five (5) years after the permanent record of the pupil has become inactive and has been transferred to the central depository of the district. Provided, however, that where a school district makes complete copies of inactive permanent records on photographic film, microfilm, or any other acceptable form of medium for storage which may be reproduced as needed, such permanent records may be destroyed after the photographic film or microfilm copy has been stored in the central depository of the district.
Codes, 1942, § 6225-02; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 24, § 2; Laws, 1954, ch. 266; Laws, 1974, ch. 451, § 3; Laws, 1980, ch. 424, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 89; Laws, 1995, ch. 480, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 444, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 62, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-4 - Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports

The school board of every school district, as created and empowered by law, shall keep and preserve permanently a copy of all district-wide reports required by the State Board of Education to be filed on an annual basis.
Copies of those district-wide reports required by the State Board of Education on less than an annual basis may be destroyed after five (5) years upon approval of the school board of the school district.
All supporting documents necessary to compile such district-wide reports, except as delineated in Section
37-15-8
may be destroyed after three (3) years following the academic year for which the report was made upon approval of the school board of the school district.
Laws, 1974, ch. 451 § 4; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 90, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 97, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, § 6225-05; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 24, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-6 - Central reporting system for information concerning expulsions from public schools; access to information

For the purpose of providing notice to public and private school officials, both within and outside the boundaries of the state, of the expulsion of any public school student, the State Department of Education may develop a central reporting system for maintaining information concerning each expulsion from a public school. In establishing and maintaining the reporting system, the department may require each school district and charter school to report, within a certain period of time after an expulsion, as established by the department, information such as the following:
(a)
The name of the student expelled;
(b)
The date the student was expelled;
(c)
The age of the student at the time of the expulsion;
(d)
The school from which the student was expelled;
(e)
The reason for the expulsion, including a detailed description of the student's act or acts;
(f)
The duration of the period of expulsion, if not indefinite; and
(g)
Any other information that the department deems necessary for school officials in a public or private school, where a student is seeking enrollment, to determine whether or not a student should be denied enrollment based upon a previous expulsion.
Any information maintained by the department under the authority of this section shall be strictly confidential. The information shall be available to school officials at a public or private school only upon their request and only when a student seeks enrollment or admission to that school. In no case shall the information be available to the general public; however, aggregate reporting by the department which does not disclose any personally identifiable information is permitted.
Laws, 1995, ch. 480, § 4, eff. 7/1/1995.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 405, HB 1194,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 63, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-7 - Maintenance of continuing census

In addition to the cumulative records provided for in Section
37-15-1
, there shall be kept a continuing census of all children below the age of nineteen within each school district. Such record shall be kept as a part of the permanent office records of the superintendent of the district.
Codes, 1942, § 6225-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 24, § 4, eff. 7/1/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-8 - Schedule for disposal of records

The superintendent of the school district shall have the authority, with the approval of the school board of the school district spread upon its minutes, to dispose of the following records:
(a)
After five (5) years:
(1)
Bank statements;
(2)
Cancelled warrants and pay certificates;
(3)
School board paid bills;
(4)
Bids received, either accepted or rejected, for supplies, materials, equipment and construction;
(5)
Depository receipt warrants;
(6)
School board claims dockets, where claims are recorded on the minutes of the board;
(7)
Original of school board's orders after such orders have been recorded in the minute book;
(8)
Cancelled bonds and coupons;
(9)
Tax collector's reports of tax collection to superintendent of schools;
(10)
Transportation records.
(b)
After three (3) years:
(1)
Teacher contracts, computed from the expiration date thereof;
(2)
Bus purchase documents;
(3)
Teachers' registers, principals' reports and other evidence necessary to prepare the reports to the State Board of Education.
(c)
After period to be set by the State Board of Education such other documents of a temporary or transitory nature as the State Board of Education by regulation shall designate.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Sections
37-15-1
through
37-15-4
, 37-15-8 and
37-15-10
to the contrary, no records which are in the process of being audited by the State Department of Audit, or which are the basis of litigation, shall be destroyed until at least twelve (12) months after final completion of said audits and litigation.
Laws, 1974, ch. 451 § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 91; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 8, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-10 - Administration of provisions relating to records

The state board of education shall administer Sections
37-15-1
through
37-15-4
,
37-15-8
and this section and issue such additional standards and regulations as might be necessary in carrying out this duty.
Laws, 1974, ch. 451 § 6, eff. 3/26/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-11 - Requirement that parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian accompany child applying for enrollment

Whenever any minor child seeks or applies to enroll or gain entrance to any public school in this state, and the child is not accompanied by an adult or is accompanied by an adult who is not the child's parent, guardian, if a legal guardian has been appointed for the child, or legal custodian, the school official or officials or teacher to whom the child applies or reports for enrollment or admission may delay consideration of the enrollment or enlistment of the minor child and require the child's parent, legal guardian or legal custodian to accompany the child and apply for enrollment and admission into the school for and on behalf of the minor child.
Codes, 1942, § 6225-03.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 314; Laws, 2002, ch. 397, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-13 - Assignment of child enrolling in public schools to particular school or attendance center generally

When any child qualified under the requirements of Section
37-15-9
shall apply or present himself for enrollment in or admission to the public schools of any school district of this state, the school board of such school district shall have the power and authority to designate the particular school or attendance center of the district in which such child shall be enrolled and which he shall attend; no enrollment of a child in a school shall be final or permanent until such designation shall be made by said school board. No child shall be entitled to attend any school or attendance center except that to which he has been assigned by the school board; however, the principal of a school or superintendent of the district may, in proper cases, permit a child to attend a school temporarily until a permanent assignment is made by the school board.
Codes, 1942, § 6334-01; Laws, 1954, ch. 260, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 92; Laws, 1994, ch. 607, § 20, eff. 7/2/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-15 - Factors to be considered in making assignments

In making assignments of children to schools or attendance centers, the school board shall take into consideration the educational needs and welfare of the child involved, the welfare and best interest of all the pupils attending the school or schools involved, the availability of school facilities, sanitary conditions and facilities at the school or schools involved, health and moral factors at the school or schools, and in the community involved, and all other factors which the school board may consider pertinent, relevant or material in their effect on the welfare and best interest of the school district and the particular school or schools involved. All such assignments shall be on an individual basis as to the particular child involved and, in making such assignment, the school board shall not be limited or circumscribed by the boundaries of any attendance areas which may have been established by such board.
Codes, 1942, § 6334-02; Laws, 1954, ch. 260, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 93, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-17 - Review or reconsideration by school board of assignment of child

If the parent, guardian or other person having custody of any child shall feel aggrieved by the assignment of such child to a school or attendance center by the school board, then such parent, guardian or other person may, at any time within thirty (30) days after such assignment, make application in writing to the school board for a review or reconsideration of such assignment. Upon receiving any such application, the school board shall set a time and place for the hearing thereof which time shall be not more than fifteen (15) days after the regular meeting of said board next succeeding the date of the filing of said application. At the time and place so fixed, the person filing such application shall have the right to appear and present evidence in support of said application. After hearing said evidence, the school board shall determine whether said application is well taken and supported by the evidence and shall enter an order either affirming its previous action or modifying or changing same as said school board shall find proper.
Codes, 1942, § 6334-03; Laws, 1954, ch. 260, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 94, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-19 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 97, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, § 6334-04; Laws, 1954, ch. 260, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-21 - Judicial review of assignment of child

If any parent, guardian or other person having custody of any child affected by the assignment of such child to a school or attendance center by the school board shall feel aggrieved at the order of the school board provided for in Section
37-15-17
, such person may, at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of such order, appeal therefrom by filing a petition for appeal in the circuit court of the county in which the school district involved is located. Upon the filing of such petition for an appeal, process shall be issued for and served upon the president of the school board of the school district involved. Upon being served with process, it shall be the duty of the school board to transmit promptly to the court a certified copy of the entire record of the proceedings as shown by the file of the school board. From the judgment of the circuit court, an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court in the same manner as other appeals are taken from other judgments of such court.
Codes, 1942, § 6334-05; Laws, 1954, ch. 260, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 95; Laws, 1987, ch. 307, § 15, eff. 3/3/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-23 - through 37-15-27 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 97, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6334-06, 6334-07; Laws, 1954, ch. 260, §§ 6, 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-30 - Pupil's compliance with residency requirement in district if parent is transferred to military installation within the state while on active duty; electronic application for enrollment and course registration; proof of residence

(1)
Notwithstanding any provision of law, a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the parent of the pupil is transferred to, or is pending transfer to, a military installation within this state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order.
(2)
A school district shall accept an application for enrollment and course registration by electronic means for a pupil who meets the requirements prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, including enrollment in a specific school or program within the school district.
(3)
The parent of a pupil who meets the requirement prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall provide proof of residence to the school district within ten (10) days after the published arrival date provided on official documentation. The parent may use the address of any of the following as proof of residence for the purposes of this subsection:
(a)
A temporary on-base billeting facility.
(b)
A purchased or leased home or apartment.
(c)
Any federal government housing or off-base military housing, including off-base military housing that may be provided through a public-private venture.
(4)
For the purposes of this section:
(a)
"Active military duty" means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and the State Military Reserve on active duty orders.
(b)
"Military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship or other installation under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 395, HB 2050, 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-33 - Testing of transfer students; assignment of students

All students seeking to transfer from any school, public, private or homeschool within or outside of the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, to a public school within the state may be required to take a test to determine the grade and class to which the pupil shall be assigned at the time of pupil transfer.
The administrative head of each public school shall administer the test or tests to such pupil or pupils as shall apply for transfer to such public school. Such test or tests shall be administered within thirty (30) days after the filing of each such application for transfer. Notice of the giving of such test shall be given the applicant not less than five (5) days prior to the date of the administration of such test.
No transfer of a pupil shall be effected until the test has been given and the pupil is assigned according to the grade and class for which the test shows he is best suited. No pupil shall be assigned to a grade and class more than three (3) grades above or below the grade or class that the pupil would have been assigned to had the pupil remained in the school from which the transfer is being made. Pending the administration of the test herein provided for and its grading and an assignment based thereon the superintendent of the school district or the attendance center principal to which the pupil seeks admission may assign the pupil temporarily to a grade and class comparable to that in which the pupil would have been had the pupil continued in the school from which the transfer was being made.
If any student is transferred or reassigned within the school district by order of the board of trustees of that school district as designated by law of the State of Mississippi and not at his own request, the requirement of that pupil's taking the standardized test shall be waived. Likewise, if a pupil shall transfer from one school district to another school district in the manner provided and required by the laws of the State of Mississippi, the requirement of such pupil taking the standardized test shall be waived.
Codes, 1942, § 6225-11; Laws, 1964, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 26, §§ 1-5; Laws, 1988, ch. 466, § 2; Laws, 2011, ch. 422, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-35 - Segregation or integration of schools by reason of race, color, or national origin

No person shall be assigned to or by, or restricted from or to, any group, area, school, institution or other political subdivision of the State of Mississippi on the account of race, color, or national origin. There shall be no governmentally enforced segregation by race, color or national origin and there shall be no governmentally enforced integration by reason of race, color or national origin.
Codes, 1942, § 6334-31; Laws, 1970, ch. 374, § 1, eff. 4/3/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 15 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RECORDS, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF PUPILS (§§ 37-15-1 — 37-15-39) › Section 37-15-37 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2011, ch. 511, § 4, eff. 4/26/2011.
Laws, 2004, ch. 563, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 16 - STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (§§ 37-16-1 — 37-16-17) › Section 37-16-1 - Purpose

The primary purpose of the statewide testing program is to provide information needed for state-level decisions. The program shall be designed to:
(a)
Assist in the identification of educational needs at the state, district and school levels.
(b)
Assess how well districts and schools are meeting state goals and minimum performance standards.
(c)
Provide information to aid in the development of policy issues and concerns.
(d)
Provide a basis for comparisons among districts, between charter schools throughout the state and nonpublic charter schools in those school districts in which charter schools are located, and between districts, the state and the nation, where appropriate.
(e)
Produce data which can be used to aid in the identification of exceptional educational programs or processes.
Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 30(1), eff. 7/1/1983.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 65, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 16 - STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (§§ 37-16-1 — 37-16-17) › Section 37-16-5 - Assessment of student performance and achievement by district school boards

The school board of every district in this state shall periodically assess student performance and achievement in each school. Such assessment programs shall be based upon local goals and objectives which are compatible with the state's plan for education and which supplement the minimum performance standards approved by the state board of education. Data from district assessment programs shall be provided to the state department of education when such data is required in order to evaluate specific instructional programs or processes or when the data is needed for other research or evaluation projects. Each district may provide acceptable, compatible district assessment data to substitute for any assessment data needed at the state level when the state department of education certifies that such data is acceptable for the purposes of Section
37-16-3
.
Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 30(3), eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 16 - STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (§§ 37-16-1 — 37-16-17) › Section 37-16-7 - Establishment of graduation standards established by district school boards; standard diploma

(1)
Each district school board shall establish standards for graduation from its schools which shall include as a minimum:
(a)
Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the State Board of Education.
(b)
Completion of a minimum number of academic credits, and all other applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board.
(c)
By school, information on high school graduation rates. High schools with graduation rates lower than eighty percent (80%) must submit a detailed plan to the Mississippi Department of Education to restructure the high school experience to improve graduation rates.
(2)
A student who meets all requirements prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall be awarded a standard diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
(3)
The State Board of Education may establish student proficiency standards for promotion to grade levels leading to graduation.
(4)
The State Board of Education shall develop a curriculum related to the study of sign language. Any such class developed by the board may count as an academic credit for foreign languages for the purposes of high school graduation requirements.
Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, Ch. 17, § 30(4, 6); Laws, 1987, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 421, § 2, eff. 6/1/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 325, SB 2339,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 494, SB 2658, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 16 - STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (§§ 37-16-1 — 37-16-17) › Section 37-16-9 - Modification of testing instruments and procedures for students with identified handicaps or disabilities

(1)
The state board shall, after a public hearing and consideration, make provision for appropriate accommodations for testing instruments and procedures for students with identified handicaps or disabilities in order to ensure that the results of the testing represent the student's achievement, rather than reflecting the student's impaired sensory, manual, speaking or psychological process skills, except when such skills are the factors the test purports to measure.
(2)
The public hearing and consideration required hereunder shall not be construed to amend or nullify the requirements of security relating to the contents of examinations or assessment instruments and related materials or data.
(3)
Children with disabilities shall be included in general statewide and district-wide assessments programs, with appropriate accommodations, where necessary. As appropriate, the State Department of Education and the local educational agency shall:
(a)
Develop policies and procedures for the participation of children with disabilities in alternate assessments for those children who cannot participate in statewide and district-wide assessment programs; and
(b)
Develop and, beginning not later than July 1, 2000, conduct those alternate assessments.
(4)
The State Department of Education shall make available to the public, and report to the public with the same frequency and in the same detail as it reports on the assessment of nondisabled children, the following:
(a)
The number of children with disabilities participating in regular assessments;
(b)
The number of children participating in alternate assessments;
(c)
The performance of those children on regular assessments, beginning not later than July 1, 1998, and on alternate assessments, not later than July 1, 2000, if doing so would be statistically sound and would not result in the disclosure of performance results identifiable to individual children; and
(d)
Data relating to the performance of children with disabilities shall be disaggregated for assessments conducted after July 1, 1998.
Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 30(5, 7); Laws, 1999, ch. 582, § 11; Laws, 2010, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 16 - STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (§§ 37-16-1 — 37-16-17) › Section 37-16-11 - Special diploma or certificate of completion for students with disabilities; occupational diploma for students with disabilities

(1)
A student who has been properly classified, in accordance with rules established by the State Board of Education shall, upon meeting all applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board, be awarded a special diploma in a form prescribed by the state board; however, such special graduation requirements prescribed by the district school board shall include minimum graduation requirements as prescribed by the state board. Any such student who meets all special requirements of the district school board for his exceptionality, but is unable to meet the appropriate special state minimum requirements, shall be awarded a special certificate of completion in a form prescribed by the state board. Nothing provided in this section, however, shall be construed to limit or restrict the right of an exceptional student solely to a special diploma. Any such student shall, upon proper request, be afforded the opportunity to fully meet all requirements of Section
37-16-7
through the standard procedures established therein and thereby qualify for a standard diploma upon graduation.
(2)
The State Board of Education shall develop and issue criteria for a Mississippi Occupational Diploma for students having a disability as defined by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, any such student, upon proper request, shall be afforded the opportunity to fully meet such requirements and qualify for an occupational diploma upon graduation.
(3)
The special Mississippi Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities shall not be available to any student entering the Ninth Grade in the 2017-2018 school year or thereafter, pending State Board of Education approval of new graduation options.
Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 30(8); Laws, 2001, ch. 605, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 10, eff. 4/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 438, SB 2432, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 16 - STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (§§ 37-16-1 — 37-16-17) › Section 37-16-15 - High school diploma granted to persons who withdrew from school before graduation; completion of requisite graduation course work requirements and passing score on assessment reasonably comparable to assessments in existence at the time student would have graduated required

(1)
Any person who has withdrawn from high school before graduation may be granted a diploma from the Mississippi public high school that the person last attended if the person has:
(a)
Completed all requisite graduation course work requirements and has achieved a passing score on an assessment reasonably comparable to the respective assessments that would qualify the person for high school graduation as such assessments existed at the time that the student would have graduated; and
(b)
Made a request to the public high school district that the person last attended in Mississippi that includes relevant transcripts of course work completed.
(2)
The State Department of Education is authorized to determine and/or develop any reasonably comparable assessment to be administered to persons seeking to obtain a diploma from the last Mississippi public high school of attendance under the authority granted under subsection (1) of this section.
Laws, 2006, ch. 351, § 1, eff. 3/13/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 450, SB 2160, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 17 - ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS (§§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-17) › Section 37-17-1 - Authority of state board of education with respect to accreditation of noncharter and charter public schools

(1)
The power and authority to prescribe standards for the accreditation of noncharter public schools, to insure compliance with such standards and to establish procedures for the accreditation of noncharter public schools is hereby vested in the State Board of Education. The board shall, by orders placed upon its minutes, adopt all necessary rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall provide, through the State Department of Education, for the necessary personnel for the enforcement of standards so established.
(2)
A charter school authorized by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board must be granted accreditation by the State Board of Education based solely on the approval of the school by the authorizer. If the authorizer, at any time, revokes a school's charter, the State Board of Education shall withdraw the accreditation of the charter school immediately.
Codes, 1942, § 6244-21; Laws, 1970, ch. 366, § 1, eff. 4/3/1970.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 67, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 17 - ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS (§§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-17) › Section 37-17-3 - Creation of Commission on School Accreditation; composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office and compensation of members; expenses of commission

The Commission on School Accreditation created under this section is hereby continued and reconstituted as follows:
The State Board of Education shall appoint a "Commission on School Accreditation" to be composed of fifteen (15) qualified members. The membership of said commission shall be composed of the following: two (2) classroom teachers, two (2) principals of schools, one (1) administrator with expertise in special education representing exceptional schools and students, one (1) superintendent of a separate school district, one (1) superintendent of a county or other school district, one (1) local school board member from a separate school district; one (1) local school board member from a county or other school district; and six (6) members who are not actively engaged in the education profession. Members of the commission serving on July 1, 1994, shall continue to serve until their term of office expires. No new appointments shall be made until such time as the expiration of a member's term has reduced the commission to less than fifteen (15) members, at which time new appointments shall be made from the categories specified hereinabove. The membership of said commission shall be appointed by the board upon recommendation of the State Superintendent of Public Education. In making the first appointments, five (5) members shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, five (5) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, five (5) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, and five (5) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Said commission shall meet upon call of the State Superintendent of Public Education. The commission shall consist of three (3) members from each of the four (4) congressional districts, and three (3) members from the state at large. Each member of said commission shall receive the per diem authorized by Section
25-3-69
, Mississippi Code of 1972, plus actual and necessary expenses and mileage as authorized by Section
25-3-41
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for each day actually spent in attending the meetings of the commission. The expenses of said commission shall be paid out of any funds available for the operation of the central office of the State Department of Education.
Codes, 1942, § 6244-22; Laws, 1970, ch. 366, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 432, § 3; Laws, 1989, ch. 418, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 524, § 10; Laws, 1994, ch. 376, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 581, § 6, eff. 7/1/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 405, HB 504,§ 1, eff. 3/29/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 17 - ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS (§§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-17) › Section 37-17-5 - General duties of commission; appeals; executive secretary

It shall be the purpose of the Commission on School Accreditation to continually review the standards on accreditation and the enforcement thereof and to make recommendations thereon to the State Board of Education. All controversies involving the accreditation of schools shall be initially heard by a duly authorized representative of the commission before whom a complete record shall be made. After the conclusion of the hearing, the duly authorized representative of the commission shall make a recommendation to the commission as to the resolution of the controversies, and the commission, after considering the transcribed record and the recommendation of its representative, shall make its decision which becomes final unless the local school board of the school district involved shall appeal to the State Board of Education, which appeal shall be on the record previously made before the commission's representative except as may be provided by rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. Such rules and regulations may provide for the submission of new factual evidence. All appeals from the State Board of Education shall be on the record and shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The commission shall select a competent and qualified court reporter to record and transcribe all hearings held before its duly authorized representative whose fees and costs of transcription shall be paid by the school district involved within forty-five (45) days after having been notified of such costs and fees by the commission. An appropriate member of the staff of the State Department of Education shall be designated by the State Superintendent of Public Education to serve as executive secretary of the commission.
Codes, 1942, § 6244-22; Laws, 1970, ch. 366, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 432, § 4, eff. 7/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 17 - ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS (§§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-17) › Section 37-17-6.1 - [Administrative transition of school districts Districts of Transformation - Dissolution of Mississippi Achievement School District]

(1)
In the Mississippi Achievement School District, in which as of January 1, 2024, two (2) local school districts have been placed into by the State Board of Education, specifically, the Yazoo City Municipal School District and the Humphreys County School District, there shall be an administrative transition of those school districts into two (2) separate Districts of Transformation with such transition completed by July 1, 2025. Until June 30, 2025, preceding the effective date of the required transition of school districts in the Mississippi Achievement School District into Districts of Transformation, the districts shall remain under the authority and control of the Mississippi Achievement School District and the State Board of Education.
(2)
From and after July 1, 2024, no local school district shall be placed into the Mississippi Achievement School District and effective July 1, 2025, the Mississippi Achievement School District shall be dissolved.
(3)
On or before September 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall provide the Mississippi Achievement School District with notice and instructions regarding the timetable for actions to be taken to comply with the transition of those local schools into Districts of Transformation.
(4)
A declaration of a state of emergency shall not be required by the Governor for the two (2) districts to transition from the Mississippi Achievement School District placement into a District of Transformation; however, the two (2) districts shall be required to comply with any and all obligations and laws as required by other Districts of Transformation and the State Board of Education shall have all the authorities granted to it in Sections
37-17-6
and
37-17-13
, including the assignment of an interim superintendent to the Districts of Transformation, or in its discretion, contracting with an appropriate private entity with experience in the academic, finance and other operational functions of schools and school districts, who will be responsible for the administration, management and operation of the school district in accordance with Section
37-17-6(15)
, and the determination of when a District of Transformation is ready to be reconstituted, reorganized, and returned to local control.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 446, HB 1696,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 17 - ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS (§§ 37-17-1 — 37-17-17) › Section 37-17-7 - Accreditation of nonpublic schools

Any nonpublic school may, through its governing body, request that the State Board of Education approve such institution. Approval shall be based upon a process promulgated by the State Board of Education; provided, however, that in no event shall the State Board of Education adopt more stringent standards for approval of nonpublic schools than the accreditation standards applied to public schools.
Codes, 1942, § 6244-23; Laws, 1970, ch. 366, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 524, § 11, eff. 7/1/1992.