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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ON DISSOLUTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT (§§ 37-7-501 — 37-7-511) › Section 37-7-503 - Disposition of property of dissolved district having outstanding bonds

When any school district now existing or hereafter created shall be dissolved, abolished or discontinued, either as a result of the reconstitution or reorganization of school districts under Article 1 of this chapter, or otherwise, and shall have outstanding bonds or other indebtedness, and such bonds or other indebtedness are not assumed by another school district under the provisions of Section
37-7-505
, then all funds which may be on hand to the credit of the dissolved district at the time of the dissolution or abolition thereof shall be paid into the bond and interest sinking fund or into a special fund to be used for the payment of such outstanding bonds or other indebtedness. All property and other assets which shall belong to such dissolved district at the time of the dissolution or discontinuance thereof may be sold by the board of supervisors of the county in which the property or other assets are located, and the proceeds of such sale shall likewise be paid into the bond and sinking fund or other special fund for the payment of such bonds or other indebtedness. If, after paying such bonds or other indebtedness, any funds shall remain, the same shall become the property of the district to which the territory of the dissolved district is annexed, or if such territory be annexed to two (2) or more districts then such funds shall be divided among such districts in proportion to the number of children enrolled in the schools of the dissolved district at the time of the dissolution thereof who reside in the territory annexed to each district or in such other manner as may be agreed upon by the school boards of the districts involved. Said sales shall be conducted in the manner and following the procedure set up in Sections
37-7-451
through
37-7-457
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-63; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 29, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 39, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ON DISSOLUTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT (§§ 37-7-501 — 37-7-511) › Section 37-7-509 - Transfer of funds between school districts

The superintendent of schools, upon order of the school board, shall be authorized and empowered to make such transfers of funds to and from the credit of the school districts involved as may be necessary to carry out the terms and provisions of Sections
37-7-501
through
37-7-511
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-65; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 29, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 42, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ON DISSOLUTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT (§§ 37-7-501 — 37-7-511) › Section 37-7-511 - Authority to execute conveyances

The school boards of the respective school districts in whom title to such property may be vested are hereby empowered and authorized to execute proper conveyances of such property in order to carry out the purposes of Sections
37-7-501
through 37-7-511.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-66; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 29, § 6; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 43, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 9 - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY (§§ 37-7-401 — 37-7-531) › DISPOSITION OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES FOR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LANDS (§ 37-7-531) › Section 37-7-531 - Authorization and procedure

The board of supervisors of each county wherein are situated lands, other than 16th section lands or lands held in lieu of 16th section lands, acquired by township trustees for schools and school lands as created by Article Five, Chapter Nine, Hutchinson's Mississippi Code 1848, amendments thereto, and related statutes, where title to said lands remains in said trustees and their successors, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, upon the expiration of any current lease, to lease said lands in whole or in part for any term of years not to exceed ninety-nine, or to sell said lands or any part thereof outright as herein provided.
If leased, the rental, in the discretion of the board, may be in gross, or on an annual basis evidenced by notes of lessee. On the expiration or termination of any lease, the board may release, or then sell outright, the whole or any part of said lands.
In the event the board of supervisors shall determine to lease or sell said lands, such lands shall be sold or leased at public contract after said board has advertised such lands for sale or lease in a newspaper published in the county of said board, or if no newspaper be published in said county, then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein for two successive weeks, the first being at least ten (10) days prior to said public contract. If no bid acceptable to the board of supervisors is received after said advertisement, the board of supervisors, with the approval of the county superintendent of education, may lease same by private contract.
In the event of an outright sale, there shall be reserved, for the benefit of the township fund of the township in which the lands may be located, one-half of the oil, gas and other minerals in, on and underlying the land sold.
The board of supervisors of each county wherein may be situated any such lands, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to lease said lands or any part thereof, or the interest reserved in any sale, for oil, gas and mineral exploration and development, within the limitations of and upon compliance with the requirements of all statutes, as such statutes now exist or may be hereafter enacted or amended, governing lease for mineral exploration and development of 16th section lands and lands held in lieu of 16th section lands.
The funds received from either lease or sale or mineral lease shall be added to the principal fund of the township, but in the event of a sale, fifty percent (50%) of the consideration may be expended by the board of supervisors in the construction of school buildings.
Codes, 1942, § 6218.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 299, §§ 1-6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 11 - MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS [Repealed] (§ 37-7-601) › Section 37-7-601 - through 37-7-645 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 492, § 47, eff. 7/1/1987.
Laws, 1924, ch. 283; Codes 1930, § 6790; 1930, ch. 278; Codes, 1942, §§ 3374-108, 6328-76.7, 6328-76.8, 6633, 6411-01 to 6411-11, 6411-15, 6411-16; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 108; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 23, §§ 1-11, 15 and 16; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, chs. 50 and 51; Laws, 1958, ch. 519, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1959, Ex Sess, ch. 29, § 1; Laws, 1964, ch. 395; Laws, 1970, ch. 376, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1971, ch. 355, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 456, §§ 2, 3; Laws, 1974, ch. 476; Laws, 1985, ch. 460, § 3; Laws, 1986, ch. 421.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-701 - Applicability of article; construction of article

The provisions of this article shall be applicable only to those municipal separate school districts which have been or shall be organized, reorganized or reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, with added territory where the added territory, exclusive of any added territory which was a part of such municipal separate school district before such organization, reorganization or reconstitution, shall contain twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total number of educable children of such district. Such school districts, for the purposes of this article, shall be known as special municipal separate school districts. This article shall be supplementary and in addition to all existing school laws of this state and, except as herein expressly provided, all applicable statutes relative to the establishment, government, management, and operation of municipal separate school districts shall be fully applicable to such special municipal separate school districts.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-81; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-703 - Selection of trustees of county-wide district where majority of inhabitants reside within city limits

In all such special municipal separate school districts which embrace the entire county in which, according to the latest available federal census, a majority of the inhabitants of the county reside within the corporate limits of the municipality, the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district shall be chosen and selected in the manner provided by subsection (1) of Section
37-7-203
, and all of the provisions thereof shall be fully applicable in all respects to the selection and constitution of such board of trustees.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-82; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-705 - Selection of trustees of county-wide district where majority of inhabitants reside outside city limits

In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the board of trustees of such district shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of Sections
37-7-707
through
37-7-711
, unless the governing authorities of the municipality and of the county shall have provided for one of the alternative methods of organization as provided by Sections
37-7-715
and
37-7-717
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-83; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-707 - Composition of board of trustees; qualifications, election and terms of office of trustees

In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the board of trustees of such district shall be composed of five members, one of whom shall be a resident qualified elector of each supervisors district of the county. Said trustees shall be elected from the county at large by the qualified electors of the county at the first regular general election following the approval by the state educational finance commission of the organization of such district. Such trustees shall take office on the first Monday of January following their election.
At such election the members of the said board from supervisors districts one and five shall be elected for a term of six years, the members from districts three and four shall be elected for a term of four years, and the members from district two shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter members shall be elected at regular general elections as vacancies occur for terms of six years each and shall take office on the first Monday of January after their election.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-83; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-709 - Filling of vacancies

In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, all vacancies which may occur during the term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees, such appointee to have the same qualifications as other members of the board and to reside in the same supervisors district as the former member whose death, removal or resignation caused the vacancy. Such appointment shall be made within thirty days after the vacancy occurs. The person so appointed shall serve only until the first Monday of January following the next regular general election after such appointment and, at the regular general election next preceding such first Monday in January, a person shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term at the same time and in the same manner as a trustee is elected for the full term next expiring, and such person shall take office on said first Monday of January.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-83; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-711 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Filing of petition of nomination by candidate for board of trustees; determination of election results; runoff election

In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the name of any qualified elector who is a candidate for the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district, whether such person be a candidate for an unexpired term or for a full term, shall be placed on the ballot used in the elections, provided that the candidate files with the county election commissioners, not more than ninety (90) days and not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such general election, a petition of nomination signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified electors of the county. Where there are less than one hundred (100) qualified electors in said area represented by the trustee, it shall only be required that said petition of nomination be signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors in said area. However, in any such special municipal separate school district which embraces the entire county and which borders the Mississippi River and in which Interstate Highway 20 and United States Highway 61 intersect and having a population in excess of forty-seven thousand (47,000) according to the 1990 federal decennial census, the candidate shall be required to file a petition of nomination with the county election commissioners not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such general election, in addition to the other requirements prescribed herein.
The candidate in each election who receives the majority of votes cast in the election shall be declared to have been elected. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast at the election, a runoff shall be held between the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first election. The runoff election, in the event that such is necessary, shall be held three (3) weeks after the first election.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-83; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 470, § 3; Laws, 2011, ch. 441, § 1, eff 8/8/2011 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 308, HB 654,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 422, SB 2288, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-711 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Filing of petition of nomination by candidate for board of trustees; determination of election results; runoff election

In all such special municipal separate school districts which may be so organized, reorganized or reconstituted to embrace the entire county in which the majority of the inhabitants of the county reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the name of any qualified elector who is a candidate for the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district, whether such person be a candidate for an unexpired term or for a full term, shall be placed on the ballot used in the elections, provided that the candidate files with the county election commissioners, not more than ninety (90) days and not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such general election, a petition of nomination signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified electors of the county. Where there are less than one hundred (100) qualified electors in said area represented by the trustee, it shall only be required that said petition of nomination be signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors in said area. However, in any such special municipal separate school district which embraces the entire county and which borders the Mississippi River and in which Interstate Highway 20 and United States Highway 61 intersect and having a population in excess of forty-seven thousand (47,000) according to the 1990 federal decennial census, the candidate shall be required to file a petition of nomination with the county election commissioners not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such general election, in addition to the other requirements prescribed herein.
The candidate in each election who receives the majority of votes cast in the election shall be declared to have been elected. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast at the election, a runoff shall be held between the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first election. The runoff election, in the event that such is necessary, shall be held four (4) weeks after the first election.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-83; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 470, § 3; Laws, 2011, ch. 441, § 1, eff 8/8/2011 (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. 513, SB 2144,§ 12, eff. 1/1/2025.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 308, HB 654,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 422, SB 2288, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-713 - Selection of trustees in districts embracing less than entire area of county

In all special municipal separate school districts where the district embraces less than the entire area of the county and where the majority of the educable children of such district reside outside the limits of the municipality, unless the governing authorities of the municipality and the county provide for one of the alternative methods of organization as set out in Sections
37-7-715
and
37-7-717
, the said special municipal separate school district shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of five members, to be elected by the qualified electors of such municipal separate school district from the district at large in the manner provided by Sections
37-7-209
through
37-7-219
, and all duties imposed upon the county superintendent of education by said sections with reference to such elections shall be imposed upon and performed by the superintendent of the municipal separate school district. However, the first board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district shall be appointed in the following manner. The governing authorities of the municipality shall appoint three trustees, and such appointments shall be made so that one trustee shall be appointed to serve until the first Saturday of March following such appointment, one for two years longer, and one for four years longer. The board of education of the county shall appoint two trustees, such appointments to be made so that one trustee shall be appointed to serve until the first Saturday of March of the second year following such appointment, and one trustee for two years longer. After such original appointments the trustees of such a special municipal separate school district shall be elected for a term of five years, as herein provided. All such members of said board of trustees shall be residents and qualified electors of such school district. All vacancies which may occur during a term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees, such appointee to have the same qualifications as other members of the board. Such appointment shall be made within thirty days after the vacancy occurs. The person so appointed shall serve only until his successor shall have qualified. The successor to serve the remainder of the unexpired term shall be elected on the first Saturday of March next following the occurrence of such vacancy in the same manner as provided for by Sections
37-7-209
through
37-7-219
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-84; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-715 - Selection of trustees by agreement of governing authorities of county and municipality generally

Upon the organization, reorganization or reconstitution of any special municipal separate school district, the board of supervisors of the county wherein such special municipal separate school district is located and the governing authorities of the municipality may, by an order spread upon their minutes within sixty days after such organization, reorganization or reconstitution shall have become final, expressing an agreement between both such governing authorities, choose to constitute the board of such special municipal separate school district under one of the optional methods of organization set out in Section
37-7-717
. In the event that both the governing authorities hereinabove referred to shall enter such an order within said period, then the said board of trustees shall be thereafter constituted and selected according to the terms of such agreement, provided such agreement is in conformity with the terms of Section
37-7-717
. It is further expressly provided that irregularities of a procedural nature in the adoption of such orders shall not affect the validity of the same or the validity of any acts of the board of trustees which may be constituted by virtue thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-85; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-717 - Optional methods of selecting trustees pursuant to agreement

Upon complying with the terms and provisions of Section
37-7-715
, hereof, the board of supervisors of any county wherein there is a special municipal separate school district and the governing authorities of the municipality may provide that the board of trustees of such special municipal separate school district shall be organized and constituted in one of the following manners:
(a)
The said board may consist of five members, all of whom shall be bona fide residents of and qualified electors of such school districts and who shall be appointed by either the board of supervisors, the governing authorities of the municipality, or by both of said bodies in such proportion as the governing bodies may agree upon. The first such board shall be appointed so that one trustee shall be appointed to serve for one year, one for one year longer, one for two years longer, one for three years longer, and one for four years longer. Upon the expiration of each such original term, each appointment shall be for five years and shall be made by the authority making the original appointment. In case of the occurrence of a vacancy, the authority which made the appointment of the trustee responsible for such vacancy shall appoint a successor to serve the remainder of the term of such trustee.
(b)
In case of a special municipal separate school district which embraces the entire county, the board of trustees may be constituted and selected in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections
37-7-707
through
37-7-711
, with the exception that one member of such board shall be elected by each supervisors district and shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district from which he is elected.
(c)
In case of a special municipal separate school district embracing the entire county, the board of trustees may be constituted and selected in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section
37-7-713
.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-86; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-719 - and 37-7-721 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 48, eff. 7/1/1987.
§ 37-7-719. [Codes, 1942, § 6328-87; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 7] § 37-7-721. [Codes, 1942, § 6328-89; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, § 9]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-723 - District board of trustees to supersede county board of education in county-wide districts

In any county in which there exists a special municipal separate school district which embraces and includes the entire county, the county board of education of such county shall be forthwith discontinued and abolished. All of the duties provided by law which would otherwise devolve upon the county board of education of such county shall be performed and discharged by the board of trustees of the special municipal separate school district which for such purpose, shall have and be vested with all power, authority and duties now conferred by law upon the county board of education.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-112; Laws, 1958, ch. 319, § 2, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-725 - District superintendent to supersede county superintendent of education in county-wide districts

When a special municipal separate school district embraces and includes all of the territory of the county, then the office of county superintendent of education in such county shall be abolished and discontinued in such county and no county superintendent of education of such county shall be elected at any ensuing elections. In such an event, the superintendent of the special municipal separate school district shall thereafter perform and discharge all duties which would otherwise devolve upon the county superintendent of education under the provisions of any applicable statute of this state, and, for such purpose, the superintendent of such special municipal separate school district shall have and be vested with all power and authority conferred by law upon such county superintendents of education.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-113; Laws, 1958, ch. 319, § 3, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 13 - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-701 — 37-7-727) › Section 37-7-727 - through 37-7-745 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 48, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6411-10.3, 6328-92 to 6328-94, 6328-111, 6328-114; Laws, 1956, ch. 296, §§ 12-14; Laws, 1958, ch. 319, §§ 1, 4; Laws, 1968, ch. 422, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1977, ch. 486, § 28; Laws, 1983, ch. 471, § 22.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 15 - LINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS [Repealed] (§ 37-7-801) › Section 37-7-801 - through 37-7-811 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 49, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6328-51 to 6328-53, 6328-55 to 6328-57; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 25, §§ 1-3, 5-7; Laws, 1954, ch. 259, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 17 - ISOLATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS [Repealed] (§ 37-7-901) › Section 37-7-901 - through 37-7-911 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 50, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6248-21 to 6248-26; Laws, 1956, ch. 271, §§ 1-6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS; BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-1001) › Article 19 - COMMISSION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFICIENCY (§ 37-7-1001) › Section 37-7-1001 - Establishment; purpose; findings and recommendations; membership

The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to establish a Standing Commission on School District Efficiency. The commission shall meet and study the operations, rules, policies and regulations in school districts on an ongoing basis for the purpose of identifying opportunities to increase efficiencies, and to determine appropriate efficiency standards that should be considered for accreditation standards. The commission shall report annually its findings and recommendations to the State Board of Education, and the State Board of Education may make its report and recommendations annually to the Legislature seeking legislative support to achieve efficiencies in school districts. In establishing the Standing Commission on School District Efficiency the State Board of Education shall provide that the membership not be less than six (6) members. The State Board of Education shall appoint school district employees proficient in the areas of fiscal management, procurement, data processing or other fields of school business, with at least one (1) member being appointed from each congressional district. The commission shall meet on a date designated by the State Superintendent of Education and organize by selecting a chairman and adopt rules for conducting business. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses from any available funds for attending official meetings of the commission. The State Department of Education shall provide necessary administrative and clerical support for the functions of the commission.
Laws, 2012, ch. 543, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-1 - Definitions

(1)
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "superintendent" and "principal" shall have such meaning as are ascribed to them under the provisions of Section
37-19-1
. The term "licensed employee" shall mean any other employee of a public school district required to hold a valid license by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development. The term "non-instructional employee" shall include all employees of school districts other than superintendents, principals and licensed employees.
(2)
Unless a statute in this chapter specifically is made applicable to charter schools, the provisions of this chapter only apply to public school districts, the employees of public school districts and the public schools that are within those school districts.
Codes, 1942, § 6282-01; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 65; Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 3, eff. 4/10/1997.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 52, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-3 - Employment of non-instructional employees

Except as otherwise provided in Section
37-167-1
, within the limits of the available funds, the superintendent of schools of a school district shall recommend to the school board thereof all noninstructional employees to be employed and may prescribe the duties thereof. Compensation for such employees may be paid from any lawful funds.
Codes, 1942, § 6282-02; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 66; Laws, 1987, ch. 307, § 11; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 540, § 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-4 - Compensation of attorney employed by school board who is a member of the Legislature

The compensation of any attorney employed by a school board who is a member of the Legislature shall be paid only from funds available to the school district that are not appropriated by the Legislature.
Laws, 2004, ch. 583, § 2, eff. 6/30/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 84, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, § 6411-14; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 23, § 14.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-7 - Employment of unlicensed superintendent, principal or teacher; conditional contracts; expiration of license during term of contract

It shall be unlawful for any superintendent, principal or teacher to be employed or contracted with to teach or serve in any of the public schools of this state who does not hold a proper license as required by the State Board of Education. However, the local school board, in its discretion, may authorize the superintendent to enter into a conditional contract with a teacher for a scholastic year, as defined in Section
37-61-1
, or a portion thereof, contingent upon (1) the person's graduation from an approved teacher education program before September 1 or the issuance of a proper license by the State Board of Education before October 15 for those individuals to be employed beginning with the first term of the scholastic year, or (2) the person's graduation from an approved teacher education program before December 31 or the issuance of a proper teacher licensed by the State Board of Education before February 15 for those individuals to be employed beginning with the second term of the scholastic year. If the individual who is to be employed beginning with the first term of the scholastic year does not graduate before September 1, or if the individual who is to be employed beginning with the second term of the scholastic year does not graduate before December 31, then any conditional contract executed contingent upon the person's graduation shall be null and void on September 1 or December 31, as the case may be. If the teacher who is to be employed beginning with the first term of the scholastic year fails to obtain a valid license before October 15, or if the teacher who is to be employed beginning with the second term of the scholastic year fails to obtain a valid license before February 15, then any conditional contract executed contingent upon the issuance of a proper license shall be null and void on October 15 or February 15, as the case may be. After a contract is declared null and void, the school district shall withhold from the employee's final salary payment, or shall take such legal action as may be necessary to collect from the employee, any amounts above the amount paid to substitute teachers in that district which were paid to the employee before the contract conditioned upon the person's graduation or being issued a proper license is voided. If the license held by any superintendent, principal or teacher expires during the life of any such contract and is not renewed, then such contract shall be null and void upon the expiration of such license which is not renewed.
Codes, 1942, § 6282-03; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, § 3; Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 4; Laws, 1998, ch. 408, § 1, eff. 3/20/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-8 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 29, eff. 4/10/1997.
Laws, 1991, ch. 502, § 2; 1993, ch. 602, § 1; 1995, ch. 448, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-9 - Rules and regulations governing issuance of teachers' certificates; compensation of teachers serving special needs of district

No teacher shall experience a reduction in salary for the purpose of serving the special teaching needs of their public school district. All teachers teaching in areas of need as requested by their school district shall receive a salary in an amount commensurate with their highest level of certification and licensure.
Each application or filing made under this section shall include the Social Security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section
93-11-64
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1942, § 6282-27; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, § 27; Laws, 1992, ch. 445, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 581, § 15; Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 5; Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 16, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-11 - Testing of applicants for teacher licensure

The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to require tests or an examination of achievement as one of the requirements for the issuance of public school professional licenses issued after July 1, 1997, to any person applying for the first time for a professional license.
Scores on said test or tests shall be made a part of the record of the applicant and maintained in the files of the Office of Teacher Certification and Licensure Division of the State Department of Education.
The State Board of Education is further authorized at its discretion to make determinations of minimum scores required of a person applying for the first time for a professional license.
The State Board of Education shall, at its discretion, determine conditions that would prevail should a person desire to take said test or tests more than once.
Codes, 1942, § 6244-31; Laws, 1971, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 6, eff. 4/10/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-12 - [Repealed]

Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 203; Laws, 1987, ch. 307, § 6, eff. 5/24/1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Repealed by Laws, 2016, ch. 311, SB 2438, 3, eff. 1/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-15 - Selection of assistant superintendents and principals; interim conservators

No later than February 15 of each year, the superintendent of each school district, or such other person designated or authorized by the school board, shall recommend to the school board thereof the assistant superintendents and principals to be employed for each of the schools of the districts except in the case of those assistant superintendents and principals who have been previously employed and who have a contract valid for the ensuing scholastic year. Unless good reason to the contrary exists, the school board shall approve and authorize the employment of the assistant superintendents and principals so recommended. If, for any reason, the school board shall decline to approve an assistant superintendent or principal so recommended, the superintendent or the board's designee shall make additional recommendations for the place or places to be filled.
When the assistant superintendents and principals of the schools have been recommended and approved as provided in the preceding paragraph, the superintendent of such district shall enter into proper contracts with them. At a subsequent meeting he shall report same to the school board and such shall be entered in the minutes.
An interim conservator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section
37-17-6(15)(a)
shall not be required to comply with the time limitations prescribed in this section for recommending and employing assistant superintendents and principals.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6282-05, 6282-06; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, §§ 5, 6; Laws, 1960, ch. 300, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 349; Laws, 1981, ch. 499, § 4; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 67; Laws, 1993, ch. 562, § 4; Laws, 1996, ch. 302, § 3, eff. 3/4/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-16 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 2009, ch. 516, § 10, eff. 4/8/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-19 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 84, eff. 7/1/1987.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-54; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 25, § 4; 1981, ch. 499, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-21 - Nepotism in hiring of superintendents, principals or licensed employees

It shall be illegal for any superintendent, principal or other licensed employee to be elected by the school board if such superintendent, principal or licensed employee is related within the third degree by blood or marriage according to the common law to a majority of the members of the school board. No member of the school board shall vote for any person as a superintendent, principal or licensed employee who is related to him within the third degree by blood or marriage or who is dependent upon him in a financial way. Any contract entered into in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void.
Codes, 1942, § 6282-23; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 20, § 23; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 69; Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 9; Laws, 2004, ch. 357, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 9 - DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-251) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-9-1 — 37-9-81) › Section 37-9-24 - Contracts with licensed personnel for not less than 187 employment days

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no school district shall contract with any licensed personnel for a number of employment days which shall be less than one hundred eighty-five (185).
Beginning with the 1994-1995 school year, no school district shall contract with any licensed personnel for less than one hundred eighty-seven (187) employment days.
(2)
Licensed personnel may be employed for less than a full school year if the contract states the exact period of time for which the licensed person is to be employed.
Laws, 1988, ch. 487, § 3; Laws, 1989, ch. 419, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 581, § 12; Laws, 1997, ch. 545, § 11, eff. 4/10/1997.