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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-27 - No books to be purchased from trusts

No book or books shall be purchased from any person, firm or corporation who is a member of, or connected with, any trust. In the event that it is established that this provision has been violated, the contract shall be forfeited and monies paid out under this contract shall be returned to the state, and all books heretofore purchased under said contract shall be kept by the state or the public school district which purchased the textbooks.
Codes, 1942, § 6644; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; reenacted without change, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 8; Laws, 1994, ch. 405, § 4, eff. 7/1/1994.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-29 - Designation of Secretary of State as contractor's agent

Any person, firm or corporation with whom a contract has been entered into, under the provisions of this chapter, shall designate the Secretary of State of Mississippi as its agent, upon whom citation and all other writs and processes may be served, in case any suit shall be brought against such person, firm or corporation.
Codes, 1942, § 6647; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; reenacted without change, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 9, eff. 6/30/1987.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 13, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-33 - Purchase of books by parents, school boards, etc

Any parent, person or school board in any community of the state may purchase books from a board-approved regional depository who is given authority to sell books under the provisions of this chapter. The price of the books so ordered or brought shall be the same as the contract price, plus whatever postage or delivery charges might accrue.
Codes, 1942, § 6643; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 16; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 15; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 15; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 15; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 15; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 11; Laws, 1994, ch. 405, § 6, eff. 7/1/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 25, eff. 7/1/1981.
Codes, 1942, § 6645; Laws, 1940, ch. 202.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-37 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6650; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 17; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 16; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 16; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 16; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 16; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 12; Laws, 1988, ch. 466, § 9, eff. 7/1/1988.
Repealed by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 21, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-39 - Persons prohibited from acting as agents or attorneys for textbook publishers

No teacher in any of the schools of the state, and no county or municipal superintendent of schools, and no person officially connected with the government of or direction of any school shall, during the term of his office as said superintendent or during the time of his or her employment as teacher, act as agent or attorney for any textbook publishing company selling textbooks in this state. If, after election as county or municipal superintendent or employment as teacher, any person filling such position accepts the agency or attorneyship of any textbook publishing company, the acceptance of such agency or attorneyship shall work a forfeiture of the office or position as teacher held at the time of the acceptance of such agency or attorneyship.
Codes, 1942, § 6651; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; reenacted without change, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 13, eff. 6/30/1987.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 14, eff. 7/1/2022.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 82, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-41 - State Textbook Fund; Local School District Textbook Carryover Fund

The State Textbook Fund of Mississippi shall consist of the amounts appropriated by the Legislature for the same, all monies accruing from the sale of disused books from other than public schools, all monies derived from the purchase of books by both public and private schools trustees, and by private individuals, all monies collected in damage suits under the terms of this chapter, and all other monies collected in any way whatsoever under the terms of this chapter.
There is hereby created a special fund in the State Treasury to be designated as the "Local School District Textbook Carryover Fund." Said fund shall be credited with any funds which were appropriated by the Legislature to the State Textbook Fund for any fiscal year in which said funds were allocated to local school districts but unexpended by said districts. Said unexpended funds shall be deposited by the board into the Local School District Textbook Carryover Fund to the credit of the local school districts which were originally allocated such funds. All carryover funds which exist on June 30, 1994, which belong to public school districts shall be disbursed to the respective school districts. Carryover funds for other than public schools shall be handled in the same manner as previously described in this section.
Codes, 1942, § 6648; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; Laws, 1981, ch. 344, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 14; Laws, 1994, ch. 405 § 7, eff. 7/1/1994.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 15, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-43 - Deposit of funds to credit of State Textbook Fund

The State Superintendent of Public Education shall deposit all funds sent to him from nonpublic schools for lost books or damaged books as well as all other funds accruing under this chapter in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Textbook Fund.
Codes, 1942, § 6652; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 18; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 17; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 17; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 17; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 17; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 15; Laws, 1994, ch. 405, § 8, eff. 7/1/1994.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-45 - Suits for recovery of losses

Any loss occasioned by the neglect, carelessness or failure of duty by the county superintendent or any principal or teacher in charge of any school, shall entitle the state to bring suit for the recovery of the amount of the loss or losses occasioned thereby.
Any writ or suit of any nature instituted under the provisions of this chapter shall be brought in the name of the State of Mississippi by the Attorney General. Any money or moneys recovered by such suit shall be placed to the credit of the State Textbook Fund.
Codes, 1942, § 6653; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; reenacted without change, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 16, eff. 6/30/1987.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-47 - Payment of bills for textbooks

Bills for textbooks purchased by the state on requisitions as provided in this chapter, and bills for all other expenses incurred under the terms of this chapter, shall be paid by warrants on the State Treasury made by the Auditor on receipt of bills from the State Superintendent of Public Education, and approved by the State Board of Education. Bills for textbooks purchased by public school districts, shall be submitted to the respective school district submitting the requisition. Each public school district will make payment to the appropriate entity which is responsible for providing the requested textbooks.
Codes, 1942, § 6649; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 19; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 18; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 18; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 18; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 18; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 17; Laws, 1994, ch. 405, § 9, eff. 7/1/1994.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-49 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6658-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 464, §§ 1, 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 18, eff. 6/30/1987.
Repealed by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 22, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-51 - Reports by schools receiving textbooks

The management of all public, private, parochial or denominational schools wherein the board is furnishing to the students thereof free school textbooks and said free school textbooks are used by the students in said school, shall file annually with the State Board of Education any and all reports as may be required by the board.
Any person who shall refuse, neglect or fail to file any report required by the board shall be denied a new allocation of funds until such reports have been completed and filed with the board.
Codes, 1942, § 6658-02; Laws, 1946, ch. 464, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 20; Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 19; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 19; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 19; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 19; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 19, eff. 6/30/1987.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 19, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-53 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6659; Laws, 1940, ch. 194; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 21; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 20; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 20; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 20; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 20; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 20, eff. 6/30/1987.
Repealed by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 23, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-55 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6659.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 362, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 22; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess ch. 2, § 21; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 21; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 21; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 21; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 21, eff. 6/30/1987.
Repealed by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 24, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 43 - TEXTBOOKS (§§ 37-43-1 — 37-43-59) › Section 37-43-57 - Penalties for violations of chapter

Except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter, any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment not to exceed twelve (12) months in the county jail, or by both, in the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1942, § 6654; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; Laws, 1981, ch. 507, § 23; reenacted, Laws, 1983, 1st Ex Sess ch. 2, § 22; Laws, 1984, ch. 404, § 22; Laws, 1985, ch. 395, § 22; Laws, 1986, ch. 349, § 22; reenacted without change, Laws, 1987, ch. 481, § 22, eff. 6/30/1987.
Brought forward by Laws, 2022, ch. 350, SB 2431,§ 20, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-1 - Declaration of policy

The legislature hereby recognizes that in order to exercise the constitutional power, set forth in Section 201 of Article 8, that the legislature may, in its discretion, "provide for the maintenance and establishment of free public schools for all children between the ages of six and twenty-one years, by taxation or otherwise," equality of educational opportunity with respect to instructional personnel, school buildings and facilities, transportation facilities, curriculum and all other school facilities should be provided for all such children, that the burden of providing such equality of educational opportunity can no longer be borne entirely by the local taxing units, and, therefore, that a program of state aid therefor should be instituted. The legislature, therefore, declares and determines that the maintenance of the uniform system of free public schools to insure and provide substantial equality of educational opportunity is the joint responsibility of the State of Mississippi and the local taxing units thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-01; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-3 - Transfer of functions, etc., of State Educational Finance Commission to State Board of Education

(1)
There is hereby created a State Educational Finance Commission. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "commission" shall be construed to mean "State Educational Finance Commission."
(2)
From and after July 1, 1988, the State Educational Finance Commission shall be abolished, and all duties and responsibilities thereof shall be transferred to the State Board of Education. All records, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds of the commission shall be transferred to the State Department of Education. All references in the laws of this state to the "State Educational Finance Commission" or to the "commission," when referring to the Educational Finance Commission, shall be construed to mean the State Department of Education.
(3)
In order to provide for an orderly transition in assuming the duties and responsibilities of the State Educational Finance Commission, the State Board of Education shall develop a plan of transition and shall report such plan to the Legislature on or before January 1, 1987.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-02; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 500, § 20; Laws, 1990, ch. 535, § 10, eff. 7/1/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-5 - Appointment and term of members

The commission shall be composed of six (6) members who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. However, no such confirmation shall be made by the Senate until said appointment or appointments have been referred to the proper Senate standing committee and an individual report has been made on each appointee by said Senate standing committee reporting that in its judgment such appointee has the proper qualifications and is a proper person to perform the duties of this office.
One (1) member shall be appointed from each congressional district of the state as presently existing. In making the original appointments, two (2) members shall be appointed for a term expiring April 1st, 1956; two (2) members shall be appointed for a term expiring April 1st, 1958; and two (2) members shall be appointed for a term expiring April 1st, 1960. Thereafter all appointments shall be for terms of six (6) years commencing on April 1st of the year in which the appointments are made. New members of the commission shall be appointed from the same district as their predecessor. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission occurring before the expiration of a term shall be filled in the manner hereinabove provided for, but only for the unexpired term.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-03; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 3; Laws, 1985, ch. 522, eff. 4/16/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-7 - Surety bond; voting

Each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, enter into a good and sufficient surety bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) payable to the State of Mississippi and conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. Said bond shall be executed by some surety company authorized to do business in this state. The premiums thereon shall be paid from any funds which may be available to the commission for such purpose.
Any member of the commission may have his vote on any question before the commission recorded on the minutes thereof at the time of the vote, and a member of the commission who votes against an illegal, unlawful or unauthorized expenditure of funds shall not be liable therefor.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-9 - Compensation and expenses

The members of the commission shall receive a per diem, mileage and expenses as is authorized by law per day for each day spent in attending meetings of the commission and in performing such other duties as may be required of them by law or the directives of the commission. However, except for regular or called meetings no member shall receive per diem, mileage or other expenses in performing duties unless such duties shall have been directed by an order duly entered on the minutes of a meeting of the commission prior to the performance thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-05; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 5; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 13, eff. 5/26/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-11 - Adoption and use of seal

The commission is authorized to adopt and use an official seal.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-22; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-13 - Meetings; organization

The commission shall meet on the third Monday of each month, and shall meet at such other times as may be designated by law or upon call by the chairman or a majority of the members of the commission. At its first meeting, the commission shall organize and elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. As soon as practicable thereafter, the commission shall adopt such rules and regulations not contrary to the provisions of this chapter and the other laws of the State of Mississippi as shall be necessary and proper to govern its proceedings. Four members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of doing business. The commission may either elect a secretary from among its membership or designate the executive secretary as its secretary.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-07; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-15 - Minutes; recess of meetings and hearings

The commission shall keep full, complete, and permanent minutes and records of all its proceedings, including the rules and regulations adopted by it, and said minutes shall be signed by the chairman, or vice-chairman, and attested by the secretary. All minutes of the commission shall be signed and approved not later than the close of the next regular meeting.
Any meeting or hearing of or by the commission may be recessed from day to day or time to time without the necessity of daily entering the fact of recess upon the minutes of the commission. However, the fact of recess of any hearing, where the proceedings are taken by a reporter, shall be shown in the record of the proceedings.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6246-10, 6246-23; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 10; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-17 - Executive secretary and other employees

The commission shall select an executive secretary, who shall be the administrative officer of the commission. The executive secretary shall perform such duties as are required of him by law, and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the commission. He shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the commission. He shall hold, or be eligible to secure, a Class AA certificate for administrators as defined in the rules and regulations of the state department of education covering the certification of instructional personnel. He shall have had ten years' experience as a teacher, supervisor or administrator in the public schools, of which not less than five years shall have been in a responsible administrative position. He shall have had broad professional education experience and shall have recognized ability as a school administrator. He shall have no vote in the decisions of said commission, and shall have no voice in the making or fixing of policies by said commission. Said executive secretary, in order to qualify for his position, shall be required to make a good and sufficient bond in some surety company qualified and doing business in the State of Mississippi, in the penal sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties as required by law and the directives of said commission. The premium on said bond shall be paid from any funds available to the commission for such purpose. Said executive secretary may be removed at any time upon a majority vote of the membership of said commission.
The commission shall have the power and authority to employ such technical, professional, and clerical help as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter and for the performance of such other duties as may be imposed upon the commission by law, and to define the duties and fix the compensation of such employees.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-06; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-19 - Promulgation of rules and regulations

The commission shall promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as shall be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter and of such other laws, the administration of which shall be vested in the commission; however, no such rule or regulation shall be in conflict with any applicable law. It shall be the duty of the commission to furnish the board of trustees or other governing body of all school districts and the attorney general certified copies of all rules and regulations prescribed by the commission, which distribution shall be made not less than thirty days prior to the effective date of all such rules or regulations.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-09; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-21 - Distribution of school facility funds

The commission shall distribute and disburse, subject to the provisions of law, such funds as may be appropriated by the legislature, and such funds as may otherwise become available, for constructing, improving, equipping, renovating, and repairing school buildings or other school facilities, as authorized and directed by chapter 47 of this title. No funds shall be distributed by said commission to any school district operating a school in the State of Mississippi until such school district shall have conclusively shown that it has complied with all the requirements of the laws of the State of Mississippi for the operation of schools or school districts, and until such school district shall have complied with all the applicable regulations of the commission.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-08; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 8.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-23 - Formulation of policies and approval of plans for location and construction of noncharter public school buildings

Subject to the provisions of any applicable statute, the commission shall formulate policies and approve or disapprove plans for the location and construction of all necessary elementary and secondary noncharter public school buildings.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-11; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 11.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 83, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-25 - Supervision and approval of surveys of educational needs

Subject to the provisions of any applicable statute, the commission shall supervise and approve or disapprove all surveys of educational needs made by any school board or board of education. The commission may assist such boards in making such surveys, and it may make supplemental surveys of such needs.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-11; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-27 - Hearings

In conducting any hearing, the commission shall not be required to follow common law or statutory rules of evidence or the technical or formal rules of procedure. Any such hearing may be conducted in such manner as the commission may deem best to ascertain and determine the physical, mental, moral, social and educational welfare of the educable children involved, the efficiency of the operation of the schools, and the economic and social welfare of the various school areas involved.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-39; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 19.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-29 - Service of notices and other process

All notices or other process authorized or required to be served upon the commission shall be served upon the chairman and the executive secretary.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-24; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-31 - Issuance of subpoenas

The commission, or the chairman thereof, at any regular or recessed meeting, or the chairman in vacation, or the executive secretary in vacation pursuant to the direction of the chairman made at any time, is hereby empowered to issue under the seal of the commission and in its name, subpoenas for witnesses to require their attendance and the giving of testimony before the commission at any hearing or proceeding conducted by the commission and to require the production of such books, papers and records in any proceeding before the commission as may be material upon questions before or brought by the commission. Such subpoenas for witnesses or subpoenas duces tecum shall be directed to the sheriff or other lawful officer of the county of the residence of the witness named in the subpoena and shall be served and returned by the sheriff or other officer authorized by law to serve and return process in this state as in the chancery courts of this state and shall be obeyed just as process in said chancery court. The time and place for the appearance of the witness and the production of any documents, as the case may be, shall be specified in such subpoena.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-25; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-33 - Procedure upon failure or refusal to comply with subpoena

In case of the failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena issued as authorized in Section
37-45-31
, or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify or answer to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the chancellor or the chancery court of the county of the residence of such person, or the chancellor or the chancery court of the county in which the hearing to which the subpoena is returnable is being conducted may, on application of the commission or the chairman thereof, in term time or vacation, issue an attachment for such person and compel him to comply with such subpoena and to attend before the commission and produce the documents specified in any subpoena duces tecum and give his testimony upon such matters as he may be lawfully required. Said chancery court shall have the power to punish for contempt as in case of disobedience of like process issued by or from such chancery court, or as in case of the refusal to testify therein in response to such process.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-26; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-35 - Fees and mileage of witnesses

All witnesses attending the commission pursuant to process issued as authorized in Section
37-45-31
, shall be entitled to the same per diem and mileage as provided for witnesses in the chancery courts of this state. Such witnesses shall attend from day to day until discharged by the commission or by agreement of counsel for the interested parties. The fee and mileage of all witnesses shall be paid by the county board of education or the board of trustees of a municipal separate school district interested in the matter under consideration by the commission. However, any witness fees or mileage of witnesses subpoenaed by the commission or by or at the direction of the chairman on its or their own motion shall be paid by the commission by proper requisition upon the funds appropriated for the operation of the commission. The commission may tax the cost of any proceeding before it as a part of its order in such proceeding.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-27; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-37 - Designation of official reporter; compensation; duties

At any hearing held by the commission under the provisions of chapter 47 of this title, or under any other statute, it is made the duty of any county board of education or board of trustees of any municipal separate school district involved, jointly or severally, to provide at their or its own expense a competent reporter to be approved by the commission, or the chairman thereof, to take the proceedings had at such hearing, and in the event of an appeal to transcribe same and file with the commission an original and one copy thereof within the time prescribed by law. Said reporter shall act under the supervision of said commission, or the secretary thereof, and for the purpose of said hearing and any appeal therefrom he shall be considered as the official reporter of the commission.
If the parties applying for any such hearing shall, at the time of applying for such hearing, certify to the commission in writing, via registered mail, their inability to secure a competent reporter, the commission shall select and provide said reporter, whose duties shall be the same and whose fees and costs shall be borne and paid as costs, in the same manner as the reporter mentioned in the preceding parts of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-30; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-39 - Preservation of reporter's notes and transcription thereof

The reporter shall act in the same capacity as an official court reporter of the chancery courts of this state. His shorthand notes and the transcription thereof shall be preserved in the same manner and accorded the same verity as those of chancery court reporters.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-31; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-41 - Certification and filing of transcript of reporter's notes; corrections

When the reporter's notes shall have been transcribed, the reporter shall certify same and file an original and one copy with the commission and give notice by registered mail of the fact of such filing to the county board or county boards of education and the board of trustees of any municipal separate school district involved in the proceeding covered by the transcript, and their respective counsel of record, if any, and to the commission.
Any correction of the transcript shall be made in the same manner provided for correcting a transcript in Section
9-13-35
, Mississippi Code of 1972, with the commission exercising the rights and power of the trial judge mentioned therein, and the executive secretary of the commission exercising the duties of the clerk mentioned in said section. The written agreement provided by said section concerning the transcript therein provided to be filed in the supreme court may be entered into and filed in the chancery court to which the appeal is taken from any final rule, regulation or order of the commission.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-33; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 13.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-43 - Fees of reporter

The fees of the reporter, per diem, and for the transcription of any evidence taken by him upon any hearing before the commission, shall not be in excess of the customary per diem, transcription and filing fees made by the chancery court reporters of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-32; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-45 - Costs of administrative proceedings; schedule; taxation

The schedule of cost in the chancery courts of this state shall apply, where applicable, to the cost accruing or incurred in the proceedings before the commission.
The cost of the services of said reporter and any other cost provided for in this chapter shall be taxed as a part of the cost of any hearing before the commission. All costs paid to any employee of the commission and all costs collected by the commission and not required to be paid to some person by the terms of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6246-28, 6246-32; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, §§ 8, 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-47 - Time for payment of costs; procedure in case of nonpayment

All costs taxed by the commission in any hearing or proceeding shall be had within forty-five days after the date of any final order of the commission or decree of the chancery court if no appeal is taken therefrom, and within thirty days after the final order or judgment of the supreme court of Mississippi if an appeal is taken to it.
In the event said costs are not so paid, said commission shall certify the same to the state board of education and unless said costs shall have been paid the said state board of education shall deduct the amount thereof, as to any county board of education, from the next allotment to said county for administrative expenses, and as to any municipal separate school district from its next allotment of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per teacher unit. Such amount shall be paid to the commission, which shall deposit same in the state treasury, and the same shall then be disbursed to the person to whom it is owing by proper warrant upon order of the commission. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the obligation of any surety upon any appeal bond.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-38; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 18.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-49 - Payment of fees and costs of school authorities and commission

Any cost or fees provided by this chapter to be paid by any county board of education or board of trustees of a municipal separate school district may be paid by the county board of education from any school funds of the district other than total funding formula funds, and by the municipal separate school district from the maintenance funds of the district, other than total funding formula funds. Any fees or costs provided by this chapter to be paid by the department may be paid from the funds appropriated for its operation.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-35; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 15; Laws, 1977, ch. 486, § 28, eff. 7/1/1977.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 78, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-53 - Appeal bonds

The beneficiary in all appeal bonds shall be the State of Mississippi. Said bonds shall secure the payment of the cost accruing in the proceeding, including the cost of appeal and the performance of any other acts required by the chancellor in granting of supersedeas appeal from any final rule, regulation or order of the commission.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-29; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-55 - Payment of premium on appeal bond of school authorities

Any school board is authorized to pay the premium on any appeal bond entered into under the provisions of Section
37-45-51
. The said school board may pay same from the administrative fund provided by Section
37-19-31
.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-36; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 16; Laws, 1977, ch. 486, § 28; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 158, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-57 - Preparation of record on appeal

In the event of an appeal by any county board of education or board of trustees of any municipal separate school district from any final rule, regulation or order of the state educational finance commission, it shall be the duty and responsibility of such appealing county board or board of trustees, under the supervision of the executive secretary of said commission, to prepare or cause to be prepared the record on appeal, which, when approved by the commission or by the chairman thereof in vacation, shall be and constitute the record on appeal. The same shall thereupon be filed, as required by law, in the chancery court to which the appeal is taken. The cost of making and filing such record shall be an item of cost of said appeal, which shall be paid by said appellant. The cost of such record shall not be in excess of the cost of a similar record on appeal from a chancery court of this state to the supreme court of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-34; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 14.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-59 - Record on appeal to be bound, indexed and compiled

The record on appeal from the commission to the chancery court shall be bound, indexed and compiled in the same manner and form as the same record of appeal from a chancery court to the supreme court of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-37; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-61 - Appeals to supreme court

From an adverse decision of the chancery court, either party may appeal to the supreme court of the State of Mississippi. Said appeal shall be taken and perfected within thirty days and in the same manner provided by law for other appeals to the supreme court from the judgments of chancery courts, and upon appeal to the supreme court, the same shall be heard and disposed of as a preference cause as promptly and as expeditiously as the circumstances will permit.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-12; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 11, § 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 45 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (§§ 37-45-1 — 37-45-63) › Section 37-45-63 - Construction of chapter

The provisions of this chapter are and shall be construed to be in addition to and supplemental of the provisions of any other statutes of this state pertaining to the matters herein referred to.
Codes, 1942, § 6246-40; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 58, § 20.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-1 - Administration of chapter

The terms and provisions of this chapter shall be administered and executed by the state educational finance commission. For the purpose of this chapter, the term "commission" shall mean "state educational finance commission" except where the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Codes, 1942, § 6247-01; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 1, eff. 7/1/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-3 - "School district" defined

The term "school district" as used in this chapter shall be defined as including all public school districts and public charter schools in this state and also all agricultural high schools not located on the campus of a junior college.
Codes, 1942, § 6247-03; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 3; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 48, § 1; Laws, 1964, ch. 384, §§ 1-3, eff. 4/15/1964.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 420, SB 2161, 8, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-5 - "Capital improvement" defined

For the purposes of this chapter, the term "capital improvement" shall mean the cost of (1) erecting, repairing, equipping, remodeling and enlarging school buildings and related facilities, including, but not being limited to, gymnasiums, auditoriums, lunch rooms, vocational training buildings, libraries, teachers' homes, school barns, garages for transportation vehicles, and (2) providing necessary water, lights, heating, air conditioning and sewerage facilities for school buildings. Such term shall not include the cost of the acquisition of land whereon to construct or establish any of the facilities named above.
Codes, 1942, § 6247-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 4; Laws, 1992, ch. 524, § 15, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-7 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6247-02; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 2, eff. 7/1/1954.
Repealed by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 119, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 453, SB 2430,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-9 - Annual grants by state

It is found and determined that the state should make an annual grant of Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) for each child in net enrollment in the public schools of the various school districts of this state during each school year, and that such monies should be applied for the purpose of establishing and maintaining adequate physical facilities for the public school district and/or the payment of existing debt therefor.
The grant to which each public school is entitled under the provisions of this section shall be credited to the school district of which such school is part. If any change is made in the operation or boundaries of any such school district, equitable reallocations shall be made by the department of all balances to the credit of such school district, and all debits charged against the districts affected by the change in the boundaries or system of operation. The obligation of the state to make remittance of the sums appropriated or otherwise provided to make the annual grants provided by this section shall be subordinate to the pledge made to secure the state school bonds authorized under this chapter and the sinking fund created for their retirement. The grants shall be computed annually as soon as practicable after the end of the school year, and shall be based on the net enrollment for such school year in all of the public schools operated by each school district as determined by the State Department of Education.
Codes, 1942, § 6247-03; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 3; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 48, § 1; Laws, 1964, ch. 384, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1975, ch. 320; Laws, 1993, ch. 602, § 12, eff. 7/1/1993.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 79, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 84, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-11 - through 37-47-23 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 6247-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 4, eff. 7/1/1954.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 453, SB 2430,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 47 - STATE AID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES (§§ 37-47-1 — 37-47-67) › Section 37-47-24 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 119, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 453, SB 2430,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.