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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 74 - Special Education › Rule 7-3-74.21 - Education Scholarship Account

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
ESAs
				awarded annually are determined based on State legislative
				appropriations
a. Until program
				participation reaches 50% of annual enrollment as established in Miss. Code
				Ann. §
										37-181-7(2)(b)
										, students are approved on a first-come, first-served basis,
				with applications being reviewed throughout the year. An ongoing waitlist will
				be maintained based on the applicant's original control number. As ESAs become
				available, applicants will be awarded in chronological order from the waitlist.
				After program participation reaches 50% of the annual enrollment, the MDE OSE
				will randomly select students from its waitlist (i.e., conduct a
				lottery).
b. In accordance with the
				Miss. Code. Ann. §
										37-181-9(4),
				the department will retain six percent (6%) from appropriations used to fund
				Education Scholarship Accounts to cover the costs of overseeing the funds and
				administering the ESA program, even in the event the annual legislative
				appropriations is insufficient to fund all established ESA's rolling over from
				the previous year.
c. In the event
				the annual legislative appropriations are insufficient to fund all established
				ESA's rolling over from the previous year:
i.
				the amount appropriated (minus the allowable administrative costs provided in
				Miss. Code. Ann. §
											37-181-9(4)
				will be divided equally among the eligible ESAs to fund all ESAs to the maximum
				of the appropriated; and,
ii. a
				lottery will not be conducted as established ESAs have a claim on funds
				appropriated and must be funded first.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 76 - Teachers › Rule 7-3-76.1 - Awards

Current through June 25, 2024
The Mississippi Teacher of the Year Program recognizes
				  outstanding achievement and performance by our public school teachers. Each
				  local school district has the opportunity to honor its teachers and nominate
				  one for the state title. The 1995 Mississippi Teacher of the Year must be a
				  certified classroom teacher (K-12) in a state-accredited public school who
				  plans to teach next year. The teacher should have superior ability to inspire
				  students, should possess leadership capabilities, and should be an active
				  member of the community.
Official entry forms and instructions will be mailed to each
				  district's central office. The local Teacher of the Year entry form, signed by
				  the local superintendent, is returned to the Mississippi Department of
				  Education for judging during the summer. Five finalists (one from each
				  Congressional District) are chosen and a selection committee visits the
				  classroom of each near the beginning of the school year. The teacher selected
				  as the Mississippi Teacher of the Year will be the state's nominee for National
				  Teacher of the Year.
Entries are limited to one per school district. These are
				  judged on a biography, professional development activities, community
				  involvement, philosophy of teaching, insight on education issues and trends,
				  personal teaching style, comments on the teaching profession, letters of
				  recommendation, and how one would handle the duties of National Teacher of the
				  Year.
The Mississippi Teacher of the Year Program is sponsored by
				  the Mississippi Department of Education, Southern Educators Life Insurance
				  Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and Bryan Foods, Inc. of West Point, Mississippi.
				  The national program is sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers
				  and Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Mississippi Teacher of the Year (TOY), alternate and
				  finalists receive the following honors and awards:
1. $5,000 for the state TOY from the
				Mississippi Department of Education, if approved;
2. $500 for the alternate and $250 for
				regional finalists from Southern Educators;
3. $500 for the state TOY and $250 for the
				TOY's school from Bryan Food;
4. a
				set of encyclopedias from the Britannica Company (TOY only);
5. a dinner honoring all five teachers and
				their guests, hosted by Southern Educators;
6. TOY and alternate receive formal
				recognition at a State Board of Education meeting;
7. TOY and finalists included in the Milken
				Educator Award Pool.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										37-1-3 (Adopted 8/1994), Miss.
				  Code Ann. §
										37-151-11
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 76 - Teachers › Rule 7-3-76.3 - Experience

Current through June 25, 2024
Review Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-151-5 for details on this
				  rule.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										37-1-3 Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-151-5 (Revised
				  9/2022)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 76 - Teachers › Rule 7-3-76.7 - Selection (under MAEP 4903)

Current through June 25, 2024
When a certified secondary teacher is assigned to teach in a
				  5th or 6th grade departmentalized situation and is appropriately endorsed in
				  the subject he/she is teaching, that teacher may be selected as a Minimum
				  Foundation Program teacher in the State Department of Education's process and,
				  if the teacher is selected, the district shall be reimbursed under the Minimum
				  Program for that teacher.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										37-1-3 (Adopted
				  12/1992)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 76 - Teachers › Rule 7-3-76.10 - West Tallahatchie Rental Housing

Current through June 25, 2024
The construction of rental housing units for teachers in the
				  West Tallahatchie School District is a pilot program that is administered by
				  the Department of Education. The Department of Education advertised for bids
				  for the purpose of contracting with a public or private entity to assist in
				  implementing and administering the program.
The West Tallahatchie School District received proposals from
				  developers, after having advertised for bids, for the construction of the
				  rental housing units and submitted a recommendation to the State Department of
				  Education. The Department of Education selected Mississippi Home Corporation as
				  the developer to construct the units.
After selection of Mississippi Home Corporation, the
				  Department of Education loaned Mississippi Home Corporation $200,000 for the
				  construction of the units for a period of time not to exceed fifteen (15)
				  years. The interest rate on the loan is equal to one percent (1%) below the
				  discount rate established by the Federal Reserve Bank Mississippi Critical
				  Shortage Fund. If a claim against Mississippi Home Corporation for repayment is
				  placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, Mississippi Home Corporation
				  will be liable for an additional amount equal to a reasonable attorney's
				  fee.
Mississippi Home Corporation operates the rental housing
				  units. For a period of ten (10) years or until such time that the loan is
				  repaid by Mississippi Home Corporation, whichever is longer, the priority for
				  residence in the housing units will first be given to teachers employed in the
				  West Tallahatchie School District, then to other licensed school district
				  employees, and then to any other school district employee.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										37-1-3 (Revised
				  09/2022)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 78 - Testing › Rule 7-3-78.1 - Assessment of Special Populations

Current through June 25, 2024
The information contained within the Testing Students with
				  Disabilities Regulations and the Guidelines for English Language Learners and
				  any subsequent updates shall apply to all public school personnel who are
				  responsible for the implementation of the Mississippi Statewide Assessment
				  System. The information shall set forth the rules and procedures required for
				  proper test administration and shall be provided to each school district by the
				  Mississippi Department of Education through the district test
				  coordinator.
The district superintendent shall assure that each school
				  follows the established testing procedures and informs each building level
				  administrator of their responsibilities. Local boards of education shall
				  cooperate with the State Board of Education in implementing the provisions of
				  this said policy.
For a copy, please visit the Mississippi Secretary of
				  State's website at REGULATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT in the Administrative Code,
				  Title 7: Education K-12; Part # 13.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 5/2007)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 78 - Testing › Rule 7-3-78.7 - Schedule

Current through June 25, 2024
The Mississippi State Department of Education, subject to
				  the approval of the State Board of Education will establish and disseminate a
				  testing schedule for the Mississippi Statewide Assessment System prior to 01
				  October of each year. An up-to-date copy of the schedule shall be kept on file
				  at the Mississippi Department of Education.
Miss. Code Ann. 37-1-3,
				  37-16-3 (Revised 02/2016)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 78 - Testing › Rule 7-3-78.8 - Setting Student-Level Standards for State Assessments

Current through June 25, 2024
Assessments of the Mississippi Statewide Assessment System
				  shall have five (5) achievement levels, competencies, descriptors, and
				  applicable achievement cut scores-collectively referred to as academic
				  achievement standards, including alternative academic achievement standards for
				  students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Academic achievement
				  standards shall be established using a technically sound method recognized by
				  national experts extensively grounded in the research
				  literature.
Miss. Code Ann. 37-1-3,
				  37-16-3 (Revised 02/2016)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 78 - Testing › Rule 7-3-78.11 - Guidelines for Mississippi's Implementation of the Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized, High School Assessment Provision of ESSA

Current through June 25, 2024
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) procedures to
				  evaluate requests under the Locally Selected Nationally Recognized High School
				  Assessment (LSNRHSA) provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) are
				  outlined in the
Guidelines for Mississippi's Implementation of the
				  Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized, High School Assessment Provision of
				  ESSA
.
Under 34
				  C.F.R §
										200.3(d), a
				  "nationally recognized high school assessment" is a "an assessment of high
				  school students' knowledge and skills that is administered in multiple States
				  and is recognized by institutions of higher education in those or other States
				  for the purposes of entrance or placement into courses in postsecondary
				  education or training program." (
See
USDE LSNRHSA Guidance,
				  May 17, 2017). [
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-II/part-200/subpart-A/subject-group-ECFR3da56646dfe7570/section-200.3
]
The requesting District shall also produce clear guidance
				  about how the assessment fits into Mississippi graduation options and
				  requirements in addition to policies and practices governing
				  participation.
Miss Code Ann.
				  §
										37-1-3;
				  20 U.S.C §
											6311(b)(2)(h);
				  34 C.F.R. §200 (January
				  2023)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 79 - Textbooks › Rule 7-3-79.1 - Selection and Adoption Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
The document entitled Textbook Administration Handbook Rules
				  and Regulations is revised. As staffs identify areas where amendments to that
				  document are needed, recommendations for change shall be presented to the State
				  Board of Education. Upon approval by the Board, staffs are directed to
				  disseminate those changes to the appropriate members of the educational
				  community. An up-to-date copy of this document shall be kept on file in the
				  State Department of Education.
For a copy of the Textbook Administration Handbook Rules and
				  Regulations, please visit the Mississippi Secretary of State's website at
				  Regulations and Enforcement in the Administrative Code, Title 7: Education
				  K-12; Part # 11.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Adopted 10/1997)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 79 - Textbooks › Rule 7-3-79.2 - Regulations

Current through June 25, 2024
Pursuant to authority of Mississippi Code Section
				  37-7-301(o),
				  each school district shall have the authority to determine for what purposes
				  the Education Enhancement Fund allocation for textbooks and other educational
				  materials shall be expended as follows:
1. The local school district may define what
				constitutes a "textbook" and may purchase said books from any available
				supplier. Said textbooks shall remain the property of the local school
				district.
2. The local school
				district may define what constitutes "other educational materials" and may
				purchase said materials from any available supplier.
3. The local school district may define what
				constitutes "technology enhancement projects" and shall limit the expenditures
				for said purposes to the proportion each district's ADA bears to the statewide
				total ADA applied to $2,000,000 as determined by the State Department of
				Education.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Adopted 7/1992)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 80 - Title Programs › Rule 7-3-80.1 - Title I Complaint Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Guidelines
When a complaint cannot be resolved at the LEA level, the
				  complaint must be submitted in writing to the Mississippi Department of
				  Education, Office of Federal Programs. Persons issuing verbal complaints will
				  be asked to complete a written complaint form prior to any official
				  investigation, or assisted with the completion of the complaint form.
The complaint must include the name and address of the
				  person submitting the complaint and a description of the complaint. The
				  complaint must also include a statement which assures that to the best of the
				  complainant's knowledge, the agency has violated a requirement of a federal
				  statute or regulation that applies to an applicable program. In addition, the
				  facts on which the statement is based and the specific requirement allegedly
				  violated must be included.
Complaints should be sent to the Bureau Director, Office of
				  Federal Programs. The mailing address is: Mississippi Department of Education,
				  Office of Federal Programs, Suite 111 Central High School, Post Office Box 771,
				  Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0771. The office may also be contacted via telephone
				  at (601) 359-3499.
2.
				Procedure for Complaints
a. In the first
				level of review, a complaint shall be answered by the Bureau Director, with
				assistance from staff.
b. The
				Bureau Director shall determine whether additional information is necessary, if
				so appropriate program staff will notify the agency involved, and conduct an
				onsite review investigating the complaint.
c. The Bureau Director shall determine
				whether additional information is necessary. If there are serious violations,
				verified after the on-site review, then the information gathered will be
				forwarded to other appropriate offices or organizations.
d. Once the investigation has been completed,
				the Office of Federal Programs will issue a letter stating the findings of
				facts. The letter stating the findings of fact shall be mailed no later than 60
				calendar days from the date the Office of Federal Programs receives the
				complaint in writing.
e. If areas
				of noncompliance are found, corrective action will be required and timelines
				for completion indicated. All parties will be informed of the areas of
				noncompliance and the required corrective actions.
f. The Office of Federal Programs may extend
				the 60-day timeline, if exceptional circumstances exist. Examples of
				exceptional circumstances may be, but not limited to:
i. The complexity of the issues;
ii. The need for additional information;
				and/or
iii. The unavailability of
				any of the necessary parties.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 80 - Title Programs › Rule 7-3-80.2 - Title I Administrative Limit 20%

Current through June 25, 2024
School districts shall spend no more than twenty-percent of
				  annual Title I budgets on administrative expenses.
The purpose of this state rule is to ensure that maximum
				  Title I funds be spent directly on students to enable them to achieve high
				  standards. Administrative costs are defined as those costs spent on Title I
				  Administrative activities at the district and school level. These activities
				  include, salaries, benefits, travel, and office costs of Title I coordinators,
				  clerks, bookkeepers, and maintenance personnel, cost of audits, and indirect
				  cost.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Adopted 3/1996)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 80 - Title Programs › Rule 7-3-80.3 - Program Improvement

Current through June 25, 2024
The Mississippi State Department of Education, subject to
				  approval of the State Board of Education, will develop and disseminate model
				  guidelines for the evaluation of school performance. These guidelines will
				  include a method of determining schools having exemplary performance as well as
				  schools in need of improvement. An up-to-date copy of these guidelines shall be
				  kept on file in the Mississippi State Department of
				  Education.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 10/1997)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.1 - Bids

Current through June 25, 2024
When advertising and receiving bids for school buses, bus
				  bodies, other school transportation equipment, sale of unneeded school
				  transportation equipment, driver education and training equipment and visual
				  and training aids and devices, the State Board of Education does hereby
				  designate the Director of the Bureau of Administration and Finance, the
				  Director of Pupil Transportation, Office of Safe and Orderly Schools, and a
				  representative from the State Attorney General's Office (appointed by the State
				  Attorney General) as its official agents to receive bids, to tabulate the bids
				  in an open meeting as advertised by law and a recording secretary shall be in
				  attendance to record the bid quotes. They shall file with the State Board of
				  Education a full written report of their actions at the next regularly
				  scheduled Board meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Adopted 3/2012)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.2 - Drivers

Current through June 25, 2024
The Instructor's Guide for Training School Bus Drivers
				  provides regulations governing the training program for bus drivers. The
				  purpose of this document is to ensure that the training program is consistent,
				  thorough, and based on best practices. As evaluation data suggests the need for
				  changes in the guide, staff is directed to make those changes and recommend
				  them to the Mississippi Board of Education. Upon approval by the Mississippi
				  Board of Education, those changes should be disseminated to the appropriate
				  individuals in the educational community.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 3/2012)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.3 - In Service Driver Training/Motor Vehicle Record Check

Current through June 25, 2024
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER SAFETY IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND REVIEW OF
				  MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER RECORD FOR BUS DRIVERS, AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 37-41-1,
				  MISSISSIPPI CODE, 1972, AS AMENDED
School districts shall conduct bus driver in-service safety
				  training with every school bus driver employed in the public schools of
				  Mississippi. A minimum of four hours of bus driver safety training shall be
				  conducted each semester. This training shall consist of, but not be limited to
				  the following:
1. Loading and
				unloading procedures - at home and on campus
2. Compliance with all traffic laws
3. State/local policies
4. Pre/post-trip inspections and proper care
				and use of the school bus
5.
				Student management
6. Railroad
				crossing procedures
7. Proper bus
				evacuation drill procedures
8.
				Defensive Driving
9. Human
				Trafficking - Busing on the Lookout (BOTL)
https://www.ago.state.ms.us/bethesolutionbus/
10. Accident and other emergency procedures
The State Department of Education shall provide school
				  districts as requested with ongoing technical assistance regarding training for
				  school bus drivers.
In addition, school districts shall annually acquire from the
				  Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Services
Division
,
a certified copy of the motor vehicle
				  record of all regular, substitute and replacement bus drivers. The school
				  district shall maintain a current file of the motor vehicle record for all bus
				  drivers. An individual driver record review shall be completed prior to any
				  driver being assigned a school bus for the purpose of transporting
				  pupils.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. § 37-1-3, § 37-41-1 (Revised
				  7/2023)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.4 - Basic Job Description and Responsibilities

Current through June 25, 2024
It is the responsibility of the school bus driver to operate
				  the school bus in a safe and efficient manner and to abide by all state traffic
				  laws, SBE regulations and local school board regulations.
Job functions shall include but not be limited to the
				  following:
1. Conduct a thorough
				pre-trip inspection of the school bus.
2. Keep exterior mirrors clean and adjusted
				at all times.
3. Perform a minimum
				of two school bus evacuation drills each school year utilizing appropriate
				emergency procedures.
4. Know,
				recognize and obey road signs and signals by meanings, shapes, sounds and
				colors.
5. Keep the interior of the
				bus clean.
6. Maintain routes and
				schedules as planned by the local school board.
7. Report any hazards along the existing
				route to appropriate school officials.
8. Exercise the effective defensive driving
				skills of self-control, alertness, foresight and good judgment at all times
				while operating the school bus.
9.
				Maintain discipline on the school bus without jeopardizing safety while
				driving.
10. Remain alert at all
				times to hazards, including but not limited to poor weather conditions, other
				vehicles, road conditions and trains at railroad crossings.
11. Complete all reports on bus discipline,
				bus maintenance and any other reports required by the local school board.
12. The driver shall not, at any
				time, permit pupils to stand in the step well or loading area or where the
				pupil would likely fall out of the bus, if the rear emergency door was opened,
				or where the driver's view is obscured.
13. Local school boards may supplement the
				minimum bus driver job description and responsibilities as deemed necessary for
				safe and efficient student transportation.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 5/1993)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.5 - Employment Process › Appendix A

Current through June 25, 2024
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											37-1-3
					 (Revised 3/2012)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.6 - Minimum Qualification

Current through June 25, 2024
Minimum Qualifications For School Bus
				  Drivers.
The school bus driver is the most important element in the
				  safe transportation of students. To ensure the safety of students transported
				  on school buses, bus drivers must meet certain minimum qualifications.
To qualify as a school bus driver a person must:
1. Be at least 18 years of age.
2. Possess a valid Class A, B, or C CDL with
				a "P" and "S" endorsement.
3. Have
				at least 20/40 corrected or uncorrected visual acuity in each eye.
4. Demonstrate sufficient strength, agility,
				hearing and visual acuity to exercise safe control over the school bus and
				passengers at all times. All bus drivers must pass a pre-employment agility
				test administered as part of the SDE bus driver certification process.
The agility test requirements are as follows:
a. The student driver did climb and descend
				the front steps of a passenger bus without pausing.
b. The student driver did open and close a
				manually operated full size bus entrance door without difficulty while seated
				in the driver's seat.
c. The
				student driver did activate the brake pedal with the right foot in 3/4 of or
				less after removing the right foot from the throttle a second or less after
				removing the right foot from the throttle pedal.
d. The student driver did move from a seated
				position in the driver's seat of a full size bus to the rear of the bus, open
				the emergency door and exit the bus all within 20 seconds.
e. The student driver did operate the driving
				controls using both arms simultaneously and quickly. For example, activate
				master panel switches or shift gears while keeping one hand on the steering
				wheel of a full size bus traveling twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
f. The student driver demonstrates ability to
				perform steering, shifting, maneuvering, braking, use of mirrors and negotiate
				each of the following:
i. Ninety degree
				(90°) left hand turns
ii.
				Ninety degree (90°) right hand turns
iii. Straight ahead
iv. Irregular surface maneuverability at
				appropriate speeds
v. Backing
				ability using mirrors only
vi.
				Spatial awareness
NOTE: Full size bus for ability testing purposes means a 59,
				  65 or 71 passenger school bus. Activities e. and f. are completed only after
				  a-d. are successfully completed.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.7 - Inspection of Buses (Emergency Removal)

Current through June 25, 2024
In the event a school district is found to be operating
				  school buses determined to be in such defective condition as to constitute an
				  emergency safety hazard and posing a threat to the health and safety of the
				  pupils being transported in that district, then appropriate representatives of
				  the Office of Safe and Orderly Schools, Division of Transportation shall be
				  authorized to immediately condemn and remove from service any such school
				  bus(es). Such bus(es) shall be properly repaired by the district and re-
				  inspected and approved by representatives of the Office of Safe and Orderly
				  Schools, Division of Transportation prior to the bus(es) being re-instated to
				  service. The types of defects that may result in the condemnation and removal
				  from service of any school bus are listed below.
Serious defects in the following mechanical and safety
				  components of a school bus may result in that bus being condemned and removed
				  from service:
1. Brake system
2. Steering and suspension systems
3. Fuel and exhaust systems
4. Ignition and electrical systems
5. Lubrication and cooling systems
6. Engine and power train
7. Tires and wheels
8. Body and chassis
9. Seat and mirror systems
10. Other defects posing a hazard to the
				safety of pupils transported.
Local school district staff must conduct at least four
				  inspections of each school bus annually.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 3/2012)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.10 - Leased Buses

Current through June 25, 2024
The school board of any school district shall have authority
				  to lease school buses as follows:
1.
				The terms of the lease shall be a mutual agreement between the lessee and
				lessor and shall conform to all state laws and State Board of Education
				regulations.
2. All school bus
				leases must comply with the general purchase laws.
3. Any school bus leases for the purpose of
				transporting pupils to and from school and related activities shall meet the
				minimum standards approved by the State Board of Education for the year in
				which the bus was manufactured.
4.
				A public school district may lease school buses from another public school
				district without advertising.
5.
				All school buses leased by a school district shall be operated according to the
				policies outlined in the state Department of Education's Pupil Transportation
				Guide.
6. A copy of the lease
				agreement shall be filed with the State Department of Education, Office of Safe
				and Orderly Schools, Division of Transportation.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 3/2012)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.11 - Pupil Transportation Guide

Current through June 25, 2024
State regulations governing the operation of the pupil
				  transportation program are detailed in the document entitled Pupil
				  Transportation Guide for School Superintendents. Staff is directed to
				  review/revise that document as necessary and submit the proposed changes to the
				  State Board of Education for approval. Upon approval by the Board, staff is
				  directed to disseminate it to the appropriate members of the educational
				  community.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 2/2012)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.12 - Repair Shops

Current through June 25, 2024
The school boards of two or more school districts are
				  authorized to jointly establish, maintain and operate a school bus garage or
				  repair shop for the servicing, repair and maintenance of district-owned buses.
				  Prior to establishing a jointly operated school bus garage or repair shop, the
				  respective school boards shall enter into a written agreement which shall
				  include the following:
1. Mississippi
				Code Section
				37-41-35
				provides authority for such agreement.
2. Terms of the agreement must be cited by
				resolution of the board minutes of each school district and/or governing
				authority which is a party to the agreement.
3. Agreement must specify its purpose(s).
4. Agreement specifies the
				mechanics of day to day operations to include the following:
a. The manner of financing, purchasing,
				staffing, supplying and budgeting for the joint operation.
b. The mechanism for processing of receipts
				and disbursements and accounting for the joint funds of the undertaking.
c. The administrative
				responsibilities of each party to the joint agreement.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.13 - Seat Belts

Current through June 25, 2024
THE USE OF SEAT BELTS ON SCHOOL BUSES FOR THE PROTECTION OF
				  PHYSICALLY DISABLED CHILDREN, AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION
				  37-41-3,
				  MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, AS AMENDED
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) currently
				  require that school buses, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 10,000
				  lbs. or less, be equipped with either lap belts of lap/shoulder belts at all
				  designated seating positions. The larger school buses, those with a GVWR
				  exceeding 10,000 lbs., are not required to be equipped with seat belts.
The determination of the need for a seat belt seating
				  position for a disabled student should be based upon the recommendation
				  of:
1. The Individualized Education
				Program (IEP) Committee for those disabled students requiring an IEP
2. The District 504 Coordinator and/or ADA
				Coordinator
3. The District
				Transportation Director
School bus seats with seat belts must comply with Federal
				  Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 210 - Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages
				  - Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks, and
				  Buses.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Adopted 8/1987)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 81 - Transportation › Rule 7-3-81.14 - Use of Buses/Special Events

Current through June 25, 2024
1. School buses are
				purchased for the specific purpose of providing safe and economical
				transportation for children entitled to transportation under the law. The
				school's special events (activity programs) must not interfere with the regular
				program of transporting children. School buses are not to compete with common
				carriers.
a. Before any school bus owned by a
				school district is used to transport children to or from any school special
				event as authorized by House Bill 6, Extraordinary Session of 1953, as amended,
				the local school board of education shall first adopt and record in its minutes
				an order authorizing the use of such bus or buses. The order shall specify the
				school events for which the bus or buses may be used, such as:
i. Future Farmers of America and Future
				Homemakers of America
ii. Athletic
				games or contests and state band contests
iii. Literary contests
iv. Local, district or state field
				trips
v. other events the local
				school board may consider
a part of the educational program.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 82 - Violence › Rule 7-3-82.1 - Violence

Current through June 25, 2024
(This policy addresses Certification of Compliance with
				  Unsafe School Choice Option Requirements as required in the
Consolidated Plan for No Child Left Behind)
1. The following definitions apply to this
				policy:
a. A "persistently dangerous school"
				is a public school other than a charter school in which the conditions during
				the past two school years continually exposed its students to injury from
				violent criminal offenses and it is:
i. an
				elementary, middle or secondary public school in which a total of 20 or more
				violent criminal offenses were committed per 1000 students (2.0 or more per 100
				students) in two consecutive school years; or
ii. an elementary, middle or secondary public
				alternative school in which a total of 75 or more violent criminal offenses
				were committed per 1000 (7.5 or more per 100 students) in two consecutive
				school years; and
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 83 - Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-83.2 - Career and Technical Education Ongoing Program Parameters

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Board of Education shall require the local
				  educational agencies to follow established vocational program priorities in
				  their vocational and technical program offerings to promote a uniform delivery
				  system.
1. Skill programs at the
				secondary level shall be:
a. Limited to 9th,
				10th, 11th, and 12th grade students;
b. For a duration of two (2) years, or the
				equivalent number of Carnegie units;
c. Eligible for vocational facility
				housing.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 83 - Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-83.3 - Mississippi Practical Nursing Programs

Current through June 25, 2024
The document entitled
Mississippi Board of Nursing
				  Rules and Regulations
describes the regulations under which training
				  programs for licensed practical nurses shall operate and by which they will be
				  evaluated. This document shall be reviewed on a regular basis and, as revisions
				  are needed, staff shall recommend those changes to the State Board for
				  Community and Junior Colleges. An up-to-date copy of this document shall be
				  kept on file in the State Department of Education.
Miss Code Ann.
				  73-15-25. (Revised 10/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 83 - Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-83.4 - Program Definitions for Career and Technical Education

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Board of Education has adopted the following
				  program definitions for the Office of Career and Technical Education.
1. Skill - Programs that provide
				occupationally specific or entrepreneurial training for a skill-level
				occupation.
2. Technical - Programs
				which provide specific technical training for occupations generally classified
				as technical and paraprofessional.
3. Business and Industry Specific - Programs
				which provide training packages tailored to meet the needs of (1) small
				business, (2) new and expanding business and industry, (3) multiple business
				and industry, and (4) retraining for new product lines.
4. Adult Career and Technical Education -
				Programs and courses which train and prepare adults for all aspects of an
				occupation, in which job openings are projected or available.
5. Basic Vocational - Programs which provide
				a "common core" of basic skills for entrance into all vocational skill programs
				or entry into semi- skilled occupations.
6. Discovery - Programs that provide Career
				Orientation/Knowledge, Computer Skills/Knowledge, Technology Skills/Knowledge
				in the clusters of Agriculture/Natural Resources, Health/Human Sources
				Technology, Business/Marketing Technology, and Engineering/Industrial
				Technology, Arts and Humanities.
Public Law
				  105-332,
				  Sec.
				  2 (3), (26), (29)(A), Sec. 114(a), Sec.
				  122(c)(1)(A).(Revised 10/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.1 - Appeals Procedures for Career Technical Planning

Current through June 25, 2024
Districts not satisfied with the planning assignments and
				  distribution of funds are to utilize the following procedure:
1. Write a letter of request to the Associate
				State Superintendent of Education (career and technical education director)
				stating the issue and justification for waiver.
2. The Associate State Superintendent of
				Education is to review and respond within 10 working days of receipt.
3. The district receiving a negative reply
				from the Associate State Superintendent of Education may, in turn, write a
				request to the State Superintendent of Education. This request should contain
				the original letter of request, the negative reply from the Associate State
				Superintendent of Education, a restatement of the issue(s) and a request for
				outcome.
4. The State Department of
				Education is to review and respond within 10 working days.
5. The district receiving a negative reply
				from the State Superintendent of Education may, in turn, write to the State
				Superintendent of Education requesting permission to address the State Board on
				the Board agenda according to established rules and guidelines. The decision of
				the Board on this issue would be final.
This does not waive the district's right to use appeal
				  procedures if a local plan is not approved.
Public Law
				  101-392, Section 131 (c)(2). (Revised
				  11/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.2 - Articulation of Career and Technical Education Programs

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Board of Education is authorized to promote,
				  encourage, and maintain cooperation and articulation between the secondary and
				  postsecondary levels of career and technical education at all levels.
				  Preparatory career and technical education and training shall be provided in a
				  variety of clusters at the secondary level, and highly specialized occupational
				  training provided at the postsecondary level where applicable. Adult
				  preparatory and supplemental training is permissible to be offered at both
				  secondary and postsecondary institutions.
Public Law
				  105-332, Sec. 122 <
				  20USC
				  2342 > State Plan (c)(1)(A). Miss Code
				  Ann. 3731-205. (Revised 10/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.3 - Assurance of Equal Access to Career and Technical Education Programs

Current through June 25, 2024
Each local educational agency requesting financial
				  assistance from the Office of Career and Technical Education for the conduct of
				  Career and Technical Education programs and services shall provide an Assurance
				  of Compliance with the Vocational Education Program Guidelines for eliminating
				  discrimination and denial of services on the basis of race, color, natural
				  origin, sex and handicap of March 21, 1979. This assurance shall be submitted
				  with the local annual plan for Career and Technical Education and shall
				  indicate that the recipient does not discriminate in providing career programs
				  and services on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, age
				  or religion.
The Office of Career and Technical Education shall assist
				  the local educational agencies in determining their compliance status by
				  monitoring a minimum of ten percent (10%) of all local educational agencies
				  annually and by responding to any request for specific assistance. Monitoring
				  activities may include:
1. State-level
				desk review;
2. On-site
				review;
3. Review of local annual
				program plans and other related information; and
4. Follow-up on previously reviewed local
				educational agencies to determine how well they may be following their remedial
				plans.
Federal Register, Vol.
				  44, No. 56 - Wednesday, March 21, 1979 and embracing Acts: 45 CFR Part 80, 45
				  CFR Part 84, and 45 CFR Part 86 Public Law 105- 332, Sec. 316 <Note:
				  20USC
				  2396 > (Revised
				  11/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.4 - Closures of Non-State Plan Programs

Current through June 25, 2024
Local educational agencies shall be given written notice of
				  closure for Special programs at least thirty (30) days prior to closure.
				  Employment and training funds and programs are planned annually. Programs are
				  funded based on documented need and availability of funds.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-31-13(1)(Revised
				  11/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.5 - Closures of Career and Technical Ongoing Programs

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Board of Education shall require the local
				  educational agencies to maintain established minimum standards in order to
				  apply for support for ongoing career and technical programs.
The Office of Career and Technical Education shall be
				  responsible for collecting and monitoring the data for these minimums/maximums
				  and standards to insure that the following requirements are met:
1. Career Program Standards
The local educational agency shall meet minimum established
				  career program standards to be eligible to receive reimbursement and
				  continuation of other career support. Standards are to include the utilization
				  of state adopted curricula for each career program.
2. Minimum Performance Requirements
The Office of Career and Technical Education shall annually
				  collect and monitor the enrollments, completers, and placement of all ongoing
				  career program students and review programs for minimum performance
				  requirements. The Office of Career and Technical Education, with the approval
				  of the State Board of Education, shall establish a process to review
				  career-technical programs for minimum performance requirements. Programs in
				  local improvement and/or joint improvement or programs with extremely low
				  enrollment shall be monitored and notified of deobligation prior to March 1 of
				  the following year. Programs that can document improvements in their
				  performance within the first six (6) months of the following year for which the
				  data was collected shall be allowed to continue eligibility for funding pending
				  formal documentation and approval. Local school districts with programs that do
				  not meet minimum performance requirements may be allowed to convert their
				  career resources to more applicable programs to meet the needs of employers and
				  students within the district through the New Program Approval Process.
3. Minimum Enrollments
Minimum enrollments per teacher are to be evaluated
				  annually; and extremely low enrollments per teacher shall be adjusted by
				  teacher/program reductions. Any on-going teacher/program reductions must be
				  determined prior to March 1.
Written notification of all deobligations shall be mailed to
				  affected local educational agencies no later than March 1 of each year.
Miss Code Ann.
				  37-31-207. (Revised 10/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.6 - Post-Secondary Career and Technical Education Course Designations

Current through June 25, 2024
All postsecondary career and technical courses offered by
				  community/junior colleges reimbursed with career funds shall be identified and
				  defined by the MS Community College Board. A copy of approved post-secondary
				  courses shall be kept on file at the Mississippi Department of
				  Education.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Revised 11/2011)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) › Rule 7-3-84.7 - Designation of Agents for the Delivery of Career and Technical Education Services

Current through June 25, 2024
The delivery of all career-technical education programs,
				  projects, services, etc. shall be through the public secondary schools and
				  facilities, community/junior colleges, and other state institutions.
The delivery of research, curricula, industry training
				  materials, teacher education activities, and specialized professional
				  development services shall be through an appropriate regional
				  vocational-technical facility, defined as exhibiting an emphasis in and proven
				  record of vocational and/or career and technical education expertise in
				  curriculum development, assessment, teacher training, and continued
				  professional development.
Mississippi Code
				  Ann.§§
										37-31-103,
				  37-31-205(1)