Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 32 - Education Enhancement Funds › Rule 7-3-32.1 - Education Enhancement Funds

Current through June 25, 2024
Rules and Regulations Regarding the Administration of Funds
				  Appropriated for Education Enhancement Funds for Classroom Supplies and
				  Materials.
1. Authorization and
				Dissemination
Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-61-33(3)(a)(iii),
				  this policy provides rules and regulations for the administration of Education
				  Enhancement Funds appropriated for classroom supplies, materials and equipment
				  to be distributed to all eligible teachers within the state through the use of
				  procurement cards. The intent of the policy is to allow individual teachers to
				  expend such funds, as they deem appropriate, to support the overall goals of
				  the school. Classroom supply funds may not be expended for administrative
				  purposes. These funds may only be used to supplement, not replace, other local
				  and state funds available for the same purpose.
2. Allocation of Funds
On or before September 1 of each year, local school districts
				  shall determine and submit to the State Department of Education the number of
				  teachers eligible to receive an allocation for the current year. To determine
				  eligibility, consult the statute for the definition of the term "teacher."
				  Procurement cards shall be issued with equal dollar amounts per "teacher"
				  determined by the total number of qualifying personnel and the current state
				  appropriation for classroom supplies with the Education Enhancement Fund
				  combined with the total of any carryover amounts from the previous year's
				  allocation.
3. Carry Forward
				of Funds
Teachers are encouraged to expend their funds in the year in
				  which they receive them. Procurement cards will expire on March 31 of each
				  year. If a teacher does not fully expend the allocation, the unexpended balance
				  will carry forward to the next school year, combine with the next school year's
				  allocation and the total will be allocated equally to all teachers in the
				  state.
4. Documentation
School districts are required to maintain adequate
				  documentation to demonstrate compliance with the distribution of the
				  procurement cards. At a minimum, each district shall maintain a listing of all
				  eligible teachers, the card number distributed to each teacher, and a copy of
				  the signed Teacher Cardholder Agreement form.
5. Definitions
a. Administrative Purposes - shall mean
				expenditures properly accounted for under expenditure function codes 2300,
				General Administration; 2400, Office of the Principal Services; and 2500,
				Business Services, as defined by the Office of the School Financial Services,
				in the Mississippi Department of Education in the Financial Accounting Manual
				for Mississippi Public School Districts.
b. Classroom Teacher - shall mean any
				employee of the school district who is required by law to obtain a teacher's
				license from the State Board of Education and is assigned to an instructional
				area of work, but shall not include a federally funded teacher. The term
				"teacher" includes all licensed regular teachers and licensed state or locally
				funded special education teachers, vocational teachers, gifted teachers,
				counselors and librarians. Federally funded teacher is a teacher who is paid,
				in any part, with Federal funds.
c.
				Instructional Area of Work - shall mean an area of work dealing directly with
				the provision of academic instruction, vocational instruction or guidance to
				students by an employee who is required by law to obtain a teacher's license
				from the State Board of Education. The instruction or guidance may be provided
				in the classroom or in another location, such as a library or a counselor's
				office. This definition applies to teachers, librarians and guidance
				counselors.