Opinion ID: 1809124
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Heading: authority of the school board and procedural due process

Text: As to these issues, the Board of Trustees asks this Court for an advisory opinion. At no time below did T.H. assert or argue that the Board of Trustees did not have statutory power to create an alcohol policy or set punishments for the violation of such a policy. Neither did T.H. argue below that he did not receive procedural due process. Thus, there never was an actual controversy as to these issues. We have held that the review procedure should not be allowed for the purpose of settling abstract or academic questions, and that we have no power to issue advisory opinions. Allred v. Webb, 641 So.2d 1218, 1220 (Miss. 1994); see also Insured Savings & Loan Association v. State, 242 Miss. 547, 135 So.2d 703 (1961); McLendon v. Laird, 211 Miss. 662, 52 So.2d 497 (1951). We do not reach these issues.