Mississippi Administrative Code

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 Edu…

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 educa…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall monitor each local educational agency receiving career education funding to ensure that annual self-evaluations are being conducted. The Office of Career and Technical Education shall maintain file copies of the local educational…

All live work shall be directly related to the instructional model presently in progress unless prior approval is obtained from the career administrator. Live work must be scheduled in advance to allow the instructor to incorporate the project into his/her instructional plan. All…

The State Board of Education shall allocate state training funds on a limited project agreement between the local educational agency and the Office of Career and Technical Education. Non-State Plan training funds shall be allocated on a project agreement between the local educati…

The State Board of Education shall not allow any vocational plan funds to be distributed to a local educational agency unless that district has an approved or approvable local plan for career and technical education on file with the Office of Career and Technical Education for th…

When a plan submitted by a local educational agency is not approved by the Office of Career and Technical Education, the Office of Career and Technical Education shall notify the local educational agency of the deficiencies in the plan and allow thirty (30) days from the date of …

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall establish annually a maximum reimbursement secondary vocational salary schedule and a maximum reimbursement community/junior college vocational salary schedule. The maximum reimbursement secondary vocational salary schedule shall…

Local public secondary school districts shall receive MS Adequate Education Program (MAEP) support funds through the Office of Educational Accountability. One-half (1/2) teacher unit will be added for each career and technical program approved by the Office of Career and Technica…

The Office of Career and Technical Education, prior to August 1st of each year, shall make an initial determination as to the estimated total reimbursement to be made to each local school district for approved vocational position salaries. The Office of Career and Technical Educa…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall subdivide the subsidies, loans, and grants section of the 206 and 201 budgets for Board review and approval. 1. Subdivisions (lines) for 206 budget are: a. Lease Purchases/Indirect Cost/Other State Support i. Salaries ii. Equipme…

The local career counselor shall be utilized for specific guidance purposes. 1. This position shall be referred to as career counselor. 2. This position shall be concerned with helping students make the occupational choices, educational choices, and career evaluations that will l…

The local career and technical education CTE administrator shall be utilized for specific vocational administrative purposes. 1. This position shall be referred to as CTE Director in secondary educational agencies. In postsecondary institutions, this position may be referred to a…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall be responsible for collecting and monitoring the assignment schedule of local vocational personnel to insure that the following requirements are met: 1. Minimum Vocational Enrollment All classes, on a per teacher basis, should ha…

Notes 7 Miss. Code. R. 3-86.4 Repealed 12/30/2015

The local community or junior college that serves the employer will certify employers as eligible for tax credit if they provide for their employees basic skills training or retraining as prescribed by this law. Administration procedures for the certification program will be deve…

The regulations governing the licensure of postsecondary educators in Mississippi are specified in the document entitled "Competency Based Licensure for Postsecondary Career and Technical Personnel." An up-to-date copy of that document shall be kept on file in the appropriate off…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall be responsible for approving and monitoring the use of research activities and curriculum materials that impact on reimbursed programs and activities of career and technical education throughout the state. The development and dis…

The Mississippi Department of Education will provide curriculum frameworks to set forth expectations of students by specifying course titles and content. A schedule for revision of the frameworks will be established. As subject areas are revised and approved by the State Board of…

The Mississippi Department of Education will provide a list of the Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools of Mississippi Career and Technical Education Programs to each school district. This list contains all approved courses that can be offered in the Mississippi secondary s…

Notes 7 Miss. Code. R. 3-89.4 Repealed 12/30/2015

When local school districts receive a report from a juvenile court that a student's probation has school attendance as a condition, the following rules will be followed: 1. A review will be conducted by the school administration to determine the most appropriate academic placemen…

School Year Attendance Collection Policy Beginning 2020 - 2021 School Year and Thereafter Mississippi Code Ann. § 37-13-91 makes education for any child between the age of 6 and 17 compulsory, requires schools to report daily attendance, and requires referrals to other entities w…

Beginning with the 2021 -2022 school year all districts shall resume providing face-to-face in-person instruction. Process Standard 13 of the current edition of the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards mandates that both students and teachers are present for schedul…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall develop and maintain a management and control system for capitalized equipment that shall include guidelines and procedures in the areas of record maintenance, equipment tracking, acquisition, and warehousing. Equipment purchased…

Districts that have accumulated obsolete equipment purchased with State Funds with a combined value of more than $25,000, may petition the Office of Vocational and Technical Education for permission to sell this equipment at an auction. Prior to such a sale, the district must hav…

Any educational agency desiring to construct, expand, alter, or remodel an area CTE center, facilities housing CTE programs including comprehensive high schools and others, shall develop a local construction plan. The construction plan shall be preceded by a needs assessment stud…

1. Use All local physical facilities funded through the State Board of Education shall be utilized for the support and conduct of career and technical education programs approved by the State Board of Education. This includes, but is not limited to, the following career and techn…

All local career and technical personnel shall be licensed in accordance with established requirements. Secondary CTE licensure shall be established through a secondary licensure process and administered through the Office of Educator Licensure. Postsecondary requirements shall b…

Career and Technical personnel shall be encouraged to improve their occupational and teaching competencies. The Office of Career and Technical Education shall implement procedures for improving qualifications for personnel through: 1. Long-term or special (short-term) arrangement…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall reimburse local public secondary and community/junior college school districts and certain state institutions for specific approved equipment, supplies, and other expenses necessary for the provisions of career and technical educ…

1. CTE Funds The Office of Career and Technical Education may reimburse up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost from federal funds for construction and/or remodeling under State Board of Education approved plans for a complex designated as a CTE center (a minimum of five 5 programs…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall reimburse local public secondary and community/junior college school districts and certain state institutions for specific approved travel expenses necessary for the provisions of career and technical education. 1. Local Travel a…

The State Board of Education shall not allow any payment to be made to any local educational agency unless the State Board finds the following to exist: 1. In the case of a local educational agency, the combined fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures of that age…

The Office of Career and Technical Education shall reimburse local public secondary and community/junior college school districts and certain state institutions for specific approved salary expenses necessary for the provisions of career and technical education according to the f…

The State Board of Education shall approve all career and technical education programs in the public school system and community/junior colleges or other agencies or institutions which receive state and federal funds for career and technical education programs as prescribed by th…

1. The State Board of Education authorizes local school boards, in their discretion, to develop an Extended Learning Opportunity policy that provides alternative learning opportunities to students in grades 9 through 12 for elective course credit. These alternative learning oppor…

All students enrolled in career programs operated by postsecondary and secondary institutions shall have the opportunity to become members and participate in student organizational activities related to their instructional programs. Student organizations shall be conducted as an …

Each local school district shall have a policy concerning weapons on school premises. Notes 7 Miss. Code. R. 3-97.1 Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-3; 45-9-101 Revised 9/2022) Adopted 12/30/2015 Amended 10/31/2022

1. RIGHT TO EXPRESS CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS OR GRIEVANCES It is the policy of the SBE and the MDE to maintain a safe and supportive learning and educational environment that is free from harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination. MDE is a conduit for federal money to th…

The State Board of Education shall approve the academic calendars for state schools. In order to facilitate response to natural disasters or other emergencies, adjustments to SBE-approved calendars may be made with the approval of the State Superintendent of Education or his/her …

Introduction The State Board of Education (SBE) is committed to preparing every student who enrolls in Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) to graduate from high school college and career ready. Students will have the skills, capacities, and dispositions necessar…

The state institutions of higher learning now existing in Mississippi, to-wit: University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Mississippi University for Women, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State University, Alcorn State Un…

The official name of the Board of Trustees under the constitution (Section 213-A) is the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Miss. Const. Art. VIII, Section 213-A (For the purposes of these bylaws and policies, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions o…

The Board is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to adopt and have an official seal in such form as it deems appropriate for its official use. The official seal of the Board shall contain an inner circle and an outer circle. The inner circle shall be a facsimile o…

The Board hereby adopts the following Model Rule on Rulemaking Oral Proceedings which applies to all oral proceedings held before the Board for the purpose of providing the public with an opportunity to make oral presentations on proposed new policies and bylaws and any amendment…

1. Scope of Rules These sections set forth the Board's rules governing the form and content of requests for declaratory opinions and the Boards procedures regarding the requests as required by Mississippi Code § 25-43-2.103. 2. Persons Who May Request Declaratory Opinions a. Any …