Title 37, Education

The State Board of Education shall establish and design an annual program of awards for exemplary performing teachers in Mississippi’s public school districts, to be called the “Mississippi Teacher of the Year” Award Program. The board shall establish criteria and guidelines for …

The State Board of Education shall establish and design an annual program of awards for exemplary performing administrators in Mississippi’s public school districts, to be called the “Mississippi Administrator of the Year” Award Program. The board shall establish criteria and gui…

(1) Sections 37-151-200 through 37-151-215 shall be known, and may be cited as the “Mississippi Student Funding Formula.” (2) Wherever the phrase “total funding formula,” “funding formula” or “total funding formula program” shall appear in the laws of this state, it shall be cons…

(a) The following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Base amount” or “student base amount” means the student base funding level that is established in the funding formula as the estimated cost of educat…

(1) In fiscal year 2027, the student base amount shall be Seven Thousand Two Hundred One Dollars and Seventy-seven Cents ($7,201.77) per student. In fiscal year 2028, the inflationary adjustment described in this section shall be applied to derive the total funding formula. In fi…

(1) The preliminary weighted enrollment of each school district and charter school under Sections 37-151-200 through 37-151-215 is determined by applying the weights prescribed in this section, none of which are mutually exclusive of another, to each applicable school district or…

(1) The net enrollment of a school district or charter school for use in the funding formula must be computed and currently maintained by the State Board of Education in accordance with the following:(a) Determination of school district net enrollment for use in the funding formu…

Allocations to school districts or charter schools made by the State Department of Education on the basis of the count of students in student categories established for the purpose of applying various weights under Sections 37-151-200 through 37-151-215 are intended only to gener…

(1) (a) Before February 1 of each year, the tax assessor of each county shall file reports with the State Department of Education which provide information essential to the department in determining the local contribution that each school district or charter school is required to…

(1) To qualify for state funds under this chapter, a school district may not exceed a student-teacher ratio determined in accordance with appropriate accreditation standards developed by the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation. However, a local district may apply to th…

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 37-151-211(3), the state share in support of the funding formula for a school district or charter school for fiscal year 2025, fiscal year 2026 and fiscal year 2027 may not be less than an amount equal to the sum of all state funds re…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Tech-Prep Fund.” Any unexpended balance in said fund at the end of the fiscal year shall carry over to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not lapse into the State General Fund. The fund sh…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a school district from issuing its bonds, negotiable notes or certificates of indebtedness for the purposes, in the manner, to the extent and subject to the limitations provided by Sections 37-59-1 through 37-59-45, Mississip…

Any school board of any school district which may be aggrieved by any final rule, regulation or order of the State Board of Education adopted under the provisions of this chapter shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the chancery court of the county in which the school dist…

Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75 shall be known and may be cited as the “Work Force Education Act of 1994.”

It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75 to provide for the creation and development of a regionally based system in Mississippi for education and training which: responds to the needs of Mississippi’s work force and employers; is…

(a) For purposes of Sections 37-151-63 through 37-151-75, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “State council” means the Mississippi Work Force Development Advisory Council…

(a) The Mississippi Community College Board is designated as the primary support agency to the career centers and district councils. The state board may exercise the following powers:(a) To provide the career centers the assistance necessary to accomplish the purposes of Sections…

(1) For each student with a disability who is being educated by a public school district or is placed in accord with Section 37-23-77, and whose individualized educational program (IEP) requires an extended school year in accord with the State Department of Education criteria, a …

(1) Using those funds appropriated by the Legislature for transportation purposes, the amount to be allotted by the State Board of Education for transportation shall be determined as follows:The State Department of Education shall calculate the cost of transportation in school di…

No school district shall pay any teacher less than the state minimum salary. However, school districts are authorized to reduce the state minimum salary by a pro rata daily amount in order to comply with the school district employee furlough provisions of Section 37-7-308. From a…

The minimum base pay for all classroom teachers may be increased by the district from any funds available to it.

(1) The State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education shall establish within the State Department of Education a special unit at the division level called the Office of Educational Accountability. The Director of the Office of Educational Accountability shall hol…

The school boards of all school districts may establish salary schedules based on training, experience and other such factors as may be incorporated therein, including student progress and performance as developed by the State Board of Education, paying teachers greater amounts t…

(1) Legally transferred students going from one school district to another shall be counted for total funding formula allotments by the school district wherein the pupils attend school, but shall be counted for transportation allotment purposes in the school district which furnis…

Total funding formula funds shall cover one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the State and School Employees’ Life and Health Insurance Plan created under Article 7, Chapter 15, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, for all district employees who work no less than twenty (20) h…

(a) The State Department of Education shall develop an annual reporting process to inform the Legislature, local district personnel and the general public as to the ongoing and future plans for the state’s educational programs. The annual reporting process will include those vita…

Based upon the information obtained pursuant to Section 37-151-207(3) and upon such other and further information as provided by law, the State Department of Education shall, on or before June 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as is practical, furnish each school board and ch…