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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-17-1 Authority of state board of education with respect to accreditation of noncharter and charter public schools
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(1) The power and authority to prescribe standards for the accreditation of noncharter public schools, to ensure compliance with such standards and to establish procedures for the accreditation of noncharter public schools is hereby vested in the State Board of Education. The boa…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-17-11 Exemption of school districts from compulsory standards of accreditation
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The State Board of Education, in its discretion, may exempt any school district meeting the highest levels of state accreditation standards, as defined by the State Board of Education, from any compulsory standard of accreditation. However, if the standard of accreditation is an …
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-17-12 Exemption of administrators at certain schools from certain statutory requirements; exemption of certain school districts from certain statutory requirements and process standards; State Department of Education to provide report of exempted and nonexempted process standards
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(1) (a) Effective July 1, 2006, principals and administrators with career level certifications at schools with the highest levels of accreditation standards, as defined by the State Board of Education, shall be exempted from the provisions pursuant to Section 37-3-4, subject to a…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-17-13 Abolition of school districts declared to be in state of emergency; powers of board of education with regard to such school districts; reconstitution, etc., of districts; alternative procedures for appointment of new local school board for district
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(1) Whenever the Governor declares a state of emergency in a school district in response to a certification by the State Board of Education and the Commission on School Accreditation made under Section 37-17-6(12)(b), or when the State Board of Education places a school district …