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Mississippi Statutes, Title 37

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Title 37, Education

112 chapters · 1,802 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 371,802 Ch 29, Junior Colleges134 Ch 7, School Districts; Boards of Trustees…109 Ch 101, Institutions of Higher Learning; Gen…86 Ch 33, Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation74 Ch 13, Curriculum; School Year and Attendance62 Ch 23, Exceptional Children62 Ch 11, General Provisions Pertaining to Edu…53 Ch 9, District Superintendents, Principals…50 Ch 27, Agricultural High Schools49 Ch 3, State Department of Education47 Ch 153, Workforce Development, Training, Edu…45 Ch 115, University of Mississippi43 Ch 113, Mississippi State University of Agri…38 Ch 145, Mississippi Opportunity Loan Program Act37

8 sections·Filtered byTitle 37✕Ch 5✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-1 Establishment; composition; qualifications and election of members generally; counties in which board not to exist
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(1) There is hereby established a county board of education in each county of the State of Mississippi. Said county board of education shall consist of five (5) members, one (1) of which, subject to the further provisions of this chapter and except as is otherwise provided in Sec…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-18 Election of members from special board of education districts in certain counties
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In any county bordering on the Mississippi Sound and having therein at least four (4) municipal separate school districts, each member of the county board of education established by Section 37-5-1 for such county shall be elected from and shall be a resident and qualified electo…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-19 Filling of vacancies on board
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Vacancies in the membership of the county board of education shall be filled by appointment, within sixty (60) days after the vacancy occurs, by the remaining members of the county board of education. Said appointee shall be selected from the qualified electors of the district in…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-3 Residency requirements of members of board; qualifications of electors

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No person who is a resident of the territory embraced within a municipal separate school district or a special municipal separate school district shall be eligible to be a member of the county board of education. Qualified electors residing within a municipal separate school dist…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-66 Appointment of superintendent by county board of education in certain counties

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Effective with the term of office beginning January 1, 2016, in any Class 1 county bordering the Mississippi River having a population in excess of thirty thousand (30,000), according to the 2010 federal decennial census, wherein Mississippi Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 interse…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-68 County superintendent to be appointed in certain counties; referendum on question of changing from elective method

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Effective with the term of office beginning on January 1, 2012, the county superintendent of education shall be appointed by the county board of education in any county wherein is located the state’s oldest state-supported university, having a population in excess of thirty-eight…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-7 Time of election and terms of office of members of board

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(1) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1954, an election shall be held in each county in this state in the same manner as general state and county elections are held and conducted, which election shall be held for the purpose of electing the county boards of educ…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-9 Nominating petition; election; runoff election

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The name of any qualified elector who is a candidate for the county board of education shall be placed on the ballot used in the general elections by the county election commissioners, provided that the candidate files with the county election commissioners, not more than one hun…