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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

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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-67 Length of school day
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The number of hours of actual teaching which shall constitute a school day shall be determined and fixed by the board of trustees of the school district at not less than five and one-half (5-½) hours.
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-69 Observance of legal holidays
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All public schools of this state may observe such legal holidays as may be designated by the local school board, and no sessions of school shall be held on holidays so designated and observed. However, all schools shall operate for the full minimum term required by law exclusive …
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-7 Pledges of allegiance to United States and Mississippi flags
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(1) The boards of trustees of the public schools of this state shall require the teachers under their control to have all pupils repeat the oath of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America at least once during each school month, such oath of allegiance being as foll…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-8 Period of quiet reflection at opening of school day
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(1) In each public school classroom, the local school governing board may authorize a brief period of quiet reflection for not more than sixty (60) seconds at the opening of school upon every school day. (2) The moment of quiet reflection authorized by subsection (1) of this sect…

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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-80 Office of Dropout Prevention created; qualifications and responsibilities of director; date for implementation of dropout prevention program; local school district responsibilities; dropout prevention plan to address student transition to home school districts; legislative intent

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(1) There is created the Office of Dropout Prevention within the State Department of Education. The office shall be responsible for the administration of a statewide dropout prevention program. (2) The State Superintendent of Public Education shall appoint a director for the Offi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-80.1 Middle school dropout prevention and recovery pilot program; minimum necessary requirements of pilot program; development and implementation of alternative student performance accountability method to evaluate pilot program school districts

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(1) The State Board of Education shall implement a Middle School Dropout Prevention and Recovery Pilot Program in select “D” and “F” rated school districts selected by the State Board of Education. The purpose of the pilot program is to reengage students and increase the graduati…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-81 Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement; creation

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There is created the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement within the Office of Dropout Prevention of the State Department of Education. The office shall be responsible for the administration of a statewide system of enforcement of the Mississippi Compulsory School A…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-83 Director; qualifications; responsibilities

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The State Superintendent of Public Education shall appoint a director for the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement, who shall meet all qualifications established for school attendance officer supervisors and any additional qualifications that may be established by t…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-85 Powers and duties

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(a) The Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to all others imposed or granted by law:(a) To establish any policies or guidelines concerning the employment of school attendance officers which serve to effectuate…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-87 District office supervisors; powers and duties; qualifications; salaries

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(1) The Director of the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement shall employ three (3) school attendance officer supervisors, each to maintain an office within a different Supreme Court district. Each supervisor shall be responsible for the enforcement of the Mississip…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-89 School attendance officers; qualifications; duties; salaries

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(1) In each school district within the state, there shall be employed the number of school attendance officers determined by the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement to be necessary to adequately enforce the provisions of the Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-9 Curriculum committee

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The state board of education is hereby authorized to appoint a curriculum committee, composed of professional and lay members, not to exceed seven in number, to make a continuous study of the curriculum of the public schools and to make recommendations to the state board of educa…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-91 Compulsory school attendance requirements generally; enforcement of law

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(1) This section shall be referred to as the “Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law.” (2) The following terms as used in this section are defined as follows:(a) “Parent” means the father or mother to whom a child has been born, or the father or mother by whom a child has b…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-92 Alternative school program for compulsory-school-age students; placement of children in alternative school; transportation of students; expenses; annual report

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(1) Beginning with the school year 2004-2005, the school boards of all school districts shall establish, maintain and operate, in connection with the regular programs of the school district, an alternative school program or behavior modification program as defined by the State Bo…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-14-1 Short title

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This chapter shall be known as the Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell-Mary Sprayberry Public School Nurse Act of 2007.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-14-3 Office of Healthy Schools of state department of education to administer school nurse program; transfer of School Nurse Intervention Program to Office of Healthy Schools; responsibilities of program nurses; duties of Office of Healthy Schools

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(1) The State Department of Education is designated as the state agency responsible for the administration and supervision of the school nurse program as an education and wellness curriculum in the public schools of the State of Mississippi. The public school nurse program admini…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-14-5 Waiver or grant for Medicaid coverage of services of public school nurses

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The Division of Medicaid shall cooperate with the State Department of Education to develop and seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a waiver or grant to cover the services of public school nurses, as allowed by federal law. The division is a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-14-7 Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell-Mary Sprayberry Public School Nurse Program Fund established; expenditure of funds limited to specific purposes

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(1) There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mary Kirkpatrick Haskell-Mary Sprayberry Public School Nurse Program Fund, which shall be comprised of the funds specified in subsection (2) of this section and any other funds that are authorized or…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-1 Maintenance of permanent records and cumulative folders for pupils; requirement of certified birth certificate or other evidence of age

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(a) The State Board of Education shall prepare and provide necessary forms for keeping permanent records and cumulative folders for each pupil in the public schools, including charter schools, of the state. In the permanent record and cumulative folders, the teachers and principa…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-10 Administration of provisions relating to records

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The state board of education shall administer Sections 37-15-1 through 37-15-4, 37-15-8 and this section and issue such additional standards and regulations as might be necessary in carrying out this duty.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-11 Requirement that parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian accompany child applying for enrollment

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Whenever any minor child seeks or applies to enroll or gain entrance to any public school in this state, and the child is not accompanied by an adult or is accompanied by an adult who is not the child’s parent, guardian, if a legal guardian has been appointed for the child, or le…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-13 Assignment of child enrolling in public schools to particular school or attendance center generally

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When any child qualified under the requirements of Section 37-15-9 shall apply or present himself for enrollment in or admission to the public schools of any school district of this state, the school board of such school district shall have the power and authority to designate th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-15 Factors to be considered in making assignments

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In making assignments of children to schools or attendance centers, the school board shall take into consideration the educational needs and welfare of the child involved, the welfare and best interest of all the pupils attending the school or schools involved, the availability o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-17 Review or reconsideration by school board of assignment of child

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If the parent, guardian or other person having custody of any child shall feel aggrieved by the assignment of such child to a school or attendance center by the school board, then such parent, guardian or other person may, at any time within thirty (30) days after such assignment…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-2 Storage of permanent records

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The permanent record provided for in Section 37-15-1 shall be kept, while it is active, in the attendance center office in a fire resistant container. The permanent record shall be considered active: (a) if the student is enrolled in the school; or (b) if he has withdrawn or has …

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-21 Judicial review of assignment of child

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If any parent, guardian or other person having custody of any child affected by the assignment of such child to a school or attendance center by the school board shall feel aggrieved at the order of the school board provided for in Section 37-15-17, such person may, at any time w…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-29 Minor child to attend school in district of residence; exceptions

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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section, no minor child may enroll in or attend any school except in the school district of his residence, unless such child be lawfully transferred from the school district of his residence to a school in anothe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-3 Storage of cumulative folders; access to records; disposition of records upon transfer of student between schools; destruction of records

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Such cumulative folders as are provided for in Section 37-15-1 shall be kept in the school wherein the pupils are in attendance. Both the permanent records and the cumulative folders shall be available to school officials, including teachers within the school district who have be…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-30 Pupil's compliance with residency requirement in district if parent is transferred to military installation within the state while on active duty; electronic application for enrollment and course registration; proof of residence

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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law, a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the parent of the pupil is transferred to, or is pending transfer to, a military installation within this state while on active military duty p…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-31 Transfer of students between school districts generally

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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (5) of this section, upon the petition in writing of a parent or guardian resident of the school district of an individual student filed or lodged with the president or secretary of the school board of a school district in whi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-33 Testing of transfer students; assignment of students

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All students seeking to transfer from any school, public, private or homeschool within or outside of the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, to a public school within the state may be required to take a test to determine the grade and class to which the pupil shall be assigne…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-35 Segregation or integration of schools by reason of race, color, or national origin

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No person shall be assigned to or by, or restricted from or to, any group, area, school, institution or other political subdivision of the State of Mississippi on the account of race, color, or national origin. There shall be no governmentally enforced segregation by race, color …

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-38 Dual enrollment programs for dual high school and postsecondary credit; Mississippi Works Dual Enrollment-Dual Credit Option Program

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(1) The following phrases have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) A dual enrolled student is a student who is enrolled in a community or junior college or state institution of higher learning while enrolled in high school.(b) A…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-39 Legislative purpose; definitions; school districts to offer pre-advanced placement courses; funding to be provided for sophomores to take nationally recognized aptitude test for advanced placement classes; minimum number of advanced placement courses to be offered

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(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that each student has a sufficient education for success after high school and that all students have equal access to a substantive and rigorous curriculum that is designed to challenge their minds and enhance their knowledge skill. (2…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-4 Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports

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The school board of every school district, as created and empowered by law, shall keep and preserve permanently a copy of all district-wide reports required by the State Board of Education to be filed on an annual basis. Copies of those district-wide reports required by the State…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-6 Central reporting system for information concerning expulsions from public schools; access to information

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(a) For the purpose of providing notice to public and private school officials, both within and outside the boundaries of the state, of the expulsion of any public school student, the State Department of Education may develop a central reporting system for maintaining information…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-7 Maintenance of continuing census

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In addition to the cumulative records provided for in Section 37-15-1, there shall be kept a continuing census of all children below the age of nineteen within each school district. Such record shall be kept as a part of the permanent office records of the superintendent of the d…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-8 Schedule for disposal of records

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(a) The superintendent of the school district shall have the authority, with the approval of the school board of the school district spread upon its minutes, to dispose of the following records:(a) After five (5) years:(1) Bank statements;(2) Cancelled warrants and pay certificat…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-9 Requirements for enrollment of children in public schools

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, no child shall be enrolled or admitted to any kindergarten which is a part of a public school during any school year unless such child will reach his fifth birthday on or bef…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-1 Purpose

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(a) The primary purpose of the statewide testing program is to provide information needed for state-level decisions. The program shall be designed to:(a) Assist in the identification of educational needs at the state, district and school levels.(b) Assess how well districts and s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-11 Special diploma or certificate of completion for students with disabilities; occupational diploma for students with disabilities

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(1) A student who has been properly classified, in accordance with rules established by the State Board of Education shall, upon meeting all applicable requirements prescribed by the district school board, be awarded a special diploma in a form prescribed by the state board; howe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-13 Honorary high school diploma for World War II, Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict veterans

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(1) The school board of a local school district may award an honorary high school diploma in a form prescribed and supplied to school districts by the State Board of Education to veterans of World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict who were unable to complete th…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-15 High school diploma granted to persons who withdrew from school before graduation; completion of requisite graduation course work requirements and passing score on assessment reasonably comparable to assessments in existence at the time student would have graduated required

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(1) Any person who has withdrawn from high school before graduation may be granted a diploma from the Mississippi public high school that the person last attended if the person has:(a) Completed all requisite graduation course work requirements and has achieved a passing score on…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-17 Career technical education pathways for students not pursuing baccalaureate degree; curriculum; dual-enrollment and dual-credit options

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(1) Purpose. (a) The purpose of this section is to create a quality option in Mississippi’s high schools for students not wishing to pursue a baccalaureate degree, which shall consist of challenging academic courses and modern career-technical studies. The goal for students pursu…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-3 General powers and duties of department of education

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(1) The State Department of Education is directed to implement a program of statewide assessment testing which shall provide for the improvement of the operation and management of the public schools. The statewide program shall be timed, as far as possible, so as not to conflict …

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-4 Violations of test security procedures; enforcement and penalties

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(1) It is unlawful for anyone knowingly and willfully to do any of the following acts regarding mandatory uniform tests administered to students as required by the State Department of Education:(a) Give examinees access to test questions prior to testing;(b) Copy or reproduce all…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-5 Assessment of student performance and achievement by district school boards

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The school board of every district in this state shall periodically assess student performance and achievement in each school. Such assessment programs shall be based upon local goals and objectives which are compatible with the state’s plan for education and which supplement the…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-7 Establishment of graduation standards established by district school boards; standard diploma

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[Until July 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) Each district school board shall establish standards for graduation from its schools which shall include as a minimum:(a) Mastery of minimum academic skills as measured by assessments developed and administered by the …

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-16-9 Modification of testing instruments and procedures for students with identified handicaps or disabilities

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(1) The state board shall, after a public hearing and consideration, make provision for appropriate accommodations for testing instruments and procedures for students with identified handicaps or disabilities in order to ensure that the results of the testing represent the studen…

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…