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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. § 37-1-1 Establishment; composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office and compensation of members; meetings; officers
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From and after July 1, 1984, there shall be a state board of education which shall manage and invest school funds according to law, formulate policies according to law for implementation by the State Department of Education and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by la…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-11 Duties of State Department of Education and local boards as to preservation of classroom instructional time and paperwork reduction
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(1) The school day shall be preserved for the purpose of teaching. It is the intent of the Legislature that every effort be made by the State Department of Education and the local school boards to protect the instructional time in the classroom and to reduce the amount of paperwo…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-12 Development and promulgation of regulations for annual reports from school districts and State Department of Education to Legislature
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The State Board of Education shall develop and promulgate regulations for annual reports from school districts and from the State Department of Education to the Legislature. Such regulations shall eliminate duplication, make effective use of technology and enable the Legislature …
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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-13

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(1) The State Board of Education shall issue regulations:(a) Setting minimum specifications for relocatable classrooms for the public school districts;(b) Approving or disapproving plans for relocatable classrooms for public school districts;(c) Providing a system of requiring lo…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-2 Legislative findings and determinations; state policy

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(a) The legislature finds and determines that the quality of public education and its effect upon the social, cultural and economic enhancement of the people of Mississippi is a matter of public policy, the object of which is the education and performance of its children and yout…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-3 Adoption of rules and regulations; budget; central management; educational improvement program; curriculum and course of study; objectives for instruction in personal money management skills; authority to expend available federal funds for training expenses and salary incentives for licensed teachers

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(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations and set standards and policies for the organization, operation, management, planning, budgeting and programs of the State Department of Education.(a) The board is directed to identify all functions of the departme…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-4 Transition

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In order to provide for an orderly transition following its appointment, the state board of education as it will exist on and after July 1, 1984, shall meet with and receive the cooperation of the state superintendent of public education and the state department of education on a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-5 Decision of appeals from county superintendents and state superintendent

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(1) The State Board of Education shall decide all appeals from the decisions of the county superintendents or from the decisions of the state superintendent, as authorized by statute. All matters relating to appeals shall be presented in writing, and the decision of the board sha…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-7 Grounds and procedure for removal of county superintendent

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For continued neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetency or official misconduct, the state board of education may remove a county superintendent. However, before the removal, the officer shall have ten (10) days’ notice of the charge, and shall be allowed opportunity to make defe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-9 Administration of oaths of Mississippi Board of Education; examination of witnesses by board; investigative reports exempt from provisions of Mississippi Public Records Act

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(1) (a) The Mississippi Board of Education, acting by and through its chairman or executive secretary, is authorized to administer oaths, to take or cause depositions to be taken, to subpoena persons and to issue a subpoena to compel production of books, papers, records and other…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-1 Organization of state department of education

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(1) Until July 1, 1983, there shall be a state department of education, which shall consist of a state superintendent of public education, an assistant state superintendent of public education, a director of the division of finance and administration, a director of the division o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-101 Local school districts to adopt policy on student suicide prevention and provide in-service training on suicide prevention education for all school district employees

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(1) Each local school district shall adopt a policy on student suicide prevention. The policies shall be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professions, and suicide prevention experts, and shall, at a minimum, address p…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-103 In-service training on suicide prevention education for newly employed school district employees

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Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year and annually thereafter, the State Department of Education shall require that local school districts conduct in-service training on suicide prevention education for all newly employed school district employees. The Mississippi Department o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-105 In-service training for all licensed grades K through 3 public school district teachers to include intensive, comprehensive, research-based reading methods

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Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the State Department of Education shall require that in-service training shall include an emphasis on intensive, comprehensive and researched-based reading methods for all licensed teachers teaching Grades K through 3 in a public school d…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-107 Curriculum guidelines for implementation of school bus safety curriculum for grades K through 3

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The State Department of Education shall develop and issue curriculum guidelines to school districts relating to the implementation of a school bus safety curriculum for implementation in Kindergarten through Grade 3.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-109 Internet safety resource publication; rules and regulations

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(1) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the meaning herein ascribed unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Internet” means the combination of computer facilities and electromagnetic transmission media, and related equipment and software, compris…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-11 General duties of state superintendent

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(a) The State Superintendent of Public Education shall perform the duties assigned to him by the State Board of Education, and he shall have the following duties:(a) To serve as secretary for the State Board of Education;(b) To be the chief administrative officer of the State Dep…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-111 Curriculum for the instruction of social media safety for students in Grades 6 through 12; rules and regulations

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(1) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the meaning herein ascribed unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Internet” means the combination of computer facilities and electromagnetic transmission media, and related equipment and software, compris…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-113 J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act

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(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act.” (2) Beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, the State Board of Education shall incorporate financial literacy components within the existing curriculum offered in Grades 6-8. This…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-12 Responsibility of state superintendent for planning functions of department

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The state superintendent of public education shall be responsible for all planning functions for the department, including collection, analysis and interpretation of all data, information, test results, evaluations and other indicators that are used to formulate policy, identify …

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-13 Appointment of deputy superintendents, associate superintendents, directors and other employees; compensation of teaching staff and employees of certain schools

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The deputy superintendents, associate superintendents and directors shall be selected by and hold office subject to the will of the State Superintendent of Public Education subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. All other personnel shall be competitively appoint…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-2 Certification of teachers and administrators

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(1) There is established within the State Department of Education the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development. It shall be the purpose and duty of the commission to make recommendations to the State Board of Education regardi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-25 Appointment, compensation and duties of Director of Division of Vocational and Technical Education

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(1) The Director of the Division of Vocational and Technical Education of the State Department of Education who shall be an associate state superintendent of education shall be appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Education. The director’s salary shall be set by the St…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-3 Office and seal of department

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The office of the State Department of Education shall be in the City of Jackson, Mississippi. The state capitol commission shall provide suitable quarters therefor. The state superintendent of public education shall provide and keep a seal having around the margin thereof the wor…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-3.1 State Department of Education board room designated the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room

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The Board Room at the State Department of Education, located in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare a distinctive plaque to be placed in a prominent place within the Senator Grey Ferri…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-39 Custody and disbursement of funds of department

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The state treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all funds made available to the state department of education other than such funds as may be appropriated by the legislature, and he is hereby authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-4 School Executive Management Institute; basic and continuing education courses for school board members; additional required training for local school board members and the local superintendent; exemption of certain school administrators

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(1) There is established within the State Department of Education, the School Executive Management Institute. The director shall be appointed by the State Board of Education upon recommendation by the State Superintendent of Public Education. The State Superintendent of Public Ed…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-46 Assistance to certain local schools or school districts to establish program of educational accountability and assessment of performance; personnel appraisal and compensation system for school employees; programs to prevent dropouts

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(1) The State Department of Education, in regard to any school within a school district or any school district not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards, as defined by the State Board of Education, shall, subject to appropriation:(a) Provide to local school dist…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-49 Adoption by school district of instructional program and management system; paperwork reduction; exemption of certain district

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(1) The State Department of Education shall provide an instructional program and establish guidelines and procedures for managing such program in the public schools within the school districts throughout the state as part of the State Program of Educational Accountability and Ass…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-5 General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department

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The State Department of Education is hereby charged with the execution of all laws relating to the administrative, supervisory and consultative services to the public schools and agricultural high schools of the school districts throughout the State of Mississippi. The State Depa…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-51 Notification of Department of Education of conviction of licensed person of certain felonies or sex offenses

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(1) Upon the conviction of any licensed personnel, as defined in Section 37-9-1, employed by a public school district or any person employed by a charter or private elementary or secondary school in a position that requires licensure in the public school districts, of any felony,…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-53 “Mississippi Report Card” on performance of students, public schools and charter schools

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(1) (a) Each school year, the State Board of Education, acting through the Office of Educational Accountability, shall develop a public school reporting system, or “Mississippi Report Card,” on the performance of students and public schools, including charter schools, at the loca…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-59 Summer kindergarten program for Grade 1 readiness; summer developmental program for Grades 1 through Grade 8

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(1) The school boards of all school districts are authorized to establish, maintain and operate, in connection with the kindergarten program of said district, a summer kindergarten program for Grade 1 readiness for those pupils making unsatisfactory progress during the regular ki…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-61 Alliance for Families programs; authorization; objectives

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(a) The State Board of Education may provide for the establishment of an Alliance for Families program for the purpose of mobilizing public and parental support for education and to strengthen communication between the school, student and parents. The program’s goal shall be to i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-63 Alliance for Families program; procedure for establishment

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(a) The procedure for establishing an Alliance for Families program in a district shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(a) A district assessment which shall include an assessment of school personnel, levels of parent and community support, and the student pop…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-65 Alliance for Families program; purpose

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(a) It shall be the purpose of the Alliance for Families program to provide on a district level:(a) Enhanced communication with participating principals and teachers;(b) A parent involvement plan tailored to each school’s needs;(c) Assistance with the support and strategies neces…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-67 Alliance for Families program; components

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(a) Components of the Alliance for Families program shall include, but shall not be limited to:(a) A signed parent pledge to assist with identification of ways to improve their child’s performance;(b) Folder/notebook that is sent home periodically, but not less than once per mont…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-69 Alliance for Families program; measurement of success

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The success of the Alliance for Families program shall be measured in terms of progress on test scores, increase in participation of school events, increase in numbers of persons/school districts participating in the program, and other appropriate measures.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-7 Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities

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(1) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Department of Education, in addition to all other duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law, to make a survey and study relative to the problem of the cost of insuring public school buildings and other school facilitie…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-71 Alliance for Families program; participation by students and school districts; evaluation and report by State Board of Education

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All students in all school districts are eligible to participate in the Alliance for Families program. The number of school districts that may participate shall be determined by the amount of funding. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the Alliance for Families program i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-73 Rewarding of parents for involvement in school improvement; parent of year awards

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The State Board of Education shall establish an awards program to reward parents for becoming involved in school improvement efforts. A process shall be established which shall include, but not be limited to, the designation of a parent of the year in every school district in the…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-75 Awards for exemplary performing public schools and school programs

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The State Board of Education shall establish and design a program of awards for exemplary performing public schools. The purpose of the awards program shall be to stimulate innovation and improvement in student achievement through the provision of awards to schools. The board sha…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-77 State funding of programs provided for in §§ 37-3-55 through 37-3-71; expenditure of local funds for specified programs; implementation of specified programs deemed discretionary

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(1) It is the intention of the Legislature that local school districts shall bear no cost of implementing any of the provisions of this act contained in Sections 37-3-55 through 37-3-71 [See Editor’s Note below]. Any monetary mandates resulting from the passage of these sections …

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-79 Curriculum Coordinator of Music and Art Education

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The State Department of Education shall employ a Curriculum Coordinator of Music and Art Education who holds certification as a music and/or art teacher. The supervisor’s responsibilities shall include the oversight of the elementary music/art programs as well as secondary progra…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-8 Studies and reports by department of education relating to teaching out of fields and mastery of subject matters

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(a) The State Department of Education shall conduct the following studies and shall report its findings to the State Board of Education on July 1, 1984, and the board shall submit these reports to the next regular session of the Legislature together with any corrective action tak…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-81 School Safety Center

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The Department of Education, using only existing staff and resources, shall establish and maintain a School Safety Center, which shall operate a statewide information clearinghouse that: (a) provides assistance to school districts and communities during school crises; and (b) pro…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-82 Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools grant program established; purpose; use of funds

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(1) There is hereby established the Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program in the State Department of Education to provide funding, pursuant to specific appropriation by the Legislature therefor, to assist law enforcement agencies in pro…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-82.1 Schools unable to meet financial requirements for participation in MCOPS program authorized to develop alternative plans for student security

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In the event that a public school district is unable to participate in the MCOPS program due to the district’s inability to meet the necessary financial requirements of the local fund match, the local school board of that school district may develop a plan for the security of its…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-83 School Safety Grant Program; implementation of “Erin’s Law Awareness” policy addressing sexual abuse of children; pilot program utilizing evidence-based curriculum to provide children stress and anxiety management skills; biennial refresher training on mental health and suicide prevention for all school employees

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(1) There is established within the State Department of Education, using only existing staff and resources, a School Safety Grant Program, available to all eligible public school districts, to assist in financing programs to provide school safety. However, no monies from the Temp…

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-84 Confiscation of illegal firearms; reward

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(1) Each school district in the state may pay a reward not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to any person who provides information that leads to the confiscation by the school district or a law enforcement agency of any illegal firearm on public school property. (2) Each …