Title 49, Education

(a) It is the duty of the county trustee or individual having similar responsibilities and duties in counties where such responsibilities and duties are vested in another office by law to:(1) Keep all public school funds separate and apart from all other funds coming into the tru…

Supervisors, under the direction of the commissioner of education, shall have the authority to inspect the records of local boards of education, the school accounts of county trustees and the administration of public schools, to make recommendations covering all the foregoing, an…

(a) A local board of education may contract with a private college or university accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges that has its primary campus domiciled in this state for the college or university to maintain a training school f…

(a) No city school system or special district school system shall be created or reactivated for the purpose of operating a system of schools, unless the school system is large enough to offer adequate educational opportunities for the pupils of grades one through twelve (1-12) in…

Any person owning property located in special school districts in this state that were created by a private act shall be required to pay such taxes as are levied by the private act creating or amending the school district.

(a) The local school boards are authorized to provide separate schools for persons of the male sex and persons of the female sex. The determination of the necessity for such separate schools is vested in the exclusive discretion of the school board. (b) Nothing in this section sh…

(a) (1) (A) The county board of education has the power to make contracts with the proper authorities of private schools or with city or special school district boards of education whereby the county public elementary and high schools may be taught in the private or city schools.…

(a) The several schools may, if authorized by the particular board of education having jurisdiction over the school or schools, receive funds for student activities as provided in this section and for events held at or in connection with the school, including contracts with other…

(a) The boards of education of any two (2) or more school systems are authorized and empowered to establish, maintain and operate a public school or schools jointly by entering into contracts for that purpose. (b) Upon the execution of contracts under this part by the respective …

All schools established, maintained and operated pursuant to a contract entered into under this part shall be considered for all purposes as integral parts of the school systems of each of the counties, cities or special school districts that are parties to the contracts. The boa…

(a) The administration of schools established, maintained and operated pursuant to a contract entered into under this part may be placed under the board of education of the county, city or special school district in which the school is located; or the administration of the school…

It is the duty of the attorney general and reporter and the commissioner of education, upon the request of any county, city or special school district or the board of education of any of those, to render advice and assistance in the preparation, execution and interpretation of co…

(a) In all counties wherein the school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency governing the school affairs of the county is, by the terms and provisions of any private or local act of the general assembly applicable to such county, elected from mo…

(a) (1) The local board of education shall cause an annual audit to be made of the accounts and records of all schools under its jurisdiction that receive and disburse funds.(2) The audit shall include, but not be limited to, the activity funds described in § 49-2-110.(3) If a sc…

A board of education, with the permission of its chair, is empowered to authorize, with the consent of the comptroller of the treasury, the use of mechanical signing equipment approved by the comptroller of the treasury, to affix the signature of the chair of the board of educati…

(a) LEAs shall establish, pursuant to rules promulgated by the state board of education, a process by which to waive all school fees for students who receive free or reduced price school lunches. (b) “School fees” means:(1) Fees for activities that occur during regular school hou…

(a) Family resource centers may be established by any LEA in order to coordinate state and community services to help meet the needs of families with children. An LEA may directly operate its own family resource centers or may contract with a locally based nonprofit agency, inclu…

(a) Any county or municipality is authorized to establish school safety zones. (b) As used in this section, unless the content otherwise requires:(1) “School” means any public or private elementary, secondary school or state college of applied technology; and(2) “School property”…

(a) Whenever the commissioner of education is authorized by the state board of education to take responsibility for the operation of any local school system or school that has been placed on probation pursuant to § 49-1-602, the state acting under the authority of the state build…

(a) The department of education shall, using existing resources, develop a conflict resolution program that may be adopted and implemented by LEAs and public charter schools to assist students in any of the grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) in developing the skills necess…

(a) (1) Each LEA may issue high school diplomas to veterans who failed to receive diplomas due to an interruption of their education by service in World War I, World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War.(2) An LEA shall not require that the veteran be a current resident of t…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “hazing” means any intentional or reckless act in this state, on or off LEA property, by one (1) student acting alone or with others, that is directed against any other student, that endangers the mental or physi…

(a) (1) In all counties of this state wherein separate school systems are maintained by the county and by one (1) or more incorporated municipalities or one (1) or more special school districts, there may be created and established a unification educational planning commission, s…

(a) Any plan of consolidation shall provide for a consolidated board of education, sometimes called “the board” in this part, to be composed of five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members whose terms of office shall be either four (4) years or six (6) years, as the plan may determine…

(a) Any plan of consolidation shall provide that the consolidated board of education is authorized to designate a person experienced in public school management and supervision and possessing the qualifications required of a director of schools pursuant to § 49-2-301 as the chief…

(a) (1) Any plan of consolidation shall require continuation of a local retirement system for all officers, teachers and other employees who elect to remain in the system.(2) The plan shall also provide:(A) For continuation of the local retirement system for new officers, teacher…

(a) Any plan of consolidation shall provide for a transitional school board in the event the plan makes consolidation of schools effective at a date prior to September 1 next after the general election in August when members of the consolidated board of education are to be electe…

(a) (1) Where the planning commission has submitted a plan of consolidation to the department of education and has thereafter approved the plan with or without revision, after receiving the recommendations of the department, the proposed plan of consolidation shall be submitted t…

(1) The department of education and the commissioner of education are vested with the following powers and duties respecting the consolidation of school systems as provided in this part:(1) Formulate recommended policies and practices for conducting the consolidation programs;(2)…

(a) This part is declared to be remedial legislation to be liberally construed for the purpose of increased economy and efficiency in the operation of public schools; and, after any plan of consolidation provided for in this part has become effective, no officer or agency of any …

(a) Each LEA is encouraged to conduct an inspection and evaluation program, such as the environmental protection agency's indoor air quality tools for schools program, for its facilities. Such program may include, but shall not be limited to, the following measures:(1) Ensuring t…

(a) As used in this section, “automated external defibrillator” or “AED” has the same meaning as defined in § 68-140-402. (b) All public schools in this state must have at least one (1) automated external defibrillator placed within the school. AEDs, in addition to the AED requir…

(a) This section is known and may be cited as the “Michael Maren Paycheck Protection Act.” (b) As used in this section:(1) “Dues” means the fees imposed on individuals as a condition of their participation or membership in a professional employees' organization; and(2) “Professio…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Mental health screening” or “socioemotional screening” means, for the purposes of this chapter, the use of one (1) or more brief, structured questionnaires designed to identify the possibility that an individual has a mental health problem;(2) “Ps…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Archival Protection Act of 2009.” (b) Upon determination to close a public school, the LEA is urged to employ or contract with a professional archivist to review all personal property contained in the school buildings for h…

County boards of education, whenever they deem it advisable for the purpose of a more economical administration and the improvement of the efficiency of the schools, may combine with another county or counties to operate the schools of the counties as a single multi-county consol…

(a) (1) In all counties in this state there may be created a unification educational planning commission, sometimes called the “commission” in §§ 49-2-1251 — 49-2-1266.(2) It is the duty of the planning commission to study and consider the need for and problems in conjunction wit…

(a) The planning commission shall make a comprehensive study of the need for, issues in, and problems of consolidation of the various county school systems. (b) The study shall be completed and a written report made and filed with the commissioner of education within one (1) year…

(a) (1) The planning commission shall be authorized to prepare a plan for the consolidation of such county school systems.(2) The plan as agreed upon by a majority of the planning commission shall be submitted to the department of education for appraisal.(3) The recommendations t…

(a) Any plan of consolidation shall provide for a consolidated board of education, sometimes referred to as the “board” in §§ 49-2-1251 — 49-2-1266, to be composed of nine (9) members whose terms of office shall be four (4) years. (b) (1) The plan shall provide for the election o…

(a) Any plan of consolidation shall provide that the consolidated board of education is authorized to designate a person experienced in public school management and supervision and possessing a license of qualification issued by the state board of education pursuant to § 49-2-301…

(a) Where the planning commission has submitted a plan of consolidation to the department of education and has thereafter approved the plan, the proposed plan of consolidation shall be submitted to the governing bodies of the counties involved. (b) Before taking action upon the p…

Any consolidated board of education created under §§ 49-2-1251 — 49-2-1266 has the authority to issue bonds as a separate and independent local government under the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21.

Consolidated boards of education shall be subject to the audit provisions of § 49-2-112.

A school may establish an early postsecondary course fund to receive donations or grants from individuals or from private corporations, associations, or other artificial entities, both nonprofit and for profit, who desire to help support an early postsecondary course offered or a…

Prior to or in conjunction with the adoption of a multi-county school system, the counties that adopt a multi-county school system shall adopt the same local option sales tax rate and distribute according to law.