Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-61

Creation; functions generally; election and term of office [Repealed effective January 1, 2019]

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 512 So. 2d 1271 - State Ex Rel. Pittman v. Ladner (1987)

Most recently applied in James K. Basil v. Roger Browning (October 2015)

Codes, 1942, §§ 6271-08, 6271-10, 6274-05; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess ch. 10, §§ 8, 10; ch. 16, § 5; Laws, 1954, ch. 275; Laws, 1958, ch. 297; Laws, 1960, ch. 308, § 3; Laws, 1962, chs…

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(1) There shall be a county superintendent of education in each county.

(2) Said superintendent shall serve as the executive secretary of the county board of education, but shall have no vote in the proceedings before the board and no voice in fixing the policies thereof.

(3) In addition, said superintendent shall be the director of all schools in the county school district which are outside the municipal separate school districts.

(4) Said superintendent shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers are elected and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years. However, in the event that a vacancy in the office of the superintendent of schools elected at the November 2015 general election shall occur before January 1, 2019, the office of superintendent of school shall immediately become an appointed position, and the local school board shall appoint the superintendent of the school district.

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