Chapter
Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-1— Short title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-3— Legislative findings and declarations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-5— Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-7— Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board created; jurisdiction; mission; composition
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-9— Powers and duties of Authorizer Board; immunity from civil liability
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-11— Funding for the Authorizer Board
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-13— Technical information and assistance from Department of Education; publication of laws and regulations applicable to charter schools
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-15— Authorizer to publicize request for proposals for charter school applications; request for proposals to prescribe mandatory elements of charter applications
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-17— Purposes of charter application; approved charter application not to serve as charter contract
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-19— Standards for authorizing charter school; review process
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-21— Initial charter term; charter contract
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-23— Charter school enrollment; lottery for selection of students if capacity is insufficient to enroll all students
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-25— Charter school credits to be accepted by another public school upon transfer of student from charter school to public school
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-27— School districts required to provide information about charter schools as enrollment option
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-29— Charter contract to include performance framework; performance standards used to guide authorizer’s charter school evaluations; annual performance targets
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-31— Annual review of charter school performance and legal compliance; performance report; charter schools to be given opportunity to remedy problems
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-33— Renewal, nonrenewal or revocation of charter
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-35— Closure of charter; charter school closure protocol; disposition of unspent funds and assets
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-37— Annual report on status of charter schools to governor and legislature
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-39— Charter school and certain service providers to be nonprofit education organization; charter school to function as local educational agency
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-41— Charter school powers
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-43— Prohibition against discrimination; prohibition against charging tuition; transportation plan; virtual courses
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-45— Applicability of statutes, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc. that noncharter public schools are subject to; relation to other laws
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-47— Qualifications of charter school employees; applicability of Education Employment Procedures Law
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-49— Criminal history record checks and fingerprinting requirements; termination of charter school employee for certain acts
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-51— Charter schools eligible to participate in state- or district-sponsored athletic and academic interscholastic activities
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-53— Charter schools required to certify enrollment, average daily attendance and certain additional information on annual basis
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-55— Charter school funding; adequate education program payments; local funding; federal and state categorical aid program monies; state transportation funding
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-57— Annual financial audit
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-59— Monies remaining in charter school’s accounts at end of budget year to be used during subsequent budget years; authorization to accept gifts, grants, etc.; disclosure of funds from private and foreign sources
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-61— Right of first refusal to purchase vacant public school facilities; public entities authorized to provide space to charters in their facilities under preexisting zoning and land use designations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-63— Repealed