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State Department of Education
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-1— Organization of state department of education
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-2— Certification of teachers and administrators
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-3— Office and seal of department
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-3.1— State Department of Education board room designated the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room
- 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-5— General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-7— Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-8— Studies and reports by department of education relating to teaching out of fields and mastery of subject matters
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-9— Appointment, qualifications, compensation and bond of State Superintendent of Public Education
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-11— General duties of state superintendent
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-12— Responsibility of state superintendent for planning functions of department
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-13— Appointment and compensation of deputy superintendents, associate superintendents, directors and other employees; exemption of personnel actions of State Department of Education from State Personnel Board procedures for limited time period
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-15— §§ 37-3-15 through 37-3-23. Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-25— Appointment, compensation and duties of Director of Division of Vocational and Technical Education
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-27— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-29— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-31— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-33— §§ 37-3-33 through 37-3-37. Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-39— Custody and disbursement of funds of department
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-41— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-43— Repealed
- 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-47— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-48— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-49— Adoption by school district of instructional program and management system; paperwork reduction; exemption of certain district
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-51— Notification of Department of Education of conviction of licensed person of certain felonies or sex offenses
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-53— “Mississippi Report Card” on performance of students, public schools and charter schools
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-55— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-57— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-59— Summer kindergarten program for Grade 1 readiness; summer developmental program for Grades 1 through Grade 8
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-61— Alliance for Families programs; authorization; objectives
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-63— Alliance for Families program; procedure for establishment
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-65— Alliance for Families program; purpose
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-67— Alliance for Families program; components
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-69— Alliance for Families program; measurement of success
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-71— Alliance for Families program; participation by students and school districts; evaluation and report by State Board of Education
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-73— Rewarding of parents for involvement in school improvement; parent of year awards
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-75— Awards for exemplary performing public schools and school programs
- 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-79— Curriculum Coordinator of Music and Art Education
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-81— School Safety Center
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-82— Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools grant program established; purpose; use of funds
- 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
- 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-84— Confiscation of illegal firearms; reward
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-85— After-school mentoring programs
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-87— Mississippi Better Sight for Better Learning Program; face-to-face comprehensive eye examination for children entering first grade if screening indicates need; student vision screening program
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-89— School discipline and classroom management courses; requirement; approval
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-91— Regional behavioral institutes; discipline and classroom management strategies; participation; standardized Memorandum of Understanding between mental health facilities and school districts to include referral protocols and standardized behavioral health screening
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-93— School Crisis Management Program; quick response teams; toll-free telephone service for reporting school violence; certified threat assessment officers and duties thereof
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-95— Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) statewide coordinator; powers and duties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-97— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-99— Repealed
- 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-103— In-service training on suicide prevention education for newly employed school district employees
- 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-107— Curriculum guidelines for implementation of school bus safety curriculum for grades K through 3