§ 37-11-63. Local school boards, school superintendents and school principals not permitted to prohibit teachers from discussing and answering questions about the origin of life
No local school board, school superintendent or school principal shall prohibit a public school classroom teacher from discussing and answering questions from individual students on the origin of life.
§ 37-11-64. Prohibition against school administrators or other employees changing, altering or otherwise influencing grade received by student from teacher; exceptions; violation
No school board member, school superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, guidance counselor, other teachers, coaches, or other administrative staff members of the school or the central staff of a local school board shall attempt, directly or indirectly, to change, alter, or otherwise affect the grade received by a student from his teacher except as otherwise specifically […]
§ 37-11-65. Students in grades 7-12 to be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activity for failure to maintain certain cumulative grade point average
A student who is enrolled in any grade higher than Grade 6 in a school district in this state must be suspended from participation in any extracurricular or athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school district after a semester in which the student’s cumulative grade point average is below a 2.0 on a 4.0 […]
§ 37-11-66. Local school board adoption and implementation of written policy regarding school district’s requirement for awarding a minimum grade
Each local school board shall adopt and implement a written policy with regard to the school district’s mandate or requirement for the awarding of a minimum grade which is in compliance with the grading policy requirement established by the State Board of Education Policy 403.
§ 37-11-67. Bullying or harassing behavior in public schools prohibited
As used in this section, “bullying or harassing behavior” is any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening communication, or any act reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, that takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, or on […]
§ 37-11-69. Anti-bullying personnel and discipline policies and code of student conduct
Each local school district shall include in its personnel policies, discipline policies and code of student conduct a prohibition against bullying or harassing behavior and adopt procedures for reporting, investigating and addressing such behavior, that: Prohibit the bullying of a student; Prohibit retaliation against any person, including a victim, a witness, or another person, who […]
§ 37-11-71. Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act; legislative findings and declarations; self-administration of asthma and anaphylaxis medication; policy regarding administration of auto-injectable epinephrine by authorized school personnel; school district requirements relating to children with asthma
This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act.” The Legislature finds: That anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. Common triggers of anaphylaxis include food, insect bites, certain medications, and latex, with food being the most common […]
§ 37-11-73. Disbursement of certain funds by school districts to nonprofit foundations under certain circumstances
This section applies only to those school districts in which there exists a foundation incorporated as a nonprofit organization, legally separate from any school district, which has as its sole purpose the receiving of grants, donations and gifts of real or personal property, or both, to be used and applied exclusively for educational purposes in […]
§ 37-11-75. Certain nonpublic schools to include in driver’s education program instruction in how a person should properly respond when stopped by law enforcement officers
Any nonpublic school accredited by the State Board of Education or any other accreditation agency that offers a driver’s education program shall include as part of such program the program developed by the Department of Public Safety under Section 37-25-29, related to how persons should properly respond when stopped by law enforcement officers.
§ 37-11-51. Documents exempt from Public Records Act
Test questions and answers in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, which are to be used in future academic examinations, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. Letters of recommendation in the possession of a public body, as defined by […]