§ 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.
§ 37-11-31. Contents of report pursuant to § 37-11-29
Such report as is required pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-11-29(2), shall contain the full name of the student; the place, date and time of arrest; a brief statement of the charge or charges upon which he was arrested, and any other charges placed against him after his arrest but before the making of […]
§ 37-11-33. Fees for reports pursuant to § 37-11-29; disposition of reports
The office or law enforcement department or agency or the justice court judge or the clerk of the circuit court making such reports as are required pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-11-29(2), shall receive the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each such report made, which sum shall be paid from the general fund […]
§ 37-11-35. Penalties for failure to file reports pursuant to Section 37-11-29 or 97-5-24
If any person charged by Section 37-11-29(2) or (3) to make the reports therein provided for shall willfully fail, refuse or neglect to file any such report, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) […]
§ 37-11-37. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; definition
A public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society, as contemplated by Sections 37-11-37 through 37-11-45, is hereby defined to be any organization composed wholly, or in part, of public high school pupils, which seeks to perpetuate itself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in such high school on the basis of […]
§ 37-11-39. Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; illegality
Any public high school fraternity, sorority, or secret society organization as defined in Section 37-11-37 is hereby declared to be inimical to public free schools and therefore unlawful.