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§ 37-27-49. All sales to be for cash; disposition of proceeds

All conveyances of property under the authority of Section 37-27-47 shall be for a cash consideration and the proceeds of such sale shall be placed in the maintenance fund of the agricultural high school. If any sale embraces realty, and the agricultural high school selling same owes outstanding bonds or notes, then in that event […]

§ 37-27-53. Pupils entitled to transportation

When any pupils who shall attend any agricultural high school or junior college under the provisions of Section 37-27-51 are otherwise entitled to transportation at public expense under any applicable statute, such pupils shall remain entitled to such transportation, and shall be reported for the allotment of transportation funds by the county or municipal separate […]

§ 37-27-57. Payment of additional or supplemental expenses

Any additional or supplemental expenses incurred by the agricultural high school or junior college in the instruction of such pupils above that defrayed by minimum education funds as provided in Section 37-27-55, shall be paid either from the amounts received from the state appropriation for the support of agricultural high schools or from the tax […]

§ 37-27-59. Applicability of laws

Except as provided in Sections 37-27-51 through 37-27-57, all laws of the State of Mississippi relative to the operation and government of schools shall be applicable to pupils attending agricultural high schools or junior colleges under the provisions of said sections.

§ 37-27-6. Tax to retire debt service on agricultural high school bonds

The board of supervisors of any county wherein the control, operation and maintenance of the agricultural high school has been transferred to the county board of education under provisions of Section 37-29-272, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, upon request in writing of the board of trustees of the community college district in which such […]

§ 37-27-61. County superintendent may provide for attendance out of the county

The county superintendent of education of a county which does not alone or in conjunction with another county maintain an agricultural high school or an agricultural high school-junior college, may provide, with the approval of the county board of education and the board of supervisors, for the attendance of pupils residing in the county of […]

§ 37-27-63. Municipalities and municipal separate school districts may issue bonds to support agricultural high schools

The municipalities of Mississippi and the municipal separate school districts in Mississippi are hereby authorized and empowered to issue municipal bonds or municipal separate school district bonds to aid in procuring the establishment, location, and maintenance of agricultural high schools which have been or may hereafter be established. Such bonds shall be issued as provided […]

§ 37-27-67. Election on issuance of bonds by boards of supervisors

If, within three (3) weeks after notice by publication has been made of intention to issue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-27-65, ten percent (10%) of the adult taxpayers of the county shall petition against the issuance of said bonds, then the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the county, […]

§ 37-27-69. Agricultural high school may borrow not to exceed $50,000 for housing facilities

Any agricultural high school, supported in whole or in part by tax levies of one or more counties, may borrow not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), for the purpose of receiving, transporting, erecting on the ground of said institution, and equipping and furnishing any prefabricated houses, or other materials, or appliances, fixtures, machines, furnishings or […]

§ 37-27-7. Appointment of trustees

The government and control of county agricultural high schools in any county shall be vested in a board of six trustees, one from each supervisor’s district, three of whom shall be elected by the county board of supervisors and two of whom shall be elected by the county board of education. The county superintendent of […]

§ 37-27-71. Declaration of intention to borrow; issuance of notes; repayment

In any such case the board of trustees of such agricultural high school, by resolution or order, shall declare its intention to borrow any sum not in excess of the limitation fixed in Section 37-27-69, and shall recite in said resolution or order with reasonable particulars the purpose for which said funds are to be […]

§ 37-27-75. Foregoing sections as cumulative

Sections 37-27-69 through 37-27-73 shall be construed as cumulative and no restriction, limitation or prohibition of the general laws shall operate to curtail the authority or prescribe the procedure by which the purposes of said sections shall be effected.

§ 37-27-79. Report and recommendations for consolidation of agricultural high schools; abolition of agricultural high school pursuant to petition; election

The State Board of Education shall review and develop a report relating to the need for a separate board of trustees and separate administrative office for the Coahoma Agricultural High School, the Forrest Agricultural High School and the Hinds Agricultural High School and shall submit this finding with recommendations for any necessary legislation to the […]

§ 37-27-80. Hinds Agriculture High School discontinued; disposal of property; diplomas

Effective July 1, 2014, the Hinds Agriculture High School shall be closed. Upon closure, all real property titled to or used by Hinds Agricultural High School will become the property of the Hinds Community College District. All personal property used by the Hinds Agricultural High School for secondary school purposes, including all nondisposable sports and/or […]