§ 37-181-15. Obligations of schools to become and remain eligible
To ensure that students are treated fairly and kept safe, all eligible schools shall: Comply with the nondiscrimination policies set forth in 42 USCS 1981; Prior to a participating student’s application for enrollment, provide parents with details of the school’s programs, qualifications, experience, and capacities to serve students with special needs; Comply with all health […]
§ 37-181-17. Education Scholarship Account program does not expand state regulatory authority or impose additional regulation of schools participating in program
An eligible nonpublic school is autonomous and not an agent of the state or federal government and therefore: The State Department of Education or any other government agency shall not in any way regulate the educational program of a nonpublic school, postsecondary institution or educational service provider that accepts funds from the parent of a […]
§ 37-177-15. Intensive acceleration class for certain students; purpose
Each district may provide, where applicable, an intensive acceleration class for any student retained in Grade 3 who was previously retained in Kindergarten or Grades 1 through 3. The focus of the intensive acceleration class should be to increase a student’s reading level at least two (2) grade levels in one (1) school year. The […]
§ 37-177-17. Annual report regarding student progression and student retention and promotion
Within thirty (30) days of final State Board of Education approval of state accountability results, the school board of each school district must publish, in a newspaper having a general circulation within the school district, and report to the State Board of Education and the Mississippi Reading Panel the following information relating to the preceding […]
§ 37-177-19. Implementation of chapter
The State Board of Education shall adopt such policies, rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter. The State Department of Education shall provide such technical assistance and training of teachers/administrators as may be needed to aid local school districts in administering the provisions of this chapter. Each local school […]
§ 37-177-21. Certain components of provisions of this chapter subject to legislative appropriation
The provisions of this chapter which include components necessary to provide for teacher training, instructional materials, remedial education training and administration of an intensive literacy curriculum shall be subject to legislative appropriation.
§ 37-179-1. Creation of districts of innovation; purpose; definitions; administrative rules and regulations
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “District of innovation” means a district that has developed a plan of innovation in compliance with this section and has been approved by the State Board of Education to be exempted from certain administrative regulations […]
§ 37-177-5. Establishment of Mississippi Reading Panel; purpose; composition
The State Department of Education shall establish a Mississippi Reading Panel to collaborate with the State Department of Education in recommending appropriate equitable alternative standardized assessments and cut scores to be used to determine promotion to the Fourth Grade of those Third-Grade students who did not score at the required achievement level on the state […]
§ 37-177-7. Selection of schools for reading intervention program; supervisory position in each school responsible for implementation of reading intervention program; use of data coaches pilot programs in certain “C” level or low performing districts or schools
The State Department of Education shall: Select schools most in need for the reading intervention program and create criteria for selection for participation based on number and percentages of students scoring in the lowest two (2) achievement levels on state-adopted yearly reading assessments, screening results, and other relevant data; Assign a supervisory position within each […]
§ 37-177-9. Assignment of grade level based on student’s age or other social promotion prohibited; promotion to grade 4 prohibited unless reading deficiency remedied before end of grade 3
A public school student may not be assigned a grade level based solely on the student’s age or any other factors that constitute social promotion. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, if a student’s reading deficiency is not remedied by the end of the student’s Third-Grade year, as demonstrated by the student scoring at the […]