§ 37-181-11. Adoption of rules and policies for administration of program; development of system for payment of benefits; prevention of fraud
To ensure that funds are spent appropriately, the State Department of Education shall adopt rules and policies necessary for the administration of the program, including the auditing of Education Scholarship Accounts, and shall conduct or contract for random audits throughout the year. The department or qualified nonprofit shall develop a system for payment of benefits, […]
§ 37-181-13. PEER to prepare biannual report on sufficiency of funds for Education Scholarship Accounts
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall prepare a biannual report, beginning in 2018 and every two (2) years thereafter, assessing the sufficiency of funding for Education Scholarship Accounts and recommending any suggested changes in state law or policy necessary to improve the program. The report shall assess: The level […]
§ 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 […]
§ 37-177-11. Good cause exemption for promotion to grade 4 of student not meeting academic requirements
A Third-Grade student who does not meet the academic requirements for promotion to the Fourth Grade may be promoted by the school district only for good cause. Good cause exemptions for promotion are limited to the following students: Limited English proficient students who have had less than two (2) years of instruction in an English […]
§ 37-177-13. Actions required of school districts for grade 3 students not promoted to grade 4
Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall take the following actions for retained Third-Grade students: Provide Third-Grade students who are not promoted with intensive instructional services, progress monitoring measures, and supports to remediate the identified areas of reading deficiency, as outlined in the student’s individual reading plan, including a minimum of ninety […]
§ 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 […]