§ 37-161-5. Creation of Lifelong Learning Commission; composition; duties; annual report; meetings
There is established a commission to be known as the “Lifelong Learning Commission.” The commission shall consist of four (4) members, who shall serve ex officio, as follows: The Governor of the State of Mississippi, who shall serve as chairman; The State Superintendent of Public Education; The Commissioner of the Mississippi Community College Board; and […]
§ 37-161-7. Wellness curriculum to be developed by State Board of Education; board shall adopt implementation rules and regulations
The State Board of Education shall develop a wellness curriculum for use by each school district and the board shall establish rules and regulations to be followed by the districts whereby the districts shall implement the curriculum. Such wellness curriculum shall include educating students about the value of exercise, proper diet and abstinence from use […]
§ 37-155-125. Severability
The provisions of this article are severable. If any part of this article is declared invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the parts of this article which remain.
§ 37-159-1. Short title
This act [Laws of 1998, Chapter 544] shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998.” This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2020.
§ 37-159-5. Reimbursement of relocation expenses; teachers moving to geographical areas short of teachers; residency requirements
The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations which, subject to available appropriations, allow for reimbursement to the state licensed teachers, from both in state and out of state, who enter into a contract for employment in a school district situated within a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical […]
§ 37-159-7. Reimbursement of interviewing expenses; teachers moving to geographical areas short of teachers
The school board of any school district situated within a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education, in its discretion, may reimburse persons who interview for employment as a licensed teacher with the district for the mileage and other actual expenses […]
§ 37-159-9. University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program; geographical areas short of teachers; eligibility for participation; funding; reimbursement of expenses; failure to comply with commitment
There is established the University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program within the State Department of Education. The purposes of the program shall be to attract additional qualified teachers to those geographical areas of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers and to retain the qualified teachers already serving as licensed […]
§ 37-159-11. Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program; service to geographical areas short of teachers; eligibility for participation; failure to comply with commitment
There is established the Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program, which shall be a special home loan program for eligible licensed teachers who render service to the state in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education. The home loan program shall […]
§ 37-155-117. Board to provide annual accounting statements
The board shall furnish, without charge, to each account owner an annual statement of the following: The amount contributed by the account owner under the savings trust agreement; The annual earnings and accumulated earnings on the savings trust account; and Any other terms and conditions that the board deems by rule is necessary or appropriate, […]
§ 37-155-119. No promise or guarantee of beneficiary’s admission
This article is not a promise or guarantee that the beneficiary will be: Admitted to any institution of higher education; Admitted to a particular institution of higher education after admission; Allowed to continue enrollment at an institution of higher education; or Graduated from an institution of higher education.