Chapter 11 - GENERAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION

Section 37-11-1 - Assignment of pupil to class where presence of pupil would have adverse effect on class; request by parent or guardian to place twins or other multiples in same or separate classrooms
Section 37-11-3 - Separation of students according to sex
Section 37-11-6 - Purchase and installation in each school of weather radio
Section 37-11-7 - Acceptance of National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act
Section 37-11-8 - Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to develop and implement the Healthier School Initiative; purpose; financial incentives to certain schools; eligibility criteria to participate in HealthierUS School Challenge
Section 37-11-9 - Payment by school board of medical expenses for injuries sustained in athletic activities; purchase of hospitalization insurance
Section 37-11-11 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Furnishing of instruction and training for hospitalized children
Section 37-11-11 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Furnishing of instruction and training for hospitalized children
Section 37-11-13 - Employment of education personnel suffering from tuberculosis
Section 37-11-15 - [Repealed]
Section 37-11-17 - Physical examinations of employees for infectious or communicable diseases; spinal curvature screening program for students
Section 37-11-18 - Expulsion of student possessing controlled substance or weapon or committing violent act on school property
Section 37-11-18.1 - Expulsion of habitually disruptive students aged 13 years or older upon third occurrence of disruptive behavior within school year
Section 37-11-19 - Suspension or expulsion of student damaging school property; liability of parent or custodian
Section 37-11-20 - Intimidation, threatening or coercion of students for purpose of interfering with attendance of classes
Section 37-11-21 - Abuse of superintendent, principal, teacher, or bus driver
Section 37-11-23 - Disturbing public school sessions or meetings
Section 37-11-25 - Interest in proceeds or profits of sale or rental of property used in public schools
Section 37-11-27 - Interest in contracts involving public schools
Section 37-11-29 - Reporting of unlawful activity or violent act on educational property or during school related activity; authority of law enforcement officers; reporting of disposition of charges against student; liability of school personnel participating in reporting
Section 37-11-31 - Contents of report pursuant to section 37-11-29
Section 37-11-33 - Fees for reports pursuant to section 37-11-29; disposition of reports
Section 37-11-35 - Penalties for failure to file reports pursuant to Section 37-11-29 or 97-5-24
Section 37-11-37 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; definition
Section 37-11-39 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; illegality
Section 37-11-41 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; membership or participation in activities
Section 37-11-43 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; duties of boards of trustees
Section 37-11-45 - Public high school fraternity, sorority or secret society; solicitation of pupils
Section 37-11-47 - Stonewall Jackson Memorial Board; Memorial Fund
Section 37-11-49 - Wearing of approved eye protective devices required during participation in certain vocational, industrial arts, and chemical-physical laboratory courses of instruction
Section 37-11-51 - Documents exempt from Public Records Act
Section 37-11-53 - School district discipline plans; appearance by parents, guardians or custodians at discipline conferences; recovery from parents for damage or destruction of school property; parent allowed to accompany child to school as alternative to child's suspension
Section 37-11-54 - State Board of Education to develop list of conflict resolution and peer mediation materials, models, and curricula from evidence-based practices and positive behavioral intervention supports
Section 37-11-55 - Code of student conduct
Section 37-11-57 - Immunity of school personnel from liability for carrying out action in enforcing rules regarding control, discipline, suspension and expulsion of students; exception for students with disabilities
Section 37-11-59 - [Repealed]
Section 37-11-61 - Local school districts and agricultural high schools to provide parents information about meningococcal disease; State Board of Health to develop information about meningococcal disease for distribution to parents
Section 37-11-63 - Local school boards, school superintendents and school principals not permitted to prohibit teachers from discussing and answering questions about the origin of life
Section 37-11-64 - Prohibition against school administrators or other employees changing, altering or otherwise influencing grade received by student from teacher; exceptions; violation
Section 37-11-65 - Students in grades 7-12 to be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activity for failure to maintain certain cumulative grade point average
Section 37-11-66 - Local school board adoption and implementation of written policy regarding school district's requirement for awarding a minimum grade
Section 37-11-67 - Bullying or harassing behavior in public schools prohibited
Section 37-11-69 - Anti-bullying personnel and discipline policies and code of student conduct
Section 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
Section 37-11-73 - Disbursement of certain funds by school districts to nonprofit foundations under certain circumstances
Section 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
Section 37-11-77 - Public school students to have equal opportunity to engage in partisan or nonpartisan activities or expressions, and have equal access to school facilities, before, during and after the school day
Section 37-11-79 - Denial of equal access to or discrimination against students wishing to conduct meetings within limited open forum on the basis of political, philosophical or ideological content prohibited; authority of school to maintain order, protect students, and assure attendance at meetings is voluntary
Section 37-11-81 - State, agencies, school districts, and certain other schools may only offer digital or online resources to students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 under certain circumstances; requirements of vendors providing digital or online resources; noncompliance by providers
Section 37-11-83 - Availability of feminine hygiene products at no cost to students in Grades 6 through 12
Section 37-11-NEW-001 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 7/1/2024] [Definitions] [Definitions]
Section 37-11-NEW-002 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 7/1/2024] [Public schools - Duty to develop cardiac emergency response plan (CERP)]