Chapter 3 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- Section 37-3-1 - Organization of state department of education
- Section 37-3-2 - Certification of teachers and administrators
- Section 37-3-3 - Office and seal of department
- Section 37-3-3.1 - State Department of Education board room designated the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room
- Section 37-3-4 - School Executive Management Institute; basic and continuing education courses for school board members; additional required training for local school board members and the local superintendent; exemption of certain school administrators
- Section 37-3-5 - General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department
- Section 37-3-7 - Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities
- Section 37-3-8 - Studies and reports by department of education relating to teaching out of fields and mastery of subject matters
- Section 37-3-9 - Appointment, qualifications, compensation and bond of State Superintendent of Public Education
- Section 37-3-11 - General duties of state superintendent
- Section 37-3-12 - Responsibility of state superintendent for planning functions of department
- Section 37-3-13 - Appointment of deputy superintendents, associate superintendents, directors and other employees; compensation of teaching staff and employees of certain schools
- Section 37-3-15 through 37-3-23 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-25 - Appointment, compensation and duties of Director of Division of Vocational and Technical Education
- Section 37-3-27 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-29 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-31 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-33 through 37-3-37 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-39 - Custody and disbursement of funds of department
- Section 37-3-41 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-43 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-46 - Assistance to certain local schools or school districts to establish program of educational accountability and assessment of performance; personnel appraisal and compensation system for school employees; programs to prevent dropouts
- Section 37-3-47 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-48 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-49 - Adoption by school district of instructional program and management system; paperwork reduction; exemption of certain district
- Section 37-3-51 - Notification of Department of Education of conviction of licensed person of certain felonies or sex offenses
- Section 37-3-53 - "Mississippi Report Card" on performance of students, public schools and charter schools
- Section 37-3-55 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-57 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-59 - Summer kindergarten program for Grade 1 readiness; summer developmental program for Grades 1 through Grade 8
- Section 37-3-61 - Alliance for Families programs; authorization; objectives
- Section 37-3-63 - Alliance for Families program; procedure for establishment
- Section 37-3-65 - Alliance for Families program; purpose
- Section 37-3-67 - Alliance for Families program; components
- Section 37-3-69 - Alliance for Families program; measurement of success
- Section 37-3-71 - Alliance for Families program; participation by students and school districts; evaluation and report by State Board of Education
- Section 37-3-73 - Rewarding of parents for involvement in school improvement; parent of year awards
- Section 37-3-75 - Awards for exemplary performing public schools and school programs
- Section 37-3-77 - State funding of programs provided for in sections 37-3-55 through 37-3-71; expenditure of local funds for specified programs; implementation of specified programs deemed discretionary
- Section 37-3-79 - Curriculum Coordinator of Music and Art Education
- Section 37-3-81 - School Safety Center
- Section 37-3-82 - Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools grant program established; purpose; use of funds
- Section 37-3-82.1 - Schools unable to meet financial requirements for participation in MCOPS program authorized to develop alternative plans for student security
- Section 37-3-83 - School Safety Grant Program; implementation of "Erin's Law Awareness" policy addressing sexual abuse of children; pilot program utilizing evidence-based curriculum to provide children stress and anxiety management skills; biennial refresher training on mental health and suicide prevention for all school employees
- Section 37-3-84 - Confiscation of illegal firearms; reward
- Section 37-3-85 - After-school mentoring programs
- Section 37-3-87 - Mississippi Better Sight for Better Learning Program; face-to-face comprehensive eye examination for children entering first grade if screening indicates need; student vision screening program
- Section 37-3-89 - School discipline and classroom management courses; requirement; approval
- Section 37-3-91 - Regional behavioral institutes; discipline and classroom management strategies; participation; standardized Memorandum of Understanding between mental health facilities and school districts to include referral protocols and standardized behavioral health screening
- Section 37-3-93 - School Crisis Management Program; quick response teams; toll-free telephone service for reporting school violence; certified threat assessment officers and duties thereof
- Section 37-3-95 - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) statewide coordinator; powers and duties
- Section 37-3-97 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-99 - [Repealed]
- Section 37-3-101 - Local school districts to adopt policy on student suicide prevention and provide in-service training on suicide prevention education for all school district employees
- Section 37-3-103 - In-service training on suicide prevention education for newly employed school district employees
- Section 37-3-105 - In-service training for all licensed grades K through 3 public school district teachers to include intensive, comprehensive, research-based reading methods
- Section 37-3-107 - Curriculum guidelines for implementation of school bus safety curriculum for grades K through 3