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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 37 - EDUCATION
Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees.
- 37-9-1 - Definitions.
- 37-9-3 - Employment of non-instructional employees.
- 37-9-4 - Compensation of attorney employed by school board who is a member of the Legislature.
- 37-9-5 - Repealed.
- 37-9-7 - Employment of unlicensed superintendent, principal or teacher; conditional contracts; expiration of license during term of contract.
- 37-9-8 - Repealed.
- 37-9-9 - Rules and regulations governing issuance of teachers' certificates; compensation of teachers serving special needs of district.
- 37-9-11 - Testing of applicants for teacher licensure.
- 37-9-12 - Referendum on continuation or abolition of office of county superintendent of education.
- 37-9-13 - Selection of superintendent of school district; qualifications of superintendent.
- 37-9-14 - General duties and powers of superintendent of school district.
- 37-9-15 - Selection of assistant superintendents and principals; interim conservators.
- 37-9-16 - Repealed.
- 37-9-17 - Selection of licensed employees or non-instructional employees to be employed for school year; increase in compensation of certain licensed employees; fingerprinting and criminal background checks for applicants.
- 37-9-18 - Superintendent of schools to furnish school board with financial statement of receipts and disbursements; investigations and audits; contracts; review of audit report.
- 37-9-19 - Repealed.
- 37-9-21 - Nepotism in hiring of superintendents, principals or licensed employees.
- 37-9-23 - Form and execution of contracts with superintendents, principals, licensed employees, and others anticipating graduation from approved programs; conditional contracts.
- 37-9-24 - Contracts with licensed personnel for not less than 187 employment days.
- 37-9-25 - Contracts for periods greater than one scholastic year.
- 37-9-27 - Bond of superintendents.
- 37-9-29 - Repealed.
- 37-9-31 - Bond of principals.
- 37-9-33 - Amount of salaries to be in compliance with adequate education program law; annual report on number of certificated and noncertificated employees receiving salary from both a school district and Public Employees' Retirement System.
- 37-9-35 - Employment of teachers to be paid from minimum education program funds.
- 37-9-36 - Repealed.
- 37-9-37 - Factors considered in fixing salaries of superintendents, principals or licensed employees.
- 37-9-39 - Time of payment of salaries.
- 37-9-41 - Manner of payment of salaries.
- 37-9-43 - Payment of salary prior to execution of written contract; effect of breach of contract.
- 37-9-45 - and 37-9-47. Repealed.
- 37-9-49 - Deduction of dues, etc., from salaries.
- 37-9-51 - Repealed.
- 37-9-53 - Repealed.
- 37-9-55 - Release from contract.
- 37-9-57 - Effect of abandonment of employment.
- 37-9-59 - Grounds and procedure for dismissal or suspension of licensed employee; attendance of different school system by child as ground for denying employment or reemployment of superintendent, principal or licensed employee.
- 37-9-61 - through 37-9-67. Repealed.
- 37-9-69 - General duties of superintendents, principals and teachers.
- 37-9-70 - Office for superintendent of schools.
- 37-9-71 - Suspension of pupils.
- 37-9-73 - Repealed.
- 37-9-75 - Strikes by teachers.
- 37-9-77 - School Administrator Sabbatical Program [Repealed effective July 1, 2010].
- 37-9-79 - School guidance counselors; qualifications; define comprehensive counseling services; code of ethics.
- 37-9-101 - Short title; declaration of legislative intent.
- 37-9-103 - Definitions; applicability of Education Employment Procedures Law.
- 37-9-104 - Written notice of determination not to offer superintendent a renewal contract.
- 37-9-105 - Written notice of decision not to offer employee renewal contract; deadline for notification of nonreemployment.
- 37-9-107 - Repealed.
- 37-9-109 - Rights of employee receiving notice of nonrenewal generally; request for hearing; finality of decision.
- 37-9-111 - Hearing.
- 37-9-113 - Judicial review.
- 37-9-151 - Definitions.
- 37-9-153 - Design of plan of group health, hospitalization, and major medical insurance.
- 37-9-155 - and 37-9-157. Repealed.
- 37-9-201 - Definitions.
- 37-9-203 - Legislative findings.
- 37-9-205 - Establishment of beginning teacher support program.
- 37-9-207 - Application by school district to participate in program.
- 37-9-209 - Workshops to provide training for mentor teachers and beginning teachers.
- 37-9-211 - Selection, nature and extent of duties of mentor teachers.
- 37-9-213 - Powers and duties of Mississippi Teacher Center.
- 37-9-251 - Definitions; establishment under School Executive Management Institute; participation in program; mentoring program workshops; selection and duties of mentor principals.
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