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Organization of state department of education

Certification of teachers and administrators

Office and seal of department

Section
37-3-3.1

State Department of Education board room designated the Senator Grey Ferris Board Room

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

General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department

Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities

Studies and reports by department of education relating to teaching out of fields and mastery of subject matters

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 and compensation of deputy superintendents, associate superintendents, directors and other employees; exemption of personnel actions of State Department of Education from State Personnel Board procedures for limited time period

Sections
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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed

Sections
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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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 §§ 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