MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VIII
EDUCATION
§201 | FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Footnotes
The 1987 amendment of Section 201 in Article 8 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1987, ch. 671 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 9), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was made a part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987.
§202 | STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
(2) From and after July 1, 1984, there shall be a State Superintendent of Public Education who shall be appointed by the State Board of Education, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve at the board’s will and pleasure. He shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by law. He shall be the chief administrative officer for the State Department of Education and shall administer the department in accordance with the policies established by the State Board of Education. He shall perform such other duties and receive such compensation as shall be prescribed by law.
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§203 | STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
(2) From and after July 1, 1984, there shall be a State Board of Education which shall manage and invest school funds according to law, formulate policies according to law for implementation by the State Department of Education, and perform such other duties as prescribed by law. The board shall consist of nine (9) members of which none shall be an elected official. The Governor shall appoint one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Northern Supreme Court District and who shall serve an initial term of one (1) year, one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Central Supreme Court District and who shall serve an initial term of five (5) years, one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Southern Supreme Court District and who shall serve an initial term of nine (9) years, one (1) member who shall be employed on an active and full-time basis as a school administrator and who shall serve an initial term of three (3) years, and one (1) member who shall be employed on an active and full-time basis as a schoolteacher and who shall serve an initial term of seven (7) years. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint two (2) members from the state at large, one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of four (4) years and one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of eight (8) years. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two (2) members from the state at large, one (1) of who shall serve an initial term of two (2) years and one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of six (6) years. The initial terms of appointees shall begin on July 1, 1984, and all subsequent appointments shall begin on the first day of July for a term of (9) years and continue until their successors are appointed and qualify. An appointment to fill a vacancy which arises for reasons other than by expiration of a term of office shall be for the unexpired term only. The Legislature shall by general law prescribe the compensation which members of the board shall be entitled to receive. All members shall be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate and no members shall be actively engaged in the educational profession except as stated above.
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§204 | COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION
§205 | REPEALED
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The repeal of Section 205 of Article 8 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1987, ch. 671 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 9), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987.
§206 | STATE COMMON-SCHOOL FUND; ADDITIONAL TAX LEVY BY DISTRICT
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§206A | ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
(b) Any and all monies received by the state from the development, production and utilization of oil and gas resources under state-owned lands or from severed state-owned minerals, except for the following portions of such monies:
(B) clean-up, remedial or abatement actions involving pollution as a result86 of oil or gas exploration or production;
(C) management or protection of state waters, land and wildlife; or
(D) acquisition of additional waters and land; and
(iii) Monies derived from lands or minerals administered in trust for any state institution of higher learning or administered therefor by the head of any such institution;
(d) All such monies from any other source whatsoever as the Legislature shall, in its discretion, so appropriate or shall, by general law, so direct.
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Laws, 1986, ch. 399, § 2, effective July 1, 1986, provides as follows:
“Upon the effective date of this act, any funds, including interest earned thereon, to the credit of the special fund for the administration of the Mineral Lease Division of the Department of Natural Resources and to the credit of the Gulf and Wildlife Protection Fund, which are in excess of the amounts set forth in Section 29-7-3 to be used for the purposes prescribed therein, shall be transferred into the Education Trust Fund created in Section 206-A, Mississippi Constitution of 1890.”
§207 | REPEALED
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The repeal of Section 207 of Article 8 of the Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1977, ch. 587 (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 557), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 7, 1978, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 22, 1978.
§208 | CONTROL OF FUNDS BY RELIGIOUS SECT; CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS PROHIBITED
§209 | INSTITUTIONS FOR EDUCATION OF DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND
§210 | SALE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES
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§211 | SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS
(2) Notwithstanding any limitation on the terms of leases provided in subsection (1) of this section, the Legislature may provide, by general law, for leases on liquid, solid or gaseous minerals with terms coextensive with the operations to produce such minerals.
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The 1986 amendment to Section 211 of Article 8 of the Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 537 (ch. 643) of the 1986 regular session of the Legislature and, upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 1986, was inserted as a part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on November 20, 1986.
The 1992 amendment of Section 211 in Article 8 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, was proposed by Laws, 1992, ch. 591 (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 552), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1992, was inserted as part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 8, 1992.
§212 | INTEREST RATE ON CHICKASAW SCHOOL FUND AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUNDS
§213 | AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES
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§213A | STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
The Legislature shall provide by law for the appointment of a trustee for the La Bauve Fund at the University of Mississippi and for the perpetuation of such fund.
Such board shall have the power and authority to elect the heads of the various institutions of higher learning, and contract with all deans, professors and other members of the teaching staff, and all administrative employees of the institutions for a term not exceeding four (4) years; but the board may terminate any such contract at any time for malfeasance, inefficiency or contumacious conduct, but never for political reasons.
Nothing herein contained shall in any way limit or take away the power the Legislature had and possessed, if any, at the time of the adoption of this amendment, to consolidate, abolish or change the status of any of the above named institutions.92
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The 1987 amendment of Section 213A in Article 8 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, was proposed by Laws, 1987, ch. 673 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 19), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was inserted as part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987.
Section 37-117-1 changed the name of Mississippi State College for Women to Mississippi University for Women.
Section 37-121-1 changed the name of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College to Alcorn State University.
Section 37-123-1 changed the name of Delta State College to Delta State University.
The 2002 amendment of Section 213A was proposed by Laws, 2002, ch. 703 (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 522), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 4, 2003, was inserted as part of the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 2003.
§213B | REPEALED
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The repeal of Section 213B of Article 8 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 was proposed by Laws, 1987, ch. 671 (House Concurrent Resolution No. 9), and upon ratification by the electorate on November 3, 1987, was deleted from the Constitution by proclamation of the Secretary of State on December 4, 1987.
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