vocational-technical education teachers by meeting the requirements fixed by the state board and approved by the United States for the preparation of such teachers. The state board shall reimburse institutions selected by it to train teachers of vocational subjects to an amount of not to exceed one-half of the expenditures made for such training by these institutions, provided that no federal funds may be applied directly or indirectly to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or equipment, or for the purchase or rental of lands or for the support of any religious or privately owned school or college. [Amended by Laws 1969, ch. 261, sec. 1, eff. May 1, 1969.]

SEC. 124.61. Teachers' training, federal aid.-All disbursements of federal money for the benefit of teacher training schools or departments shall be made on the requisition of the state board by the state treasurer to the legally constituted authorities having custody of the money of such training schools or departments. All disbursements of federal and state money for the benefit of vocational schools, departments, or classes shall be made on the requisition of the state board by the state treasurer to the treasurers legally qualified to receive and disburse the funds for the districts or governmental agencies establishing and maintaining such schools, departments, and classes as herein provided. [Laws 1959, Ex. Sess., ch. 71, art. V, sec. 49.]

SEC. 124.79. Elementary and secondary education, acceptance of federal funds.-The state board of education is designated as the state agency to apply for, receive, accept, and administer federal funds which are made available under Public Law 89-10, an act of the 89th Congress entitled "An Act to strengthen and improve educational quality and educational opportunities in the nation's elementary and secondary schools," cited as the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," and it shall comply with all requirements of such federal law or regulations to enable it to apply for, receive, and accept such funds.

The state board shall prescribe rules and regulations under which contracts, agreements, or arrangements may be made with agencies of the federal government for funds, services, commodities, or equipment to be made available to the schools, school systems, and educational institutions under the supervision or control of the state board, and such contracts, agreements, or arrangements shall be entered into in no other manner.

All arrangements under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and amendments thereto, for assignment of officers and employees of the state of Minnesota to the office of education of the federal government shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state board. [Laws 1965, ch. 879, sec. 1.]

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Public Aid For Nonpublic Schools

Education (art. 8).

SEC. 208. No religious or other sect or sects shall ever control any part of the school or other educational funds of this state; nor shall any funds be appropriated toward the support of any sectarian school, or to any school that at the time of receiving such appropriation is not conducted as a free school.

SEC. 213B. *** (e) The legislature may appropriate state funds and authorize counties, municipalities and other governmental subdivisions and districts to appropriate funds, including poll tax and sixteenth section funds, to aid educable children of this state to secure an education * * *

Compiler's Note.-See also STATUTORY PROVISIONS, APPROVALĮ SUPERVISION/SUPPORT, Ch. 51, sec. 37-51-1 through 37-51-21; COMPULSORY EDUCATION, Ch. 23, sec. 37-23-61 through 37-23-75; TEXTBOOKS, Ch. 43, secs. 37-43-1 through 37-43-51. Miscellaneous

Legislative Department (art. 3).

SEC. 90. The legislature shall not pass local, private, or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, but such matters shall be provided for only by general laws, viz.:

*** (p) Providing for the management or support of any private or common school, incorporating the same, or granting such school any privileges; * * *

STATUTORY PROVISIONS

Education (title 37).

Approval/Supervision/Support

Accreditation of Schools (ch. 17).

SEC. 37-17-7. Accreditation of nonpublic schools. -Any nonpublic school may, through its governing body, request that the state board of education accredit such institution, and the commission on school accreditation and the state board of education shall proceed likewise as in the case of a public school. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6244-23; Laws, 1970, ch. 366, sec. 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 3, 1970).]

SEC. 37-17-9. Accreditation by other agencies.-This chapter shall not be construed to establish the only accrediting agency in the State of Mississippi, and nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent any nonpublic school association or associations or group or groups from establishing its or their accrediting agency, unrelated to any such accrediting agency for public

schools as established by this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent such nonpublic school accrediting agency or agencies from functioning in such capacity. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6244-24; Laws, 1970, ch. 366, sec. 4, eff from and after passage (approved April 3, 1970).]

Financial Assistance to Children Attending
Nonsectarian Private Schools (ch. 51).

SEC. 37-51-1. Legislative declaration.-It is hereby determined and declared that the state reaffirms its commitment and dedication to public school education; that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed in any manner whatever to be an abandonment or impairment of public school education in this state; that the state calls upon all public school trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, and the public at large to continue full support of the public school system of this state; and that, especially during these difficult times, all school officials, administrators, teachers and others with primary responsibility for the public school system merit and need continued support and encouragement in their efforts. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-122; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 2, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-3. State educational finance commission shall administer chapter. The terms and provisions of this chapter shall be administered and executed by the state educational finance commission. For the purpose of this chapter, the term "commission" shall mean "state educational finance commission" except where the context clearly indicates otherwise. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-121; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 1, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-5. State educational loan fund created.-There shall be, and there is hereby, created in the state treasury, a special fund to be known as the "state educational loan fund." The said fund shall consist of such amounts as may be paid into said fund by appropriation and also such amounts as may be returned to said fund as repayments, both principal and interest, from loans provided for in this chapter. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-123; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 3, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-7. Duties and authority of the commission.-It shall be the duty of the commission to receive and pass upon, allow or disallow, all applications for loans made by students who desire to receive a secular education in any of the grades one through twelve in any school in this state constituting a bona fide school as defined in a general regulation of the commission, other than in the free public school system of this state, and who are acceptable for enrollment in any approved nonfree school system. The commission may make such investigation into the financial status of the parents of such students who apply for loans as it deems advisable, to determine the extent of the need for said loan. The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

The commission shall have the authority to grant loans from the "state educational loan fund” to such applicants as are qualified to receive them and on such terms as may be prescribed by regulation of the commission and by this chapter. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-124; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 4, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-9. "Secular education of children" defined.-The "secular education of children" as used in this chapter shall mean the education of children in those subjects, and only those subjects, which are required to be taught by state law to the same extent as those subjects are taught in the public schools of the state or which are provided in public schools throughout the state; it shall not include the education of children in any course in religion or any course expressing religious teaching or the morals or forms of worship of any sect. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-126; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 6, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-11. Eligibility of applicants.-In addition to the requirements set out in section 37-51-7, to be eligible for a loan an applicant must: (a) Be a bona fide actual resident of the state of Mississippi; and

(b) Attend any bona fide approved nonfree elementary or secondary school. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-125; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess. ch 27, sec. 5, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-13. Applications for loans; transfers.-An applicant shall not have to submit but one initial application for a loan; thereafter, he or she shall file a request for each additional year's loan amount up to the maximum amount allowed. Accompanying each said request shall be a certification from the school which applicant is attending certifying that the applicant is in attendance and in good standing.

Each application by or on behalf of said student shall be signed by and be made also in the name of the parent or legal guardian of said student if he or she be a minor. However, the parent or legal guardian shall not be considered the applicant for the purposes of the limitations in section 37-51-15.

In the event that the applicant transfers to another approved school within the state, he shall cause the certification to immediately go forth to the commission, setting out the school from which and to which he has transferred. [Sources: Codes, 1942, secs. 6248-126, 6248-127; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, secs. 6, 7, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-15. Limitations on amounts of loans.-Applicants who are granted loans may receive a loan in any amount, not exceeding two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) to any one applicant. Said amount is to be paid in annual, semiannual or quarterly installments not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) per school year, and shall be used to defray part of the applicant's tuition and other costs of attending said schools. The loans herein provided shall not exceed the limitations set out above, but they may be for any such lesser amounts as may be required. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-126; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 6, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-17. Contract agreeing to terms and conditions of loans; suits thereon.-Each applicant, if an adult, or his parent or legal guardian in his behalf, if a minor, before being granted a loan shall enter into a contract with the State of Mississippi agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan shall be made. Said contract shall include such terms and conditions as are necessary to carry out the full purpose and intent of this chapter. The form of said contract shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general of this state, and said contract shall be signed by the executive secretary of the commission.

The commission is hereby vested with full and complete authority to sue in its own name any applicant for any balance due the state on any such contract. Such suit shall be filed and conducted by the attorney general of the State of Mississippi, or by private counsel, which the commission is hereby authorized to employ for such purpose. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-127; Laws,

1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 7 eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-19. Repayment of loans.-Any loans made or granted to any applicant shall be made and based upon the following conditions of repayment:

(a) Repayment in full of the principal of the loan may be made at any time prior to three years after graduation from or termination of attendance in an approved school, plus simple interest at the rate of three percent per annum from the date of each payment made to applicant.

(b) Repayment of the principal of the loan after three years from the date of graduation from or termination of attendance in an approved school shall be with interest at the rate of four percent per annum from the date of each payment made to applicant. From and after the fourth year following graduation or termination of attendance in an approved school, the rate of interest to be paid on the remaining unpaid balance, after such fourth year, shall increase at the rate of one-half percent per annum to a maximum of eight percent.

(c) No applicant shall be entitled to more than twelve years after said graduation or termination of attendance in an approved school within which to repay said loan. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-128; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 8 eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

SEC. 37-51-21. Credits on loans. -The amount of any loan made or granted to any applicant shall be reduced by a credit at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum for each year from and after five years from the initial date of the granting of said loan that applicant continues to reside in the State of Mississippi.

In addition, the amount of said loan shall be reduced by a credit at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum for each year that applicant continues his education at any junior college, college or university within the State of Mississippi after his graduation or termination from secondary school. In addition, the amount of said loan shall be reduced by a credit at the rate of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per annum for each year that applicant resides within the state and teaches in any school system therein, beginning from the date of his certification or licensing by the state department of education to teach in any such system. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6248-128; Laws, 1969, Ex. Sess, ch. 27, sec. 8, eff from and after passage (approved September 19, 1969).]

Compiler's Note.-See also SPECIAL EDUCATION, Ch. 23, sec. 37-23-65; and MISCELLANEOUS, Ch. 27, sec. 37-27-35.

Compulsory Education

Curriculum, School Year and Attendance (School
Year and Attendance) (ch. 13).

SEC. 37-13-61. Date of opening of school term.-(1) The county board of education shall have the power and authority to fix the date for the opening of the school term in all schools in the county school system. The dates for the opening of the term shall be fixed by said county board of education at any regular or special meeting of such county board held at least twenty days prior to the date fixed for the opening of the term. The county board shall notify the board of trustees of each district in the county school system of the date so fixed for the opening of the term.

(2) The board of trustees of a municipal separate school district shall have the power and authority to fix the date for the opening and closing of the school term of all of the schools of the municipal separate school system. [Sources: Codes, 1942, secs. 6274-09, 6411-12; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 16, sec. 9; ch. 23, sec. 12, eff. from and after July 1, 1954.]

SEC. 37-13-63. School term.-(1) All schools in the county school system shall be kept in session for at least one hundred fifty-five days in each scholastic year. However, the board of trustees of any school district may,

with the approval of the county board of education, divide the school term and have such portions of same as it deems proper taught at any time during the scholastic year. In such case, the board of trustees of the school district shall notify the county board of education of the division of the term and of the times during the year which the school shall be operated.

(2) All schools of the municipal separate school district shall be maintained and operated for an equal length of time each year and shall be kept in session for at least one hundred fifty-five days in each scholastic year. [Sources: Codes, 1942, secs. 6274-10, 6411-12; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 16, sec. 10; ch. 23, sec. 12, eff from and after July 1, 1954.]

Public Schools-Records, Enrollment and Transfer of Pupils (ch. 15).

SEC. 37-15-9. Enrollment of pupils.-No child shall be enrolled or admitted to any school which is a part of the free public school system during any school year unless such child will reach his sixth birthday on or before January 1st of said school year. No pupil shall be permanently enrolled in a school in the State of Mississippi who formerly was enrolled in another school within the state until the cumulative record of said pupil shall have been received from the school from which he transferred. Should such record have become lost or destroyed, then it shall be the duty of the superintendent or principal of the school where the pupil last attended school to initiate a new record. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6225-03; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 24, sec. 3, eff from and after July 1, 1954.]

Special Education

Education of Exceptional Children (ch. 23). (Financial Assistance to Exceptional Children Attending Private or Parochial Schools) SEC. 37-23-61. "Child of educable or trainable mind” defined.—As used in sections 37-23-61 to 37-23-75, a child of educable or trainable mind shall be any child who cannot pursue regular classwork due to reasons of defective hearing, vision, speech, mental retardation, or other mental or physical conditions as determined by competent medical authorities and psychologists. Said medical authorities and psychologists shall be approved by the state department of education. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6631-54; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sec. 4, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

SEC. 37-23-63. Eligibility to receive state financial assistance.-Every child who is a resident citizen of the State of Mississippi of educable or trainable mind, under twenty-one years of age, who has not finished or graduated from high school, and who is in attendance in a private or parochial school, shall be eligible and entitled to receive state financial assistance in the amount set forth in section 37-23-69. [Sources: Codes, 1942, section 6631-51; Laws 1971, ch. 304, sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

SEC. 37-23-65. General powers and duties of the state board of education.-The state department of education is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations for the payment of such financial assistance and the administration of sections 37-23-61 to 37-23-75 generally. The state department of education shall have the authority to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations establishing standards for administration of the program contemplated by sections 37-23-61 to 37-23-75, consistent with the maintenance of high quality programs for the benefit of the exceptional children served. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sections 6631-52, 6631-54; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sections 2, 4, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

SEC. 37-23-67. Receipt and administration of funds.-The state department of education shall have the power to receive and administer all funds for or hereafter appropriated to, provided for, or otherwise accruing to, the state department of education for the purpose of providing financial assistance to students attending private or parochial schools, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the administration of sections 37-23-61 to 37-23-75, and for any and all purposes necessary or proper for the administration of the provisions

of said sections. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6631-52; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1971.1

SEC. 37-23-69. Determination and payment of financial assistance.-The state department of education shall have the power to determine and pay the amount of the financial assistance to be made available to each applicant, and in so doing to prescribe classifications of applicants and programs developed, and to prescribe that all applicants having the same classification shall receive equal financial assistance. No financial assistance shall exceed the obligation actually incurred by the applicant. No applicant shall receive more than six hundred dollars ($600.00) per school year from available state funds. The state department of education may also provide for the payment of such financial assistance in installments and for proration of such financial assistance in the case of children attending school less than a full school year. [Sources: Laws, 1973, ch. 329, sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1973. Codes, 1942, sec. 6631-52; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

SEC. 37-23-71. Commitments for payment of financial assistance.--Upon approving the application for financial assistance, the state department of education shall issue its commitment in writing to the parent or guardian of, or person standing in loco parentis to the applicant, which said commitment shall be for a specified amount for each day. Payments made under such commitment shall be made by the department, in accordance with the terms of the commitment, and each commitment shall be conditioned upon the applicant's attendance in accordance with his application and the provisions of sections 37-23-61 to 37-23-75. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6631-52; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

SEC. 37-23-73. Hearings on denials of financial assistance; appeals.—In the event of disapproval by the state department of education of an application for financial assistance payable from department funds, the department shall give notice to the applicant, through the parent or guardian of, or person standing in loco parentis to, the applicant, by certified mail. Any applicant, through the parent or guardian of, or the person standing in loco parentis to, the applicant, may, within ten days after receipt of such notice, apply to the state board of education for a hearing, and shall be given a prompt and fair hearing on the question of entitlement to such financial assistance. The board shall render prompt decision upon such hearing. If the board shall affirm the previous action of disapproval of the application, notice shall be given to the applicant, through the parent or guardian of, or the person standing in loco parentis to, the applicant, by certified mail. Any applicant aggrieved by the action of the board may, through the parent or guardian of, or the person standing in loco parentis to, the applicant, within ten days after receipt of such notice, file a petition in the chancery court of the county in which applicant resides for a hearing in the matter on all questions of fact and of law. The petition shall be served upon the state superintendent of public education. Within thirty days after service of the petition, the board shall prepare and deposit a certified transcript of the record in the case in the office of the clerk of the court which record shall include a copy of the application and any official findings, orders and rulings of the board in the case. The state board of education shall have thirty days after the service of the petition within which to appear and file exceptions, answers or other pleadings. Additional time for preparation of the certified transcript of the record and for appearing and filing exceptions, answers or other pleadings may be granted to the board by order of the court. The court, after considering the law, the pleadings and such evidence as may be adduced in the case, may modify, affirm or reverse the findings of the board and make, issue and enter its judgment accordingly. Appeal from any such judgment shall be subject to the procedures applicable to appeals in ordinary civil actions. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6631-52; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

SEC. 37-23-75. Violations; penalty.-It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain, seek to obtain, expend, or seek to expend, any financial assistance funds for any purpose other than in payment of or reimbursement for the tuition costs for the attendance of his child or ward at a private or parochial

school. A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment for not more than six months in jail, or both. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6631-53; Laws, 1971, ch. 304, sec. 3, eff from and after July 1, 1971.]

Curriculum

Curriculum, School Year, and Attendance (ch. 13).

SEC. 37-13-45. Drug education program-development by state board of education.-The state board of education is hereby authorized to develop a program of drug education to be used in every school district of the state which shall be directed toward students, in both public and nonpublic schools, adults and community organizations. [Sources: Laws, 1973, ch. 453, sec. 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 29, 1973).]

SEC. 37-13-51. Drug education program-responsibilities of state department of education.-(b) The state department of education and the state agency established under Section 409 of Public Law 92-255 shall have the joint responsibility of developing a drug education curriculum to be used in the public schools of the state, and be made available to all nonpublic schools.

Driver Education and Training (ch. 25).

SEC. 37-25-3. Establishing and maintaining driver education and training program.-The school board of any school district maintaining a secondary school which includes any of the grades nine through twelve inclusive, may, in its discretion, establish and maintain driver education and training programs for pupils enrolled in the day secondary schools in that district. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6232-72; Laws, 1962, ch. 341, sec. 2, eff from and after passage (approved May 26, 1962).]

SEC. 37-25-13. Maximum allowance for the cost of driver education and training. The state superintendent of public education shall allow to each school district an amount equal to the actual cost, but in no case to exceed forty dollars ($40.00) per pupil completing the course in the driver education and training programs in that school district during the preceding fiscal year in accordance with the regulations set forth by the state board of education to the school districts for instructing pupils in driver education and training. However, during the first year of a school district's participation in an approved driver education program, the state board of education may advance to the school district an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the estimated cost for that year.

No allowance shall be made under this section for the instruction of pupils in driver education and training unless the respective school district has complied with the rules and regulations as set forth by the state board of education governing the establishment, conduct and scope of driver education and training. [Sources: Codes, 1942, secs. 6232-77, 6232-78, 6232-87; Laws, 1962, ch. 341, secs. 7, 8, 17, eff from and after passage (approved May 26, 1962).]

Textbooks

Textbooks (ch. 43).

SEC. 37-43-1. Declaration of intent.-This chapter is intended to furnish a plan for the adoption, purchase, distribution, care and use of free textbooks to be loaned to the pupils in all elementary and high schools of Mississippi. The books herein provided by the state textbook purchasing board shall be distributed and loaned free of cost to the children of the free public schools of the state and of all other schools located in the state, which maintain educational standards equivalent to the standards established by the state department of education for the state schools.

The free textbooks to be purchased and distributed for use in the high schools in the state as provided in this chapter shall be furnished to the pupils

during each school session. [Sources: Codes, 1942, secs. 6656, 6658; Laws, 1940, ch. 202; 1942, ch. 152; 1944, ch. 149, sec. 1.]

SEC. 37-43-33. Purchase of books.-Any parent, person or school board in any community of the state may purchase books from the county superintendent of education or depository, who is given authority to sell books under the provisions of this chapter. The price of the books so ordered or bought shall be paid in advance, said price to be the same as the contract price, plus whatever postage or delivery charges might accrue.

The county superintendent of education or depository shall keep a detailed record of all such sales and shall forward in quarterly payments all such funds received for books to the executive secretary of the board to be placed to the credit of the state textbook fund. Said executive secretary shall furnish the county superintendent or depository with a receipt for the money received, and said county superintendent or depository shall keep such receipt as part of his public record. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6643; Laws, 1940, ch. 202.]

SEC. 37-43-41. State textbook fund. -The state textbook fund of Mississippi shall consist of the amount or amounts appropriated by the legislature for the same, all monies accruing from the sale of disused books, all monies derived from the purchase of books by both public and private school trustees, and by private individuals, all monies collected in damage suits under the terms of this chapter, and all other monies collected in any way whatsoever under the terms of this chapter. [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6648; Laws, 1940, ch. 202.]

SEC. 37-43-51. Reports required from non-public schools receiving free textbooks.-The management of all private, parochial or denominational schools wherein the board is furnishing to the students thereof free school textbooks and said free school textbooks are used by the students in said school, shall file annually with the county superintendent of education wherein said school is located on or before July 1 of each year a report showing the number of students receiving instruction, the number of students in regular attendance, the number of teachers employed and any other facts required by the state board of education as will show the grade, character and amount of educational work actually done in said school.

Any person required by this section to do so who shall refuse, neglect or fail to file the report herein required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). [Sources: Codes, 1942, sec. 6658-02; Laws, 1946, secs. 1, 2.]

Records and Reports

Public Schools-Records, Enrollment, and
Transfer of Pupils (ch. 15).

SEC. 37-15-33. Standardized tests for transfer students.-All students seeking to transfer from any school, public or private, within or outside of the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, to a public school within the state shall be required to take a standardized test to determine the grade and class to which the pupil shall be assigned at the time of pupil transfer.

Compiler's Note.-See also TEXTBOOKS, Ch. 43, sec. 37-43-51.

Federal Aid

General Provisions Pertaining to Education (ch. 11).

SEC. 37-11-7. Acceptance of the National School Lunch Act.-The State of Mississippi does hereby accept and avail itself of all the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled on June 4, 1946, known as the "National School Lunch Act," chapter 281, 60 Stat 230.

The State Department of Education is hereby designated and appointed as the state agency in Mississippi to carry out and execute the functions and duties required of a state educational agency under the terms and provisions of said act and to administer the funds made available by the federal government for the school lunch program for and in the State of Mississippi under the