Mississippi State Board of Education Policy Manual

The Mississippi State Board of Education adopts rules and regulations and set standards and policies for the organization, operation, management, planning, budgeting and programs of the Mississippi Department of Education.

Organization Part 2

Chapter 1 State Department of Education

Rule 1.1 Organization of State Department
Rule 1.2 Seal
Rule 1.3 Responsibilities

Chapter 2 State Board of Education

Rule 2.1 Organization of State Board
Rule 2.2 Responsibilities of State Board
Rule 2.3 Student Representatives of the Mississippi State Board of Education

Board Policies Part 3

Chapter 1 Accountability

Rule 1.1 Educational Accountability
Rule 1.2 School Performance and Accountability Subcommittee and Internal Accountability Subcommittee
Rule 1.3 Bureaus of Internal Audit and Program Evaluation

Chapter 2 Accreditation

Rule 2.1 Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards
Rule 2.2 Conservatorship (Repealed 07/2022)
Rule 2.3 Grading
Rule 2.4 First Administration of Statewide Assessments – (Repealed 3/2015)

Chapter 3 Administrative Expense Reduction

Rule 3.1 Administrative Expense Reduction

Chapter 4 Administrative Procedures Act

Rule 4.1 Administrative Procedures Act
Rule 4.2 Hearing Procedure and Declaratory Opinions
Rule 4.2.1 Declaratory Opinions

Chapter 5 Agenda, State Board of Education

Rule 5.1 Agenda, State Board of Education (Repealed November 2021)

Chapter 6 Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review

Rule 6.1 Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Guidelines
Rule 6.2 National Accreditation for Mississippi Educator Preparation Providers (EPPs)

Chapter 7 Alternate Education Programs

Rule 7.1 Guidelines
Rule 7.2 GED Standards

Chapter 8 Approvals, Non-public

Rule 8.1 Approvals, Non-public

Chapter 9 Attendance Reporting

Rule 9.1 Attendance Report
Rule 9.2 Reporting Attendance for Virtual Learning
Rule 9.3 Designated School-Wide/District-Wide Virtual Learning Days

Chapter 10 Subrecipient Single Audit Resolution

Rule 10.1 Subrecipient Single Audit Resolution

Chapter 11 Awards

Rule 11.1 Administrator
Rule 11.2 Parent
Rule 11.3 Teacher

Chapter 12 Board of Education Operations

Rule 12.1 Agenda
Rule 12.2 Compensation for Travel
Rule 12.3 Executive Sessions
Rule 12.4 Meetings
Rule 12.5 Minutes
Rule 12.6 Officer’s Duties
Rule 12.7 Rules of Order
Rule 12.8 Voting Procedures

Chapter 13 Calendar (Repealed 09/2012)

Chapter 14 Certification

Rule 14.1 Administrator Preparation (Repealed 072022)
Rule 14.2 Administrator Process and Performance Review (Repealed 04/2011)
Rule 14.3 Assistant Teacher Program (Repealed 02/2012)
Rule 14.4 Agreement, NASDTEC
Rule 14.5 Armed Forces Activation (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.6 Licensure Commission, Discipline Procedures, Hearings and Appeals
Rule 14.7 Nursery through First Grade (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.8 Postsecondary Licensure (Vocational) (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.9 Regulations
Rule 14.10 Procedures for Reporting Infractions
Rule 14.11 Skills, K-8 Mathematics (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.12 Teacher Process and Performance Review (Repealed 4/2011)
Rule 14.13 Review (Repealed 4/2011)
Rule 14.14 Licensure Guidelines Tech Prep Discovery Courses (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.15 Supplemental Endorsements for ITC and STEM Application Courses (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.16 New Endorsement Code 193 for Economics (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 14.17 Mississippi Educator Code of Ethics
Rule 14.18 Code of Ethics Standards
Rule 14.19 Educator and Principal Evaluation Systems
Rule 14.20 National Accreditation for Mississippi Educator Preparation Providers (EPPs) (Repealed 07/2022)
Rule 14.21 Mississippi Assistant Teacher Requirements

Chapter 15 Character Education

Rule 15.1 Character Education

Chapter 16 Charter Schools (Repealed 7/22)

Rule 16.1 Charter Schools (Repealed 7/22)

Chapter 17 Child Nutrition

Rule 17.1 Administrators
Rule 17.2 Competitive Food
Rule 17.3 Family Day Care Homes
Rule 17.4 Day Care Homes Management Plans
Rule 17.5 District Application
Rule 17.6 Eligibility Monitoring and Management (Child Care Program)
Rule 17.7 Family Day Care
Rule 17.8 Purchasing System, Food Purchasing System for Public Schools
Rule 17.9 Termination Day Care Sponsors
Rule 17.10 Smart Snacks Standards for All Foods and Beverages Sold in Mississippi Schools

Chapter 18 Children First Act of 2009 (Repealed 06/2022)

Rule 18.1 Children First Act (CFA) Annual Report (Repealed 06/2022)

Chapter 19 Class Size

Rule 19.1 Class Size

Chapter 20 College Admission

Rule 20.1 College Admission

Chapter 21 Communicable Diseases (Repealed 8/22)

Rule 21.1 Communicable Diseases (Repealed 8/22)

Chapter 22 Consolidate Applications (Federal Funds) (Repealed 1/2012)

Chapter 23 Contracts

Rule 23.1 Contracts

Chapter 24 Contracts, Teacher

Rule 24.1 Contract of Employment with Mississippi Public School Districts for Assistant Superintendent, Principal and Licensed Employee
Rule 24.2 Contingent Contract of Employment with Mississippi Public School Districts

Chapter 25 Conversion Charter Schools (Repealed 7/2022)

Rule 25.1 Conversion Charter Schools (Repealed 7/2022)

Chapter 26 Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements

Rule 26.1 Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements

Chapter 27 Criminal Background Checks

Rule27.1 Criminal Records Background Checks on Applicants for Employment

Chapter 28 Curriculum

Rule 28.1 Curriculum Guides
Rule 28.2 Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools
Rule 28.3 Access to a Substantive and Rigorous Curriculum Policy
Rule 28.4 Early Learning Guidelines for Four Year Old Children
Rule 28.5 Credit Recovery Policy
Rule 28.6 Essentials for College Math and Essentials for College Literacy Requirements
Rule 28.7 Districts of Innovation and Schools of Innovation
Rule 28.8 Mississippi Seal of Biliteracy

Chapter 29 Driver Education

Rule 29.1 Driver Education

Chapter 30 Dropout Prevention

Rule 30.1 Compulsory School Attendance
Rule 30.2 Reporting Unexcused Absences
Rule 30.3 Compulsory School Attendance (Repealed 5/2010)
Rule 30.4 Truancy Rate Definition, Calculation and Rate
Rule 30.5 Dropout Prevention Plan
Rule 30.6 Youth Detention Center Educational Provisions
Rule 30.7 Home School Guidelines
Rule 30.8 Educational Stability for Students in Foster Care

Chapter 31 Drug Testing, State Department of Education Staff

Rule 31.1 Drug Testing, State Department of Education Staff

Chapter 32 Education Enhancement Funds

Rule 32.1 Education Enhancement Funds

Chapter 33 Equity Funding (Repealed 1/2011)

Chapter 34 Functional Literacy Exam (Repealed 6/2012)

Rule 34.1 Functional Literacy Exam – Renamed and Renumbered to Rule 36.3

Chapter 35 Gifted

Rule 35.1 Gifted

Chapter 36 Graduation Requirements

Rule 36.1 Graduation Requirements (Repealed 7/2012)
Rule 36.2 Policies for Subject Area Testing
Rule 36.3 Policies for Carnegie Unit Credit
Rule 36.4 Assessment Required for Graduation
Rule 36.5 Additional Assessment Options for Meeting End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment Requirements
Rule 36.6 Optional Graduation Requirement for Students Displaced by a Federally or Nationally Declared Natural Disaster

Chapter 37 Grants/Subgrants

Rule 37.1 Grants/Subgrants

Chapter 38 Healthy and Safe Schools

Rule 38.1 School Violence Reporting
Rule 38.2 Behavior Modifications Programs
Rule 38.3 Beverage Regulations (Repealed November 2021)
Rule 38.4 Snack Regulation (Repealed November 2021)
Rule 38.5 Minimum Training Standards
Rule 38.6 School Resource Officer Basic Course (Repealed 3/2012)
Rule 38.7 School Safety Officer Basic Course (Repealed 3/2012)
Rule 38.8 School Nurse Procedures and Standards of Care
Rule 38.9 Criteria for School Nurse (Registered Nurse) and Licensed Practical Nurse Working in the School Setting
Rule 38.10 Recommended Non-Binding Mississippi School Nurse Salary Schedule
Rule 38.11 Nutrition Standards
Rule 38.12 Physical Education/Comprehensive Health Education Rules and Regulations
Rule 38.12.1 Appendix
Rule 38.13 Restraint and Seclusion

Chapter 39 Historical Sites (Restoration)

Rule 39.1 Historical Sites (Restoration)

Chapter 40 McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Dispute Resolution Procedure

Rule 40.1 McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Dispute Resolution Procedure

Chapter 41 Intervention

Rule 41.1 Intervention

Chapter 42 Kindergarten Guidelines

Rule 42.1 Kindergarten Guidelines

Chapter 43 Construction Regulations (Repealed 9/2012)

Chapter 44 Leadership and Professional Development

Rule 44.1 Leadership and Professional Development

Chapter 45 Legislative Recommendations

Rule 45.1 Legislative Recommendations

Chapter 46 Level 1 and 2 Districts Consolidated Applications (Repealed 1/2012)

Chapter 47 Long Term Substitutes (Repealed 4/2007)

Chapter 48 MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program)

Rule 48.1 Section 504 Teacher Units
Rule 48.2 Special Education Teacher Approval
Rule 48.3 Teacher Selection
Rule 48.4 Withholding Funds
Rule 48.5 Effective At-Risk Programs
Rule 48.6 Selection of Successful School District
Rule 48.7 Determination of “inordinately large numbers of absentees”

Chapter 49 Miscellaneous

Rule 49.1 Partnership with Regional Education Service Agencies

Chapter 50 Mississippi Adequate Education Capital Improvement Section (Repealed 8/22)

Rule 50.1 Mississippi Adequate Education Capital Improvement Section (Repealed 8/22)

Chapter 51 Mississippi Recovery School District

Rule 51.1 Mississippi Recovery School District

Chapter 52 Consolidation of School Districts

Rule 52.1 Consolidation of School Districts

Chapter 53 New Start School Program Regulations (Repealed 6/2022)

Rule 53.1 New Start School Program Regulations (Repealed 6/2022)

Chapter 54 Lampton Auditorium, MS Schools for the Arts

Rule 54.1 Lampton Auditorium, MS School for the Arts

Chapter 55 Information and Operational Technology

Rule 55.1 Office of Technology and Strategic Services
Rule 55.2 Data Classification Policy

Chapter 56 Distance Learning, Blended Learning, and Online Courses

Rule 56.1 Distance Learning, Blended Learning, and Online Courses
Rule 56.2 Virtual Students

Chapter 57 Monthly Attendance Reports

Rule 57.1 Monthly Attendance Reports

Chapter 58 Non-Public Approval (Repealed 9/2012)

Chapter 59 Paperwork Reduction

Rule 59.1 Paperwork Reduction (Repealed November 2021)

Chapter 60 Parent Awards (Repealed 9/2012)

Chapter 61 Probation (Conservatorship) (Repealed 09/2012)

Chapter 62 Public School Funding

Rule 62.1 Applications
Rule 62.2 Application Evaluation
Rule 62.3 Division of $10,000,000
Rule 62.4 Hearing Procedures
Rule 62.5 Historical Sites (Repealed 03/2012)
Rule 62.6 Kindergarten Classrooms (Repealed 03/2012)
Rule 62.7 Regulations
Rule 62.8 Roofing Requirements
Rule 62.9 Relocatable Classrooms
Rule 62.10 Staff Signatures

Chapter 63 Request for Information

Rule 63.1 Public Records Request

Chapter 64 Qualified Zone Academy Bonds

Rule 64.1 Qualified Zone Academy Bonds

Chapter 65 Reading Improvement Program (Repealed 8/2022)

Rule 65.1 Reading Improvement Program (Repealed 2/2012)
Rule 65.2 Assistance Teacher Program Regulations (Repealed 8/2022)

Chapter 66 Recruitment

Rule 66.1 Recruitment

Chapter 67 Remediation

Rule 67.1 University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program
Rule 67.2 State (Repealed 5/2010)
Rule 67.3 Federal

Chapter 68 Residency Verification

Rule 68.1 Residency Verification

Chapter 69 Sabbaticals

Rule 69.1 Sabbaticals

Chapter 70 Mississippi Criteria for Designation of Geographical Shortage Areas

Rule 70.1 Mississippi Criteria for Designation of Geographical Shortage Areas

Chapter 71 School Business Officials

Rule 71.2 Licensure of School Business Administrator
Rule 71.3 Required Monthly Reports to be furnished to Local School Board

Chapter 72 School Executive Management Institute

Rule 72.1 School Executive Management Institute

Chapter 73 School Records (Repealed 6/2022)

Rule 73.1 School Records (Repealed 6/2022)

Chapter 74 Special Education

Rule 74.1 Educable Child Program
Rule 74.2 Teacher Unit Approval (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.3 Teacher Unit Allocation
Rule 74.4 Hearing Procedures, IDEA
Rule 74.5 Hearing Officer Fees
Rule 74.6 Transportation Management of Students with Disabilities
Rule 74.7 State Application Preschool (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.8 University Based Programs
Rule 74.9 504 Program (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.10 Special Grant Selection Criteria
Rule 74.11 Exemptions, Maximum Enrollment (Repealed 3/2014)
Rule 74.12 Extended School Year
Rule 74.13 Medicaid Placements (Repealed 3/2014)
Rule 74.14 Pooling State Funds
Rule 74.15 Preschool (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.16 Referral to Placement Process (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.17 Resource Program Numbers (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.18 State Plan (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.19 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
Rule 74.20 Testing Students with Disabilities Regulations (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 74.21 Education Scholarship Account

Chapter 75 Students

Rule 75.1 Residency Verification (Repealed 6/2016 – See Chapter 68 Residency Verification)

Chapter 76 Teachers

Rule 76.1 Awards
Rule 76.2 Contracts (Repealed 1/21/2011)
Rule 76.3 Experience
Rule 76.4 Housing
Rule 76.5 Moving Expense
Rule 76.6 University Assisted Teacher Recruitment and Retention Grant Program
Rule 76.7 Selection (under MAEP (4903) (Repealed 8/22)
Rule 76.8 Teacher Unit Approval under Section 504 (Repealed 9/2011)
Rule 76.9 Process and Performance Review (Repealed 4/15/2011)
Rule 76.10 West Tallahatchie Rental Housing (Repealed November 2021)

Chapter 77 Technology Plan (Monitoring)

Rule 77.1 Technology Plan (Monitoring) (Repealed November 2021)

Chapter 78 Testing

Rule 78.1 Assessment of Special Populations
Rule 78.2 FLE (Repealed 5/25/2010)
Rule 78.3 FLE Test Disclosure (Repealed 5/25/2010)
Rule 78.4 Grade 3 and 7 Benchmarks for the MCT (Repealed 5/18/2007)
Rule 78.5 Graphing Calculators Required (Repealed 08/2012)
Rule 78.6 Norm Referenced (Repealed 5/25/2010)
Rule 78.7 Schedule
Rule 78.8 Setting Subject-Level Standards for State Assessments
Rule 78.9 Qualifying Score on FLE (Repealed 5/25/2010)
Rule 78.10 Subject Area Testing Program Appeals Process (Repealed 6/2022)
Rule 78.11 Guidelines for Mississippi’s Implementation of the Locally Selected, Nationally Recognized, High School Assessment Provision of ESSA.

Chapter 79 Textbooks

Rule 79.1 Selection and Adoptions
Rule 79.2 Regulations

Chapter 80 Title Programs

Rule 80.1 Title I Complaint Procedures
Rule 80.2 Title I Administrative Limit 20%
Rule 80.3 Program Improvement
Rule 80.4 Equitable Services Dispute Resolution Policy

Chapter 81 Transportation

Rule 81.1 Bids
Rule 81.2 Drivers
Rule 81.3 In-Service Driver Training/Motor Vehicle Record Check
Rule 81.4 Basic Job Description and Responsibilities
Rule 81.5 Employment Process
Rule 81.5 Appendix A
Rule 81.6 Minimum Qualification
Rule 81.7 Inspection of Buses (Emergency Removal)
Rule 81.8 Transportation Management of Students with Disabilities (Repealed 6/2022)
Rule 81.9 Inspection of Buses (Repealed 3/2012)
Rule 81.10 Leased Buses
Rule 81.11 Pupil Transportation Guide
Rule 81.12 Repair Shops
Rule 81.13 Seat Belts
Rule 81.14 Use of Buses/Special Events
Rule 81.15 Minimum Standards and School Bus Specifications

Chapter 82 Violence

Rule 82.1 Violence
Rule 82.2 School Violence (Repealed 3/2012)

Chapter 83 Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 83.1 Equity Requirements (Repealed 10/2011)
Rule 83.2 Career and Technical Education Ongoing Program Parameters
Rule 83.3 Mississippi Practical Nursing Program
Rule 83.4 Program Definitions for Career and Technical Education

Chapter 84 Vocational General Administration (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 84.1 Appeals Procedures for Career Technical Planning
Rule 84.2 Articulation of Career and Technical Education Programs
Rule 84.3 Assurance of Equal Access to Career and Technical Education Programs
Rule 84.4 Closures of Non-State Plan Programs
Rule 84.5 Closures of Career and Technical Ongoing Programs
Rule 84.6 Post-Secondary Career and Technical Education Course Designations
Rule 84.7 Designation of Agents for the Delivery of Career and Technical Education Services
Rule 84.8 Evaluation and Improvement of Career and Technical Education Program
Rule 84.9 Career and Technical Education Live Work Projects
Rule 84.10 Local Advisory Councils and Crafts Committees
Rule 84.11 Local Plan for Career and Technical Education
Rule 84.12 New Program Approval for Career and technical Ongoing Programs
Rule 84.13 Non-State Plan Programs for Career and Technical Education
Rule 84.14 Career Programs Standards
Rule 84.15 Public Hearings – Career and Technical Education
Rule 84.16 State Plan for Career and Technical Education
Rule 84.17 Statistical Data
Rule 84.18 Appeals Procedures for Career Technical Education Data Reporting

Chapter 85 Vocational Annual Operating Budget (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 85.1 Allocation of Career and Technical Education Non-State Plan Funds
Rule 85.2 Allocation of Career and Technical Education Plan Funds
Rule 85.3 Hearings on Plans
Rule 85.4 Maximum Reimbursement Salary Schedule
Rule 85.5 Other State Funds for Career and Technical Education Support
Rule 85.6 Reimbursement of Local Personnel Career Technical Education Salaries
Rule 85.7 Career and Technical Education Funding Sources

Chapter 86 Vocational Assignment (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 86.1 Local Career Counselor
Rule 86.2 Local Career and Technical Education CTE Administrator
Rule 86.3 Assignment Schedule of Local CTE Personnel
Rule 86.4 Work Based Learning Coordinator (Repealed 10/2011)

Chapter 87 Certification of Basic Skills Training and/or Retraining for Tax Credit

Rule 87.1 Certification of Basic Skills Training and/or Retraining for Tax Credit

Chapter 88 Postsecondary Licensure Guidelines

Rule 88.1 Postsecondary Licensure Guidelines

Chapter 89 Development of Curriculum Materials and Research Activities

Rule 89.1 Development of Curriculum Materials and Research Activities
Rule 89.2 Career and Technical Education Curriculum Guides
Rule 89.3 Approved Courses for the Secondary
Rule 89.4 Development of Curriculum Materials and Research Activities (Repealed 10/2011)

Chapter 90 Vocational Equipment (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 90.1 Acquisition and Accountability of CTE Instructional Equipment
Rule 90.2 Equipment Sales

Chapter 91 Vocational Facilities (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 91.1 Construction or Remodeling of Career Technical Centers
Rule 91.2 Use, Transfer of Title & Disposition of Local and Physical Facilities

Chapter 92 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure

Rule 92.1 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure

Chapter 93 Career-Technical Education Professional Development

Rule 93.1 Career-Technical Education Professional Development

Chapter 94 Vocational Revenues (Career and Technical Education)

Rule 94.1 Local Reimbursable Expense Items
Rule 94.2 Local Reimbursable Expense Items – Construction
Rule 94.3 Local Reimbursable Expense Items – Travel
Rule 94.4 Maintenance of Local Effort
Rule 94.5 CTE Revenues

Chapter 95 CTE Collaborative Efforts

Rule 95.1 CTE Collaborative Efforts
Rule 95.2 Mississippi Learn to Earn Act

Chapter 96 Career and Technical Education Student Organizations

Rule 96.1 Career and Technical Education Student Organizations

Chapter 97 Weapons

Rule 97.1 Weapons

Chapter 98 Withholding MS Adequate Education Program Funds (Repealed 1/2011)

Chapter 99 State Schools

Rule 99.1 Title IX Grievance Policy
Rule 99.2 School Calendar Approval and Modification
Rule 99.3 Mississippi Seal of Biliteracy for Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science