Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-102-3 (2026)

Approval of Mississippi Community College Board

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The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall not permit its universities to offer courses for college credit at the lower undergraduate level at an off-campus site unless approved by the Mississippi Community College Board. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, in cooperation with the Mississippi Community College Board, shall study the need and advisability of offering (a) courses for college credit at the lower undergraduate level, and (b) advanced centers for technology partnerships for industrial training and professional development for credit and noncredit courses, at the following off-campus sites by four-year public state institutions of higher learning: the Mississippi Gulf Coast counties; Greenville, Mississippi; Columbus, Mississippi; McComb, Mississippi; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Meridian, Mississippi; Laurel, Mississippi; and any other proposed area of the state. Any such study shall take into account the ongoing programs of the community and junior colleges in the State of Mississippi when said board authorizes off-campus programs created under this chapter. It is the intent of the Legislature to meet the educational needs of students who do not have ready access to the educational opportunities that they desire. It is the further intent of this chapter that university off-campus programs established hereunder will in no way usurp the responsibilities of the public junior colleges of the State of Mississippi. The board shall establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.

Codes, 1942, § 6724.1-02; Laws, 1972, ch. 332, § 2; Laws, 1989, ch. 390, § 2; Laws, 1997, ch. 420, § 1, eff. 7/1/1997.

Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 397, HB 460, 44, eff. 7/1/2014.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2002 · leading case: Bd. of Trs. of State IHL v. Ray, 809 So. 2d 627 (Miss. 2002).

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Bd. of Trs. of State IHL v. Ray, 809 So. 2d 627 (Miss. 2002). · cites it 19× “Miss.Code Ann. § 37-102-3 (2001) provides that the IHL "shall not permit its universities to offer courses for college credit at the lower undergraduate level at an off-campus site unless approved by the [SBCJC].”

Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning v. Olon E. Ray (Miss. 2000). · cites it 18× “Miss. Code Ann. § 37-102-3 (2001) provides that the IHL "shall not permit its universities to offer courses for college credit at the lower undergraduate level at an off-campus site unless approved by the [SBCJC].”

Ayers v. Fordice, 40 F. Supp. 2d 382 (N.D. Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “The Board presented to the court a letter from the Mississippi Attorney General to a Gulf Coast legislator which interprets a similar statute, section 37-102-3, Mississippi Code Annotated, which provides, in part: The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning…”

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