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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-5 (2026)

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

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The State Department of Education is hereby charged with the execution of all laws relating to the administrative, supervisory and consultative services to the public schools and agricultural high schools of the school districts throughout the State of Mississippi. The State Department of Education is also authorized to grant property to public school districts and agricultural high schools of the State of Mississippi.

Subject to the direction of the State Board of Education as provided by law, the administration, management and control of the department is hereby vested in the State Superintendent of Public Education, who shall be directly responsible for the rightful functioning thereof.

Codes, 1942, § 6245-02; Laws, 1946, ch. 297, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 3; Laws, 1996, ch. 534, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996.

Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 497, HB 369, 41, eff. 7/1/2013.

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Cited in 1 case, 1987–1987 · leading case: Ayers v. Allain, 674 F. Supp. 1523 (N.D. Miss. 1987).
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Ayers v. Allain, 674 F. Supp. 1523 (N.D. Miss. 1987). · cites it 2× “The defendant State Department of Education is charged with the execution of laws relating to the administrative, supervisory, and consultive ser-Hces to the public schools, agricultural high schools, and junior colleges of the State of Mississippi.”
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