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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7 (2026)

School board as governing body

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Each school district shall be governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law.

Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 4, eff. 7/1/1987.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1991–2026 · leading case: Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Leake Cnty. Sch. Dist., 195 So. 3d 771 (Miss. 2016).
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Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Leake Cnty. Sch. Dist., 195 So. 3d 771 (Miss. 2016). · cites it 4× “2013)); the governance of these school districts by a school board ( Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7 (Rev. 2013)); and that school boards shall organize a school in the counties of their jurisdiction.”
Dupree v. Mabus, 776 F. Supp. 290 (S.D. Miss. 1991). · cites it 2× “” Section 37-6-7 was added by § 4: Each school district shall be governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law.”
Shipman v. North Panola Consol. Sch. Dist., 641 So. 2d 1106 (Miss. 1994). · cites it 3× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 37-6-7. Provisions for the filling of school board vacancies are found in § 37-7-207: All vacancies which may occur during a term shall be filled by appointment of the consolidated school district trustees, but the person so appointed shall serve only *1120…”
Mayer (S.D. Miss. 2025). · cites it 4× “(citing Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7 and Miss. Code Ann.”
Shipman v. North Panola Consol. Sch. Dist., 641 So. 2d 1106 (Miss. 1994). · cites it 3× “" Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7 . Provisions for the filling of school board vacancies are found in § 37-7-207: All vacancies which may occur during a term shall be filled by appointment of the consolidated school district trustees, but the person so appointed shall serve only *1120…”
Greene v. Greenwood Pub. Sch. Dist. (N.D. Miss. 2019). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7 . The parties’ arguments center on the school board’s promul- gated dismissal policy, which provides that a superintendent terminated under Miss.”
Walter Jones v. The City of Canton, Mississippi (Miss. 2019). “§ 37-6-7 (Rev. 2013). The selection of trustees, along with their term and qualifications, is covered extensively in Section 37-7-203, including instructions about how to fill a vacancy on the school board.”
Necaise (S.D. Miss. 2026). “§ 37-6-7 (“Each school district shall be governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law”); Barrow v.”
Linda Cubley v. The Univ. of S. Mississippi (Miss. 1997). · cites it 2× “§ 37-6 - 5 (1996)), it is not governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law ( Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7 (1996)), and it does not have the power to levy taxes (Miss.”
Cubley v. Univ. of S. Mississippi, 716 So. 2d 1071 (Miss. 1998). · cites it 2× “§ 37-6-5 (1996)), it is not governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law (Miss.Code Ann. § 37-6-7(1996)), and it does not have the power to levy taxes (Miss.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-7(1996): 1 case
Cubley v. Univ. of S. Mississippi, 716 So. 2d 1071 (Miss. 1998). “§ 37-6-5 (1996)), it is not governed by a school board consisting of five (5) members, selected in the manner provided by law (Miss.Code Ann. § 37-6-7(1996)), and it does not have the power to levy taxes (Miss.”
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