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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-7-115 (2026)

Appeals from school board orders

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Any person aggrieved by an order of the school board adopted under any of the foregoing provisions may appeal therefrom within ten (10) days from the date of the adjournment of the meeting at which such order is entered. Said appeal shall be taken in the same manner as appeals are taken from judgments or decisions of the board of supervisors as provided in Section 11-51-75, Mississippi Code of 1972, the provisions of which shall be fully applicable to appeals taken hereunder. The State Board of Education shall not pass upon or approve or disapprove any such order until the time for an appeal therefrom shall have expired, nor shall said board pass upon or approve or disapprove any such order from which an appeal is taken until said appeal shall have been finally determined.

Codes, 1942, § 6274-06; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 16, § 6; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 58, eff. 7/1/1987.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2019 · leading case: M.L.R. v. Pontotoc City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Trs., 46 So. 3d 874 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010).
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M.L.R. v. Pontotoc City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Trs., 46 So. 3d 874 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010). “Miss.Code Ann. § 37-7-115. Section 11-51-75 is straightforward in how to bring an appeal to circuit court.”
Christopher Bailey Keeton v. Ocean Springs Sch. Bd. (Miss. Ct. App. 2019). “An appeal from a school board’s disciplinary decision “shall be taken in the same manner as appeals are taken from judgments or decisions of the board of supervisors as provided in Section 11-51-75” of the Mississippi Code.”
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