Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-7-311 (2026)
Organization of school
✓ current as of July 2026
The school board shall organize a school so as to avoid unnecessary duplication and shall determine what grades shall be taught at each school and shall have the power to specify attendance areas and to designate the school each pupil shall attend.
Codes, 1942, § 6328-31; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 11; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 14, eff. 7/1/1987.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1990–2016 · leading case: Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Leake Cnty. Sch. Dist., 195 So. 3d 771 (Miss. 2016).
Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Leake Cnty. Sch. Dist., 195 So. 3d 771 (Miss. 2016). “( Miss. Code Ann. § 37-7-311 (Rev. 2013)) (emphasis added).”
Petition of 2,952 Registered Voters, 574 So. 2d 619 (Miss. 1990). “The Court held that the Board of Education had authority to effect the consolidation by virtue of Miss. Code Ann. § 37-7-311 (Supp. 1988). [2] The Court further held that Section 37-7-105 covered only the reorganization of the geographical or territorial boundaries of the school…”
Citizens Involved Voluntarily In Consolidation v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 574 So. 2d 619 (Miss. 1990). “The Court held that the Board of Education had authority to effect the consolidation by virtue of Miss.Code Ann. § 37-7-311 (Supp.1988). 2 The Court further held that Section 37-7-105 covered only the reorganization of the geographical or territorial boundaries of the school…”
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