MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Representative Smith (35th)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DECREASE FROM 180 TO 176 THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL BE KEPT IN SESSION IN EACH SCHOLASTIC YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 37-13-63, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-13-63. All public schools in the state shall be kept in session for at least one hundred seventy-six (176) days in each scholastic year.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.