MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Universities and Colleges

By: Representative Frierson

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-29-63, 37-29-407, 37-29-455, 37-29-509 AND 37-29-555, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 972, TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE DISTRICT PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYED UNDER CONTRACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 37-29-63, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-29-63. The president of any community or junior college shall have the power to recommend to the board of trustees all teachers, instructors, professors and other employees to be employed under contract with the district. The board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept or decline to accept the recommendation of the president to employ or not to employ a teacher, instructor, professor or other employee under contract with the district, and such decision of the board of trustees shall be final. The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty, subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers, instructors, professors and other employees under contract with the district; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.

The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Sections 37-29-1 through 37-29-273 and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.

SECTION 2. Section 37-29-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-29-407. The president of the community college shall have the power to recommend to the trustees all teachers, instructors, professors and other employees to be employed under contract with the district. The board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept or decline to accept the recommendation of the president to employ or not to employ a teacher, instructor, professor or other employee under contract with the district, and such decision of the board shall be final. The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty, subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers, instructors, professors and other employees under contract with the district.

The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Sections 37-29-401 through 37-29-437 and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.

SECTION 3. Section 37-29-455, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-29-455. The president of the community college shall have the power to recommend to the trustees all teachers, instructors, professors and other employees to be employed under contract with the district. The board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept or decline to accept the recommendation of the president to employ or not to employ a teacher, instructor, professor or other employee under contract with the district, and such decision of the board shall be final. The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty, subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers, instructors, professors and other employees under contract with the district; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.

The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Sections 37-29-451 through 37-29-471 and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.

SECTION 4. Section 37-29-509, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-29-509. (1) The Meridian Junior College District shall be under the executive direction of a president elected by the board of trustees of such district.

(2) The president of the community college shall be general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, employ, direct and discharge any and all employees other than faculty. He shall have the power to recommend to the board of trustees all faculty to be employed, under contract with the district. The board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept or decline to accept the recommendation of the president to employ or not to employ a person under contract with the district, and such decision of the board shall be final. The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty, subject to the approval of the board of trustees. The president shall have the authority, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of faculty and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district. For purposes of this subsection, the term "faculty" includes, but is not necessarily limited to, teachers, instructors, professors and other persons employed under contract with the district.

SECTION 5. Section 37-29-555, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-29-555. The president of the community college shall have the power to recommend to the trustees all teachers, instructors, professors and other employees to be employed under contract with the district. The board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept or decline to accept the recommendation of the president to employ or not to employ a teacher, instructor, professor or other employee under contract with the district, and such decision of the board shall be final. The president may remove or suspend any member of the faculty, subject to the approval of the trustees. He shall be the general manager of all fiscal and administrative affairs of the district with full authority to select, direct, employ and discharge any and all employees other than teachers, instructors, professors and other employees under contract with the district; however, the board may make provisions and establish policies for leave for faculty members and other key personnel.

The president shall have the authority, subject to the provisions of Sections 37-29-551 through 37-29-569 and the approval of the trustees, to arrange and survey courses of study, fix schedules, and establish and enforce rules and discipline for the governing of teachers and students. He shall be the general custodian of the property of the district.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.