MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Senator(s) Tollison
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 37-27-80, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2014, THE HINDS AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL SHALL BE DISCONTINUED WITH THE REAL PROPERTY TO BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE HINDS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS DETERMINED BY THE APPROPRIATE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENT DIPLOMAS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following provision shall be codified as Section 37-27-80, Mississippi Code of 1972.
37-27-80. (1) Effective July 1, 2014, the Hinds Agriculture High School shall be closed. Upon closure, all real property titled to or used by Hinds Agricultural High School will become the property of the Hinds Community College District.
(2) All personal property used by the Hinds Agricultural High School for secondary school purposes, including all nondisposab1e sports and/or extracurricular equipment (i.e., football helmets, shoulder pads, baseball bats and helmets, and band equipment) will become the property of the Hinds County School District. The division of such personal property will be determined by joint order of the Boards of Trustees of Hinds Community College District and Hinds County School District. Any cost of transferring title of such real or personal property will be paid by Hinds Community College District.
(3) Any such joint order directing the transfer of the personal property of the Hinds Agricultural High School shall be submitted and approved by the State Board of Education. The finding of the State Board of Education shall be final and conclusive for the purpose of the transfer of property required by such administrative consolidation.
(4) After closure of Hinds Agricultural High School, any student who is enrolled at the Hinds Agricultural High School when the closure is effected may receive two (2) diplomas upon successful completion of all graduation requirements of the school district they subsequently attend: one (1) diploma to be the official completion with the school district they subsequently attend and the second to be a courtesy diploma reflecting graduation from Hinds Agriculture High School.
(5) The abolition of the Hinds Agriculture High School shall not impair or release the property of such former agricultural high school from liability for the payment of the bonds or other indebtedness of such agricultural high school and it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of said county to continue to levy taxes on the property of said county from year to year according to the terms of such indebtedness until same shall be fully paid.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.