MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representatives Formby, Scott, Young
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS FROM ESTABLISHING AS THE OPENING DATE OF THE SCHOOL TERM ANY DATE THAT IS BEFORE LABOR DAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-13-61, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-13-61. The local school
board shall have the power and authority to fix the date for the opening of
the school term, which may not be before the first Monday of September (Labor
Day), and the date for the closing of the school term * * *. In establishing the opening
and closing dates of the school term, the school board must satisfy the required
minimum number of days which schools must be in session during a scholastic
year, as prescribed under Section 37-13-63. However, local
school boards are authorized to keep school in session in excess of the minimum
number of days prescribed in Section 37-13-63.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.