MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Dixon
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 191, 2017 REGULAR SESSION, IS RATIFIED BY THE ELECTORATE, TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR, RATHER THAN THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO APPOINT THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-3-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-3-9. (1) There
shall be a State Superintendent of Public Education, who shall be
appointed by the Governor from recommended candidates selected by the
State Board of Education * * *, . The appointment of the State Superintendent of Public
Education, who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor, must be
made with the advice and consent of the Senate * * *.
The state superintendent shall be the Chief Administrative Officer for the
State Department of Education and shall administer the department in accordance
with the policies established by the State Board of Education. The * * * salary of the State Superintendent of Public
Education shall be established by the State Board of Education. The State
Superintendent of Public Education shall have at least a master's degree in any
field and a minimum of five (5) years' experience in administration in the
educational field.
(2) The State Superintendent shall give bond in the penalty of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), with sureties to be approved by the Governor, conditioned according to law. The bond, when approved, shall be filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date on which ratification by the electorate of House Concurrent Resolution No. 191, 2017 Regular Session, occurs.