Mississippi § 37-13-64 - Exemption from minimum school term length requirement for certain schools under certain circumstances.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-13-64 — Exemption from minimum school term length requirement for certain schools under certain circumstances., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-13-64. Exemption from minimum school term length requirement for certain schools under certain circumstances.
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school term, any school district required to close the operation of its schools by decision of the superintendent, under the authority provided by the local school board, due to extreme weather conditions, in the best interests of the health and safety of the students, administration and staff of the school district, shall be exempt from the requirement that schools be kept in session a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days.Any school district that closes its schools for reasons authorized under this section shall receive payment from the State Department of Education for per pupil expenditure for pupils in average daily attendance not to exceed ten (10) days. In the event weather conditions are cause for the closure of operations of schools in any local school district in any instance in which a state of emergency has not been declared pursuant to Section 37-151-7(3)(c), the State Board of Education may consider, on a case-by-case basis, requests submitted by local school districts to alter the school calendar consistent with the provision of that section.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 37-13-64 ("Exemption from minimum school term length requirement for certain schools under certain circumstances.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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