Mississippi § 37-29-509 - President; powers and duties.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-29-509 — President; powers and duties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-29-509. President; powers and duties.
The Meridian Junior College District shall be under the executive direction of a president elected by the board of trustees of such district. 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, and he 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.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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