Mississippi § 37-65-19 - Elapsed time during closure shall not be deducted from time schools are required to be operated during scholastic year.
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§ 37-65-19. Elapsed time during closure shall not be deducted from time schools are required to be operated during scholastic year.
The period of time which may elapse during any closure of any school, junior college or institution of higher learning in accordance with the terms of this article, shall not be deducted or counted as a deduction from any period of time which by any other law of this state such school, junior college or institution of higher learning is required to be operated in any scholastic year. The provision of any other law of this state setting a minimum time or number of days which any such school, junior college or institution of higher learning is required to be operated in any scholastic year shall not prevent the closure provided for in this article, and in the event of any conflict between the terms of this article and any such other law, the provisions of this article shall control.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 37-65-19 ("Elapsed time during closure shall not be deducted from time schools are required to be operated during scholastic year.") 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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