Mississippi § 37-9-103 - Definitions; applicability of Education Employment Procedures Law.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 37-9-103 — Definitions; applicability of Education Employment Procedures Law., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-9-103. Definitions; applicability of Education Employment Procedures Law.
As used in Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the word “employee” shall include: Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel employed by the local school district or the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) for a continuous period of two (2) years with that district and required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment; or Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel who has completed a continuous period of two (2) years of employment in a Mississippi public school district and one (1) full year of employment with the school district of current employment or the MSA, and who is required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment. The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of employee as defined in this section employed in any school district after the Governor declares a state of emergency under the provisions of Section 37-17-6(12). The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not be applicable in any school district for the full period of time that those conditions, as defined in Section 37-17-6(12), exist. The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of teacher, administrator or other employee employed to work in any charter school. For purposes of Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the term “days” means calendar days.
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