Chapter 28 - MISSISSIPPI CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 2013
- Section 37-28-1 - Short title
- Section 37-28-3 - Legislative findings and declarations
- Section 37-28-5 - Definitions
- Section 37-28-7 - Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board created; jurisdiction; mission; composition
- Section 37-28-9 - Powers and duties of Authorizer Board; immunity from civil liability
- Section 37-28-11 - Funding for the Authorizer Board
- Section 37-28-13 - Technical information and assistance from Department of Education; publication of laws and regulations applicable to charter schools
- Section 37-28-15 - Authorizer to publicize request for proposals for charter school applications; request for proposals to prescribe mandatory elements of charter applications
- Section 37-28-17 - Purposes of charter application; approved charter application not to serve as charter contract
- Section 37-28-19 - Standards for authorizing charter school; review process
- Section 37-28-21 - Initial charter term; charter contract
- Section 37-28-23 - Charter school enrollment; lottery for selection of students if capacity is insufficient to enroll all students
- Section 37-28-25 - Charter school credits to be accepted by another public school upon transfer of student from charter school to public school
- Section 37-28-27 - School districts required to provide information about charter schools as enrollment option
- Section 37-28-29 - Charter contract to include performance framework; performance standards used to guide authorizer's charter school evaluations; annual performance targets
- Section 37-28-31 - Annual review of charter school performance and legal compliance; performance report; charter schools to be given opportunity to remedy problems
- Section 37-28-33 - Renewal, nonrenewal or revocation of charter
- Section 37-28-35 - Closure of charter; charter school closure protocol; disposition of unspent funds and assets
- Section 37-28-37 - Annual report on status of charter schools to governor and legislature
- Section 37-28-39 - Charter school and certain service providers to be nonprofit education organization; charter school to function as local educational agency
- Section 37-28-41 - Charter school powers
- Section 37-28-43 - Prohibition against discrimination; prohibition against charging tuition; transportation plan; virtual courses
- Section 37-28-45 - Applicability of statutes, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc. that noncharter public schools are subject to; relation to other laws
- Section 37-28-47 - Qualifications of charter school employees; applicability of Education Employment Procedures Law
- Section 37-28-49 - Criminal history record checks and fingerprinting requirements; termination of charter school employee for certain acts
- Section 37-28-51 - Charter schools eligible to participate in state- or district-sponsored athletic and academic interscholastic activities
- Section 37-28-53 - Charter schools required to certify enrollment, average daily attendance and certain additional information on annual basis
- Section 37-28-55 - Charter school funding; adequate education program payments; local funding; federal and state categorical aid program monies; state transportation funding; disbursement of Education Enhancement Funds
- Section 37-28-57 - Annual financial audit
- Section 37-28-59 - Monies remaining in charter school's accounts at end of budget year to be used during subsequent budget years; authorization to accept gifts, grants, etc.; disclosure of funds from private and foreign sources
- Section 37-28-61 - Right of first refusal to purchase vacant public school facilities; public entities authorized to provide space to charters in their facilities under preexisting zoning and land use designations
- Section 37-28-63 - [Repealed]