Miss. Code § 37-27-95

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 37-27-95 - Application to convert Coahoma Agricultural High School to Early College High School; closure upon disapproval; disposition of property; diplomas
(1) In the event the State Board of Education does not approve the application of the Board of Trustees of the Coahoma Agricultural High School to establish an Early College High School, effective July 1, 2018, the Coahoma Agricultural High School shall be closed. Upon closure, all real property titled to or used by Coahoma Agricultural High School will become the property of the Coahoma Community College District.
(2) All personal property used by the Coahoma Agricultural High School for secondary school purposes, including all nondisposable sports and/or extracurricular equipment (i.e., football helmets, shoulder pads, baseball bats and helmets, and band equipment) will become the property of the Coahoma Community College. Any cost of transferring title of such real or personal property will be paid by Coahoma Community College District.
(3) Any such joint order directing the transfer of the personal property of the Coahoma Agricultural High School shall be submitted and approved by the State Board of Education. The finding of the State Board of Education shall be final and conclusive for the purpose of the transfer of property required by such administrative consolidation.
(4) The students attending the said agricultural high school shall be deemed to be students of the school district where they reside. After closure of Coahoma Agricultural High School, any student who is enrolled at the Coahoma Agricultural High School when the closure is effected may receive two (2) diplomas upon successful completion of all graduation requirements of the school district they subsequently attend: one (1) diploma to be the official completion with the school district they subsequently attend and the second to be a courtesy diploma reflecting graduation from Coahoma Agricultural High School.

Miss. Code § 37-27-95

Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 467, SB 2501, 2, eff. 7/1/2016.