37-3-5 - General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department.
§ 37-3-5. General duties of department; grants of property to public and agricultural high schools; administration of department.
The State Department of Education is hereby charged with the execution of all laws relating to the administrative, supervisory and consultative services to the public schools and agricultural high schools of the State of Mississippi. The State Department of Education is also authorized to grant property to public schools and agricultural high schools of the State of Mississippi.
Subject to the direction of the State Board of Education as provided by law, the administration, management and control of the department is hereby vested in the State Superintendent of Public Education, who shall be directly responsible for the rightful functioning thereof.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6245-02; Laws, 1946, ch. 297, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 434, § 3; Laws, 1996, ch. 534, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1996.