If any parent, guardian or other person having custody of any child affected by the assignment of such child to a school or attendance center by the school board shall feel aggrieved at the order of the school board provided for in Section 37-15-17, such person may, at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of such order, appeal therefrom by filing a petition for appeal in the circuit court of the county in which the school district involved is located. Upon the filing of such petition for an appeal, process shall be issued for and served upon the president of the school board of the school district involved. Upon being served with process, it shall be the duty of the school board to transmit promptly to the court a certified copy of the entire record of the proceedings as shown by the file of the school board. From the judgment of the circuit court, an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court in the same manner as other appeals are taken from other judgments of such court.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 15 - Public Schools; Records, Enrollment and Transfer of Pupils
§ 37-15-2. Storage of permanent records
§ 37-15-4. Maintenance of records relating to district-wide reports
§ 37-15-7. Maintenance of continuing census
§ 37-15-8. Schedule for disposal of records
§ 37-15-10. Administration of provisions relating to records
§ 37-15-15. Factors to be considered in making assignments
§ 37-15-17. Review or reconsideration by school board of assignment of child
§ 37-15-21. Judicial review of assignment of child
§ 37-15-33. Testing of transfer students; assignment of students
§ 37-15-35. Segregation or integration of schools by reason of race, color, or national origin