Mississippi Code
Chapter 153 - Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act
§ 37-153-5. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"State board" means the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board;
"District councils" means the Local Workforce Development Councils;
"Local workforce investment board" means the board that oversees the workforce development activities of local workforce areas under the federal Workforce Investment Act.