Any county now or hereafter maintaining and operating an agricultural high school outside of said county, pursuant to the authority of Section 37-27-35, is hereby authorized to establish, maintain, and operate a junior college in connection with such agricultural high school. All laws of the state governing the establishment, maintenance, and operation of junior colleges shall apply to the establishment, operation, eligibility for support funds, management, and control of such junior college as if it were situated within the county operating it. Such junior college may be established outside of, but adjoining, the territorial boundaries of the junior college district for which it is established.
This section is additional and cumulative to all existing laws relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of junior colleges and shall be entitled to a liberal construction for the accomplishment of its remedial purposes.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 27 - Agricultural High Schools
§ 37-27-1. Establishing county agricultural high schools
§ 37-27-3. Tax levy for support and maintenance of school; election
§ 37-27-6. Tax to retire debt service on agricultural high school bonds
§ 37-27-7. Appointment of trustees
§ 37-27-9. Joint schools may be established by two or more counties
§ 37-27-11. Trustees of joint agricultural high schools; levy of taxes
§ 37-27-13. Ownership of joint schools
§ 37-27-15. General powers and duties of trustees; compensation
§ 37-27-17. Inspection of school by state superintendent of public education; state funds
§ 37-27-21. Legislature shall make appropriations
§ 37-27-23. Trustees shall be sole judges of eligibility of applicants
§ 37-27-25. Trustees shall make detailed statements of receipts and disbursements
§ 37-27-29. Oil, gas and mineral leases
§ 37-27-31. Lease of school buildings, equipment and lands
§ 37-27-33. Trustees may lease facilities for industrial training of students
§ 37-27-35. Trustees may acquire private educational institution outside of county
§ 37-27-39. Trustees may exchange certain lands
§ 37-27-43. Trustees may sell property not needed for school purposes
§ 37-27-45. Resolution required for sale
§ 37-27-47. Advertising of sale; conduct of sale
§ 37-27-49. All sales to be for cash; disposition of proceeds
§ 37-27-53. Pupils entitled to transportation
§ 37-27-55. Pupils reported for allocation of minimum education funds and building funds
§ 37-27-57. Payment of additional or supplemental expenses
§ 37-27-59. Applicability of laws
§ 37-27-61. County superintendent may provide for attendance out of the county
§ 37-27-67. Election on issuance of bonds by boards of supervisors
§ 37-27-69. Agricultural high school may borrow not to exceed $50,000 for housing facilities
§ 37-27-71. Declaration of intention to borrow; issuance of notes; repayment
§ 37-27-75. Foregoing sections as cumulative
§ 37-27-77. Purchase of bus for benefit of agricultural high schools in certain counties
§ 37-27-83. Disposal of school property when school is discontinued
§ 37-27-85. Donated lands may be reconveyed when school is discontinued
§ 37-27-87. Transfer of funds when school is discontinued
§ 37-27-89. Distribution and use of funds when school is discontinued