In addition to public school students or pupils authorized to be transported to the public schools by virtue of Section 37-41-3, the local school board, with the concurrence of the board of supervisors, in their discretion and with local tax funds or other local contributions or support exclusively and without state appropriations, may provide transportation for students or pupils to the public schools whenever the within described boards or officers find that extraordinary circumstances and conditions are prevalent in said school district in regard to such matters as the public health and safety, school facilities, location of the school site, unusual economic growth and population expansion, newly expanded municipal corporation limits, the general welfare, and any other emergency facts and conditions which may be deemed by said authorities to be in the best interest of the political subdivision.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 41 - Transportation of Pupils
§ 37-41-1. Promulgation of rules and regulations; applicability of chapter
§ 37-41-2. Interference with operation of school bus; penalty
§ 37-41-3. Pupils entitled to transportation
§ 37-41-5. Transportation of children under extraordinary circumstances and conditions
§ 37-41-7. Laying out of routes within county; supplemental funds
§ 37-41-13. How routes are to be laid out
§ 37-41-15. Alteration of routes; emergency transportation
§ 37-41-21. Prohibition on transporting certain pupils; exceptions
§ 37-41-23. Reports and records required
§ 37-41-25. False reports, lists or records; misdemeanor; criminal and civil penalties
§ 37-41-35. Operation of school bus garage and repair shop
§ 37-41-47. Speed of school bus; penalty
§ 37-41-49. Violation of safety regulations of state board of education; penalty
§ 37-41-57. Promulgation of regulations governing design and operation of school buses
§ 37-41-59. Mounting camera on school bus retractable, hand-operated stop sign