The school boards are authorized and empowered to expend the necessary amounts from the available transportation funds of the school district for the purchase of such transportation equipment, the servicing, repair and maintenance thereof and for the payment of the salaries of persons employed to drive or operate such transportation equipment, and to establish, erect and equip school bus shops or garages, and purchase land therefor.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 41 - Transportation of Pupils
Purchase of School Transportation Equipment and Employment of Drivers
§ 37-41-81. General grant of authority
§ 37-41-83. Power to expend funds
§ 37-41-85. Purchases to be in manner prescribed by regulations
§ 37-41-89. Authority to borrow money
§ 37-41-91. Issuance of negotiable notes or bonds authorized
§ 37-41-93. Maturity; interest
§ 37-41-95. Manner of issuance and form thereof
§ 37-41-97. Deposit and use of proceeds
§ 37-41-99. Payment of principal and interest on notes and bonds
§ 37-41-103. Promulgation of rules and regulations by state board of education