Mississippi Code
Article 3 - Closing Pursuant to Board of Trustees' Order
§ 37-65-105. Salaries of superintendents, teachers and other employees may be paid while schools are closed

The board of trustees of any such school district may, in its discretion, pay all or any part of the salary of all superintendents, principals, teachers and other employees during or for the period when any of the said schools are closed in accordance with the terms of this article, and funds shall be drawn from the same source or sources as such funds would be drawn to pay such items if the school or schools had not been closed.