The school board of a local school district may contract with a person having professional experience in academic, finance or other managerial and operational functions of schools and school districts to serve as a consultant to the school board, superintendent, principals and licensed district and school level administrators in the district.However, any person having experience as a superintendent, principal or other licensed district or school level administrator whose last full-time employment in the field of education was with a school district in Mississippi determined by the State Board of Education to be a failing district is not eligible to serve as a consultant to any school district in the state, including the district at which the person was last employed, for a period of two (2) years following the last date of the person's employment with the failing school district.School districts seeking the services of a consultant shall verify the employment background of any person being considered to provide those services and may not contract with any person who does not meet the qualifications prescribed in this section.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 9 - District Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, and Other Employees
§ 37-9-3. Employment of non-instructional employees
§ 37-9-4. Compensation of attorney employed by school board who is a member of the Legislature
§ 37-9-11. Testing of applicants for teacher licensure
§ 37-9-12. Referendum on continuation or abolition of office of county superintendent of education
§ 37-9-14. General duties and powers of superintendent of school district
§ 37-9-15. Selection of assistant superintendents and principals; interim conservators
§ 37-9-21. Nepotism in hiring of superintendents, principals or licensed employees
§ 37-9-24. Contracts with licensed personnel for not less than 187 employment days
§ 37-9-25. Contracts for periods greater than one scholastic year
§ 37-9-27. Bond of superintendents
§ 37-9-35. Employment of teachers to be paid from minimum education program funds
§ 37-9-41. Manner of payment of salaries
§ 37-9-43. Payment of salary prior to execution of written contract; effect of breach of contract
§ 37-9-49. Deduction of dues, etc., from salaries
§ 37-9-55. Release from contract
§ 37-9-57. Effect of abandonment of employment
§ 37-9-69. General duties of superintendents, principals and teachers
§ 37-9-71. Suspension or expulsion of pupils