37-13-65 - Closing of schools for holidays and emergencies. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-13-65. Closing of schools for holidays and emergencies.
 

Upon application from the school board, the superintendent of schools may close any school because of an epidemic prevailing in the school district or because of the death, resignation, sickness or dismissal of a teacher or teachers or because of any other emergency necessitating the closing of the school. However, all such schools so closed shall operate for the required full time after being reopened during the scholastic year. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, §§ 6274-11, 6411-12; Laws,  1953, Ex Sess, ch. 16, § 11; ch. 23, § 12; Laws, 1981, ch. 499, § 10; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 87, eff from and after July 1, 1987.