37-160-1 - Short title; purpose. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-160-1. Short title; purpose.
 

(1)  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Teach for America Act." 

(2)  The following are the purposes of this chapter: 

(a) To increase the number of highly accomplished recent college graduates teaching in school districts in geographical areas of the state which are economically challenged and in which there exists a critical shortage of teachers. 

(b) To increase the number of recent college graduates teaching in the Teach For America partnering school districts on July 1, 2008, and to bring teachers from a nationally recruited corps of outstanding new teachers to additional communities in Mississippi by expanding the Teach For America program to additional school districts. 

(c) To build a broader resource of talented and experienced future leaders in public education and education reform for the State of Mississippi. 

(d) To authorize state funds to be used as matching funds by Teach For America, Inc., in order to raise additional funding to cover the programmatic costs of recruiting, selecting, training and providing appropriate support to the Teach For America teachers teaching in Mississippi. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2008, ch. 461, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2008.