37-41-21 - Only eligible pupils shall be reported in proposed plan. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-41-21. Only eligible pupils shall be reported in proposed plan.
 

Only pupils who are entitled to transportation shall be reported in the proposed plans. It shall be unlawful for the State Board of Education to allot any state funds to any school district for the transportation of pupils who are not entitled to such transportation, or for the transportation of pupils from one district to another if their grade or grades are taught in a school within the district wherein they reside, unless the transfer of such children from the district in which they reside to such districts shall have been approved in the manner provided by law. It shall be further unlawful for the school board to expend funds from any source whatsoever for the transportation of pupils from one district to another district if their grade or grades are taught in a school within the district wherein they reside, unless the transfer of such children from the district in which they reside to such other district shall have been approved in the manner provided by law. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6336-07; Laws,  1953, Ex Sess, ch. 15, § 6; Laws, 1958, ch. 313; Laws, 1982, ch. 354, § 7; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 136, eff from and after July 1, 1987.