37-41-81 - General grant of authority. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-41-81. General grant of authority.
 

The local school boards of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, own and operate, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education, motor vehicles and other equipment for the transportation of children to and from the public schools of the respective counties and school districts, and to provide for the servicing, repair, care and maintenance of such county or district-owned motor vehicles and to employ drivers for the operation thereof, and to establish, erect and equip school bus shops or garages, and purchase land therefor, all under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6367-01; Laws,  1953, Ex Sess, ch. 18, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 354, § 21; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 148, eff from and after July 1, 1987.