{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-175-17","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-175-17","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-175-17","body":"(1) To be eligible to participate in the Mississippi Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments Program, a nonpublic school must:\n\n(a) Be a state accredited nonpublic special purpose school in the state that is organized to provide and emphasizes instruction in speech-language therapy and intervention as the primary purpose of the school;\n\n(b) Provide to the department all documentation required for a student's participation, including the nonpublic school's and student's fee schedules, at least thirty (30) days before the first quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student;\n\n(c) Be academically accountable to the parent or legal guardian for meeting the educational needs of the student by, at a minimum, annually providing to the parent or legal guardian a written explanation of the student's progress;\n\n(d) Maintain in this state a physical location where a scholarship student regularly attends classes.\n\n(2) The inability of a nonpublic school to meet the requirements of this subsection shall constitute a basis for the ineligibility of the nonpublic school to participate in the scholarship program as determined by the department.","path":["MS Code","Title 37"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"7916f416e8b8789296a9024bd55313b9196932615ea2c94dcf19d86263c7bbd1","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-175-15","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-175-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}