{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-28-47","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-47","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-47","body":"(1)(a) Charter schools must comply with applicable federal laws, rules and regulations regarding the qualification of teachers and other instructional staff. No more than twenty-five percent (25%) of teachers in a charter school may be exempt from state teacher licensure requirements. Administrators of charter schools are exempt from state administrator licensure requirements. However, teachers and administrators must have a bachelor's degree as a minimum requirement, and teachers must have demonstrated subject-matter competency. Within three (3) years of a teacher's employment by a charter school, the teacher must have, at a minimum, alternative licensure approved by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development.\n\n(b) A charter school may not staff positions for teachers, administrators, ancillary support personnel or other employees by utilizing or otherwise relying on nonimmigrant foreign worker visa programs. However, a charter school may submit a request to the authorizer for an exception allowing the employment of a nonimmigrant foreign worker before the worker is employed. The authorizer may grant permission for the employment of the nonimmigrant foreign worker only if the charter school makes a satisfactory showing of efforts to recruit lawful permanent residents of the United States to fill the position and a lack of qualified applicants to fill the position.\n\n(2) Employees in charter schools must have the same general rights and privileges as other public school employees, except such employees are not:\n\n(a) Covered under the Education Employment Procedures Law ( Section 37-9-103 ); and\n\n(b) Subject to the state salary requirements prescribed in Section 37-19-7 .\n\n(3) For the purpose of eligibility for participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, a public charter school is considered to be a political subdivision of the state. Employees in public charter schools are eligible for participation in other benefits programs if the public charter school governing board chooses to participate.","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":"9e9ee8051f8686140da608749aabd04a7565e8f04f8b270238fcd6c64861b080","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-28-45","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-28-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}