{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-51-7","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-51-7","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-51-7","body":"It shall be the duty of the commission to receive and pass upon, allow or disallow, all applications for loans made by students who desire to receive a secular education in any of the grades one through twelve in any school in this state constituting a bona fide school as defined in a general regulation of the commission, other than in the free public school system of this state, and who are acceptable for enrollment in any approved nonfree school system. The commission may make such investigation into the financial status of the parents of such students who apply for loans as it deems advisable, to determine the extent of the need for said loan. The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.\n\nThe commission shall have the authority to grant loans from the “state educational loan fund” to such applicants as are qualified to receive them and on such terms as may be prescribed by regulation of the commission and by this chapter.","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":"a1074502484e13660574d35bf323c30d73aba22f59f0b0d993ff69b44ad6bc48","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-51-5","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-51-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}