{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-9-103","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-9-103","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-9-103","body":"(1) As used in Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113 , the word “employee” shall include:\n\n(a) Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel employed by the local school district or the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) for a continuous period of two (2) years with that district and required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment; or\n\n(b) Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel who has completed a continuous period of two (2) years of employment in a Mississippi public school district and one (1) full year of employment with the school district of current employment or the MSA, and who is required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment.\n\n(2)(a) The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of employee as defined in this section employed in any school district after the Governor declares a state of emergency under the provisions of Section 37-17-6(12) . The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not be applicable in any school district for the full period of time that those conditions, as defined in Section 37-17-6(12) , exist.\n\n(b) The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of teacher, administrator or other employee employed to work in any charter school.\n\n(3) For purposes of Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113 , the term “ days ” means calendar days.","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":"ac6e89f2989c36b594614f940f4bcafeb429343fafca91626817eb518a2657aa","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-9-101","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-9-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}