{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-9-205","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-9-205","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-9-205","body":"(1) The Mississippi Teacher Center of the State Department of Education shall establish a beginning teacher support program to provide eligible beginning teachers in this state with continued and sustained support from a formally assigned mentor teacher during the first full year of teaching.\n\n(2) After the 1992-1993 school year, any district is eligible to participate in the beginning teacher support program.\n\n(3) Two (2) or more districts may operate jointly a beginning teacher support program if they meet all the requirements of Sections 37-9-201 through 37-9-213 .\n\n(4) Educational consortia established for approved teacher education programs pursuant to rules of the Mississippi Teacher Center are eligible to operate a beginning teacher support program to serve beginning teachers in a participating school district.\n\n(5) To the extent practicable, school districts may coordinate with institutions of higher education in the design, implementation and evaluation of mentorship programs.","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":"cdac7d003008db90ae017d2755a1f5b3a2c3c02aa387de4608ff8add0da07ade","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-9-203","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-9-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}