Part 3 - Board Policies
- Chapter 1 - Accountability (Rule 7-3-1.1 to 7-3-1.3)
- Chapter 2 - Accreditation (Rule 7-3-2.1 to 7-3-2.4)
- Chapter 3 - Administrative Expenses Reduction (Rule 7-3-3.1)
- Chapter 4 - Administration Procedures Act (Rule 7-3-4.1 to 7-3-4.2.1)
- Chapter 5 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-5.1)
- Chapter 6 - Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review (Rule 7-3-6.1 to 7-3-6.2)
- Chapter 7 - Alternate Education Programs (Rule 7-3-7.1 to 7-3-7.2)
- Chapter 8 - Approvals, Non-Public (Rule 7-3-8.1)
- Chapter 9 - Attendance Reporting (Rule 7-3-9.1 to 7-3-9.3)
- Chapter 10 - Subrecipient Single Audit Resolution (Rule 7-3-10.1)
- Chapter 11 - Awards (Rule 7-3-11.1 to 7-3-11.3)
- Chapter 12 - Board of Education Operations (Rule 7-3-12.1 to 7-3-12.8)
- Chapter 13 - Calendar (Repealed 9/2012)
- Chapter 14 - Certification (Rule 7-3-14.1 to 7-3-14.21)
- Chapter 15 - Character Education (Rule 7-3-15.1)
- Chapter 16 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-16.1)
- Chapter 17 - Child Nutrition (Rule 7-3-17.1 to 7-3-17.10)
- Chapter 18 - Children First Act of 2009 (Rule 7-3-18.1)
- Chapter 19 - Class Size (Rule 7-3-19.1)
- Chapter 20 - College Admission (Rule 7-3-20.1)
- Chapter 21 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-21.1)
- Chapter 22 - Consolidated Applications (Federal Funds) (Repealed 1/2012)
- Chapter 23 - Contracts (Rule 7-3-23.1)
- Chapter 24 - Contracts, Teachers (Rule 7-3-24.1 to 7-3-24.2)
- Chapter 25 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-25.1)
- Chapter 26 - Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements (Rule 7-3-26.1)
- Chapter 27 - Criminal Background Checks (Rule 7-3-27.1)
- Chapter 28 - Curriculum (Rule 7-3-28.1 to 7-3-28.8)
- Chapter 29 - Driver Education (Rule 7-3-29.1)
- Chapter 30 - Dropout Prevention (Rule 7-3-30.1 to 7-3-30.8)
- Chapter 31 - Drug Testing, State Department of Education Staff (Rule 7-3-31.1)
- Chapter 32 - Education Enhancement Funds (Rule 7-3-32.1)
- Chapter 33 - Equity Funding (Repealed 1/2011)
- Chapter 34 - Functional Literacy Exam (Rule 7-3-34.1)
- Chapter 35 - Gifted (Rule 7-3-35.1)
- Chapter 36 - Graduation Requirements (Rule 7-3-36.1 to 7-3-36.6)
- Chapter 37 - Grants/Subgrants (Rule 7-3-37.1)
- Chapter 38 - Healthy and Safe Schools (Rule 7-3-38.1 to 7-3-38.13)
- Chapter 39 - Historical Sites (Restoration) (Rule 7-3-39.1)
- Chapter 40 - McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Dispute Resolution Procedure (Rule 7-3-40.1)
- Chapter 41 - Intervention (Rule 7-3-41.1)
- Chapter 42 - Kindergarten Guidelines (Rule 7-3-42.1)
- Chapter 43 - Construction Regulations (Repealed 9/2012)
- Chapter 44 - Leadership & Professional Development (Rule 7-3-44.1)
- Chapter 45 - Legislative Recommendations (Rule 7-3-45.1)
- Chapter 46 - Level 1 and 2 Districts Consolidated Applications (Repealed 1/2012)
- Chapter 47 - Long Term Substitutes (Repealed 4/2007)
- Chapter 48 - MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program) (Rule 7-3-48.1 to 7-3-48.7)
- Chapter 49 - Miscellaneous (Rule 7-3-49.1)
- Chapter 50 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-50.1)
- Chapter 51 - Mississippi Recovery School District (Rule 7-3-51.1)
- Chapter 52 - Consolidation of School Districts (Rule 7-3-52.1)
- Chapter 53 - New Start School Program Regulations (Rule 7-3-53.1)
- Chapter 54 - Lampton Auditorium, MS Schools for the Arts (Rule 7-3-54.1)
- Chapter 55 - Information and Operational Technology (Rule 7-3-55.1 to 7-3-55.2)
- Chapter 56 - Distance Learning, Blended Learning and Online Courses (Rule 7-3-56.1 to 7-3-56.2)
- Chapter 57 - Monthly Attendance Reports (Rule 7-3-57.1)
- Chapter 58 - Non-Public Approval (Repealed 09/2012)
- Chapter 59 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-59.1)
- Chapter 60 - Parent Awards (Repealed 09/2012)
- Chapter 61 - Probation (Conservatorship) (Repealed 09/2012)
- Chapter 62 - Public School Funding (Rule 7-3-62.1 to 7-3-62.10)
- Chapter 63 - Request for Information (Rule 7-3-63.1)
- Chapter 64 - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (Rule 7-3-64.1)
- Chapter 65 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-65.1 to 7-3-65.2)
- Chapter 66 - Recruitment (Rule 7-3-66.1)
- Chapter 67 - Remediation (Rule 7-3-67.1 to 7-3-67.3)
- Chapter 68 - Residency Verification (Rule 7-3-68.1)
- Chapter 69 - Sabbaticals (Rule 7-3-69.1)
- Chapter 70 - Mississippi Criteria for Designation of Geographical Shortage Areas (Rule 7-3-70.1)
- Chapter 71 - School Business Officials (Rule 7-3-71.1 to 7-3-71.3)
- Chapter 72 - School Executive Management Institute (Rule 7-3-72.1)
- Chapter 73 - School Records (Rule 7-3-73.1)
- Chapter 74 - Special Education (Rule 7-3-74.1 to 7-3-74.21)
- Chapter 75 - Students (Rule 7-3-75.1)
- Chapter 76 - Teachers (Rule 7-3-76.1 to 7-3-76.10)
- Chapter 77 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-77.1)
- Chapter 78 - Testing (Rule 7-3-78.1 to 7-3-78.11)
- Chapter 79 - Textbooks (Rule 7-3-79.1 to 7-3-79.2)
- Chapter 80 - Title Programs (Rule 7-3-80.1 to 7-3-80.4)
- Chapter 81 - Transportation (Rule 7-3-81.1 to 7-3-81.15)
- Chapter 82 - Violence (Rule 7-3-82.1 to 7-3-82.2)
- Chapter 83 - Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-83.1 to 7-3-83.4)
- Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-84.1 to 7-3-84.18)
- Chapter 85 - Vocational, Annual Operating Budget (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-85.1 to 7-3-85.7)
- Chapter 86 - Vocational, Assignment (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-86.1 to 7-3-86.4)
- Chapter 87 - Certification of Basic Skills Training and/or Retraining for Tax Credit (Rule 7-3-87.1)
- Chapter 88 - Postsecondary Licensure Guidelines (Rule 7-3-88.1)
- Chapter 89 - Development of Curriculum Materials and Research Activities (Rule 7-3-89.1 to 7-3-89.4)
- Chapter 90 - Vocational, Equipment (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-90.1 to 7-3-90.2)
- Chapter 91 - Vocational, Facilities (Rule 7-3-91.1 to 7-3-91.2)
- Chapter 92 - Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure (Rule 7-3-92.1)
- Chapter 93 - Career-Technical Education Professional Development (Rule 7-3-93.1)
- Chapter 94 - Vocational Revenues (Rule 7-3-94.1 to 7-3-94.5)
- Chapter 95 - CTE Collaborative Efforts (Rule 7-3-95.1 to 7-3-95.2)
- Chapter 96 - Career and Technical Education Student Organizations (Rule 7-3-96.1)
- Chapter 97 - Weapons (Rule 7-3-97.1)
- Chapter 98 - [Repealed]
- Chapter 99 - State Schools (Rule 7-3-99.1 to 7-3-99.3)
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
- § 7-3-200 - Academic Education (Reserved)
- § 7-3-300 - Accountability (§ 7-3-300-301 to 7-3-300-303)
- § 7-3-400 - Accreditation (§ 7-3-400-401 to 7-3-400-404)
- § 7-3-500 - Reserved
- § 7-3-600 - Administrative Expense Reduction (§ 7-3-600-601 to 7-3-600-602)
- § 7-3-700 - Agenda, State Board of Education
- § 7-3-800 - Administrative Process and Performance Review
- § 7-3-900 - Alternate Education Programs (§ 7-3-900-901 to 7-3-900-902)
- § 7-3-1000 - Approvals, Non-Public
- § 7-3-1100 - Attendance Reporting
- § 7-3-1200 - Audit, State Department of Education Resolution Process
- § 7-3-1300 - Awards (§ 7-3-1300-1301 to 7-3-1300-1303)
- § 7-3-1400 - Board of Education Operations (§ 7-3-1400-1401 to 7-3-1400-1409)
- § 7-3-1500 - Business and Support Services (Reserved)
- § 7-3-1600 - Calendar
- § 7-3-1700 - Certification (§ 7-3-1700-1701 to 7-3-1700-1717)
- § 7-3-1800 - Character Education
- § 7-3-1900 - Charter Schools
- § 7-3-2000 - Child Nutrition (§ 7-3-2000-2001 to 7-3-2000-2050)
- § 7-3-2100 - Class Size
- § 7-3-2200 - College Admission
- § 7-3-2300 - Communicable Diseases
- § 7-3-2400 - Consolidated Applications (Federal Funds)
- § 7-3-2500 - Contracts
- § 7-3-2600 - Contracts, Teachers (§ 7-3-2600-2601 to 7-3-2600-2650)
- § 7-3-2700 - Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements
- § 7-3-2800 - Criminal Background Checks
- § 7-3-2900 - Curriculum (§ 7-3-2900-2901 to 7-3-2900-2905)
- § 7-3-3000 - Driver Education
- § 7-3-3100 - Dropout Prevention (§ 7-3-3100-3101 to 7-3-3100-3107)
- § 7-3-3200 - Drug Testing, State Department of Education Staff
- § 7-3-3300 - Education Accountability (Reserved)
- § 7-3-3400 - Educational Enhancement Funds
- § 7-3-3500 - Equity Funding
- § 7-3-3600 - Functional Literacy Exam
- § 7-3-3700 - Gifted
- § 7-3-3800 - Graduation Requirements (§ 7-3-3800-3801 to 7-3-3800-3804)
- § 7-3-3900 - Grants/Subgrants
- § 7-3-4000 - Healthy and Safe Schools (§ 7-3-4000-4001 to 7-3-4000-4013)
- § 7-3-4100 - Historical Sites (Restoration)
- § 7-3-4200 - McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Dispute Resolution Procedure
- § 7-3-4300 - Intervention
- § 7-3-4400 - Kindergarten Guidelines (§ 7-3-4400-4401)
- § 7-3-4500 - Leadership & Professional Development
- § 7-3-4600 - Legislative Recommendations
- § 7-3-4700 - Level 1 and 2 Districts Consolidated Applications
- § 7-3-4800 - Long Term Substitutes
- § 7-3-4900 - MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program) (§ 7-3-4900-4901 to 7-3-4900-4907)
- § 7-3-5000 - Miscellaneous (§ 7-3-5000-5001)
- § 7-3-5100 - Mississippi Adequate Education Capital Improvement Section (§ 7-3-5100-5150 to 7-3-5100-5152)
- § 7-3-5200 - Mississippi State Schools (Reserved) (§ 7-3-5200-5201)
- § 7-3-5300 - Management Information Systems
- § 7-3-5400 - Mississippi Virtual Public Schools
- § 7-3-5500 - Monthly Attendance Reports
- § 7-3-5600 - Non-Public Approval
- § 7-3-5700 - Paperwork Reduction
- § 7-3-5800 - Parent Awards
- § 7-3-5900 - Probation (Conservatorship)
- § 7-3-6000 - Public School Funding (§ 7-3-6000-6001 to 7-3-6000-6010)
- § 7-3-6100 - Request for Information (§ 7-3-6100-6101)
- § 7-3-6200 - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
- § 7-3-6300 - Reading improvement Program (§ 7-3-6300-6301)
- § 7-3-6400 - Recruitment
- § 7-3-6500 - Remediation (§ 7-3-6500-6501 to 7-3-6500-6502)
- § 7-3-6600 - Residency Verification
- § 7-3-6700 - Sabbaticals
- § 7-3-6800 - Mississippi Criteria for Designation of Geographical Shortage Areas
- § 7-3-6900 - School Business Officials (§ 7-3-6900-6901 to 7-3-6900-6902)
- § 7-3-7000 - School Executive Management Institute
- § 7-3-7100 - School Records
- § 7-3-7200 - Special Education (§ 7-3-7200-7201 to 7-3-7200-7220)
- § 7-3-7300 - Students (§ 7-3-7300-7301)
- § 7-3-7400 - Teachers (§ 7-3-7400-7401 to 7-3-7400-7410)
- § 7-3-7500 - Technology Plan (Monitoring)
- § 7-3-7600 - Testing (§ 7-3-7600-7601 to 7-3-7600-7610)
- § 7-3-7700 - Textbooks (§ 7-3-7700-7701 to 7-3-7700-7702)
- § 7-3-7800 - Title Programs (§ 7-3-7800-7801 to 7-3-7800-7804)
- § 7-3-7900 - Transportation (§ 7-3-7900-7901 to 7-3-7900-7914)
- § 7-3-8000 - Violence (§ 7-3-8000-8001)
- § 7-3-8100 - Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education) (§ 7-3-8100-8101 to 7-3-8100-8104)
- § 7-3-8200 - Vocational, General (§ 7-3-8200-8201 to 7-3-8200-8218)
- § 7-3-8300 - Vocational, Annual Operating Budget (Career and Technical Education) (§ 7-3-8300-8301 to 7-3-8300-8308)
- § 7-3-8400 - Vocational, Assignment (Career and Technical E ducation) (§ 7-3-8400-8401 to 7-3-8400-8404)
- § 7-3-8500 - Certification of Basic Skills Training and/or Retraining for Tax Credit
- § 7-3-8600 - Postsecondary Licensure Guidelines
- § 7-3-8700 - Development of Curriculum Materials and Research Activities (§ 7-3-8700-8701 to 7-3-8700-8703)
- § 7-3-8800 - Vocational, Equipment (Career and Technical Education) (§ 7-3-8800-8801 to 7-3-8800-8802)
- § 7-3-8900 - Vocational, Facilities (§ 7-3-8900-8901 to 7-3-8900-8902)
- § 7-3-9000 - Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure
- § 7-3-9100 - Career-Technical Education Professional Development
- § 7-3-9200 - Vocational Revenues (§ 7-3-9200-9201 to 7-3-9200-9205)
- § 7-3-9300 - CTE Collaborative Efforts
- § 7-3-9400 - Career and Technical Education Student Organizations
- § 7-3-9500 - Weapons
- § 7-3-9600 - Withholding Mississippi Adequate Education Program Funds
- Chapter 1 - Accountability (Rule 7-3-1.1 to 7-3-1.3)
- Chapter 2 - Accreditation (Rule 7-3-2.1 to 7-3-2.4)
- Chapter 3 - Administrative Expenses Reduction (Rule 7-3-3.1)
- Chapter 4 - Administration Procedures Act (Rule 7-3-4.1 to 7-3-4.2.1)
- Chapter 5 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-5.1)
- Chapter 6 - Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review (Rule 7-3-6.1 to 7-3-6.2)
- Chapter 7 - Alternate Education Programs (Rule 7-3-7.1 to 7-3-7.2)
- Chapter 8 - Approvals, Non-Public (Rule 7-3-8.1)
- Chapter 9 - Attendance Reporting (Rule 7-3-9.1 to 7-3-9.3)
- Chapter 10 - Subrecipient Single Audit Resolution (Rule 7-3-10.1)
- Chapter 11 - Awards (Rule 7-3-11.1 to 7-3-11.3)
- Chapter 12 - Board of Education Operations (Rule 7-3-12.1 to 7-3-12.8)
- Chapter 13 - Calendar (Repealed 9/2012)
- Chapter 14 - Certification (Rule 7-3-14.1 to 7-3-14.21)
- Chapter 15 - Character Education (Rule 7-3-15.1)
- Chapter 16 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-16.1)
- Chapter 17 - Child Nutrition (Rule 7-3-17.1 to 7-3-17.10)
- Chapter 18 - Children First Act of 2009 (Rule 7-3-18.1)
- Chapter 19 - Class Size (Rule 7-3-19.1)
- Chapter 20 - College Admission (Rule 7-3-20.1)
- Chapter 21 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-21.1)
- Chapter 22 - Consolidated Applications (Federal Funds) (Repealed 1/2012)
- Chapter 23 - Contracts (Rule 7-3-23.1)
- Chapter 24 - Contracts, Teachers (Rule 7-3-24.1 to 7-3-24.2)
- Chapter 25 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-25.1)
- Chapter 26 - Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements (Rule 7-3-26.1)
- Chapter 27 - Criminal Background Checks (Rule 7-3-27.1)
- Chapter 28 - Curriculum (Rule 7-3-28.1 to 7-3-28.8)
- Chapter 29 - Driver Education (Rule 7-3-29.1)
- Chapter 30 - Dropout Prevention (Rule 7-3-30.1 to 7-3-30.8)
- Chapter 31 - Drug Testing, State Department of Education Staff (Rule 7-3-31.1)
- Chapter 32 - Education Enhancement Funds (Rule 7-3-32.1)
- Chapter 33 - Equity Funding (Repealed 1/2011)
- Chapter 34 - Functional Literacy Exam (Rule 7-3-34.1)
- Chapter 35 - Gifted (Rule 7-3-35.1)
- Chapter 36 - Graduation Requirements (Rule 7-3-36.1 to 7-3-36.6)
- Chapter 37 - Grants/Subgrants (Rule 7-3-37.1)
- Chapter 38 - Healthy and Safe Schools (Rule 7-3-38.1 to 7-3-38.13)
- Chapter 39 - Historical Sites (Restoration) (Rule 7-3-39.1)
- Chapter 40 - McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Dispute Resolution Procedure (Rule 7-3-40.1)
- Chapter 41 - Intervention (Rule 7-3-41.1)
- Chapter 42 - Kindergarten Guidelines (Rule 7-3-42.1)
- Chapter 43 - Construction Regulations (Repealed 9/2012)
- Chapter 44 - Leadership & Professional Development (Rule 7-3-44.1)
- Chapter 45 - Legislative Recommendations (Rule 7-3-45.1)
- Chapter 46 - Level 1 and 2 Districts Consolidated Applications (Repealed 1/2012)
- Chapter 47 - Long Term Substitutes (Repealed 4/2007)
- Chapter 48 - MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program) (Rule 7-3-48.1 to 7-3-48.7)
- Chapter 49 - Miscellaneous (Rule 7-3-49.1)
- Chapter 50 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-50.1)
- Chapter 51 - Mississippi Recovery School District (Rule 7-3-51.1)
- Chapter 52 - Consolidation of School Districts (Rule 7-3-52.1)
- Chapter 53 - New Start School Program Regulations (Rule 7-3-53.1)
- Chapter 54 - Lampton Auditorium, MS Schools for the Arts (Rule 7-3-54.1)
- Chapter 55 - Information and Operational Technology (Rule 7-3-55.1 to 7-3-55.2)
- Chapter 56 - Distance Learning, Blended Learning and On-Line Courses (Rule 7-3-56.1 to 7-3-56.2)
- Chapter 57 - Monthly Attendance Reports (Rule 7-3-57.1)
- Chapter 58 - Non-Public Approval (Repealed 09/2012)
- Chapter 59 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-59.1)
- Chapter 60 - Parent Awards (Repealed 09/2012)
- Chapter 61 - Probation (Conservatorship) (Repealed 09/2012)
- Chapter 62 - Public School Funding (Rule 7-3-62.1 to 7-3-62.10)
- Chapter 63 - Request for Information (Rule 7-3-63.1)
- Chapter 64 - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (Rule 7-3-64.1)
- Chapter 65 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-65.1 to 7-3-65.2)
- Chapter 66 - Recruitment (Rule 7-3-66.1)
- Chapter 67 - Remediation (Rule 7-3-67.1 to 7-3-67.3)
- Chapter 68 - Residency Verification (Rule 7-3-68.1)
- Chapter 69 - Sabbaticals (Rule 7-3-69.1)
- Chapter 70 - Mississippi Criteria for Designation of Geographical Shortage Areas (Rule 7-3-70.1)
- Chapter 71 - School Business Officials (Rule 7-3-71.1 to 7-3-71.3)
- Chapter 72 - School Executive Management Institute (Rule 7-3-72.1)
- Chapter 73 - School Records (Rule 7-3-73.1)
- Chapter 74 - Special Education (Rule 7-3-74.1 to 7-3-74.21)
- Chapter 75 - Students (Rule 7-3-75.1)
- Chapter 76 - Teachers (Rule 7-3-76.1 to 7-3-76.10)
- Chapter 77 - [Repealed] (Rule 7-3-77.1)
- Chapter 78 - Testing (Rule 7-3-78.1 to 7-3-78.11)
- Chapter 79 - Textbooks (Rule 7-3-79.1 to 7-3-79.2)
- Chapter 80 - Title Programs (Rule 7-3-80.1 to 7-3-80.4)
- Chapter 81 - Transportation (Rule 7-3-81.1 to 7-3-81.15)
- Chapter 82 - Violence (Rule 7-3-82.1 to 7-3-82.2)
- Chapter 83 - Vocational Achievement (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-83.1 to 7-3-83.4)
- Chapter 84 - Vocational, General Administration (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-84.1 to 7-3-84.18)
- Chapter 85 - Vocational, Annual Operating Budget (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-85.1 to 7-3-85.7)
- Chapter 86 - Vocational, Assignment (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-86.1 to 7-3-86.4)
- Chapter 87 - Certification of Basic Skills Training and/or Retraining for Tax Credit (Rule 7-3-87.1)
- Chapter 88 - Postsecondary Licensure Guidelines (Rule 7-3-88.1)
- Chapter 89 - Development of Curriculum Materials and Research Activities (Rule 7-3-89.1 to 7-3-89.4)
- Chapter 90 - Vocational, Equipment (Career and Technical Education) (Rule 7-3-90.1 to 7-3-90.2)
- Chapter 91 - Vocational, Facilities (Rule 7-3-91.1 to 7-3-91.2)
- Chapter 92 - Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure (Rule 7-3-92.1)
- Chapter 93 - Career-Technical Education Professional Development (Rule 7-3-93.1)
- Chapter 94 - Vocational Revenues (Rule 7-3-94.1 to 7-3-94.5)
- Chapter 95 - CTE Collaborative Efforts (Rule 7-3-95.1 to 7-3-95.2)
- Chapter 96 - Career and Technical Education Student Organizations (Rule 7-3-96.1)
- Chapter 97 - Weapons (Rule 7-3-97.1)
- Chapter 98 - [Repealed]
- Chapter 99 - State Schools (Rule 7-3-99.1 to 7-3-99.3)
Procedures for Reporting Infractions Under Section 37-3-2 of the Mississippi Code (1972)
Annotated (Revised 2014)