Agreements for establishment of center; terms of agreement; board of trustees; fiscal agent.

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-31-73
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The various school districts, counties, municipalities and community/junior college districts of this state are authorized to enter into agreements between each other and between the school districts and any of the boards of supervisors of any county, the governing authorities of any municipality, or the boards of trustees of any community/junior college district providing for the construction or operation of regional education centers. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. The agreement shall designate the fiscal agent, among other provisions, provide for the method of financing the construction and operation of the facilities, the manner in which the facilities are to be controlled, operated and staffed, the basis upon which students are to be admitted to the regional education center and transportation provided for students in attendance at the center. The agreement or any subsequent modification to it shall be spread at large upon the minutes of each party to the agreement after having been duly adopted by the governing authorities of each party. The agreements may provide for the establishment of regional education advisory councils to serve in an advisory capacity to regional education centers, to be made up of representatives of the board of trustees of school districts or community/junior college districts which may be parties to the agreement. Regional education advisory councils of the parties to the agreement will operate at the will of the fiscal agent for the regional education center. The fiscal agent shall have all powers designated to it in the agreement by the parties to the agreement, except for the power to request or require the levy of taxes or the power to issue or require the issuance of any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, or to call for an election on the question of the issuance of any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness.

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